Digital Video Camera NV-GS57GC and SD card error

[zillah]

I knew that this question was answered in many other forums including this one, but I could not find something related to my issue.

Recenlt I bought microSD HC 8 GB with its SD adapter to use it with Panasonic Digital Video Camera model : NV-GS57GC, when i inserted the card I received card error message.

But when I used (testing purpose) the SD adapter above on my Samsung Camera it works.

And when I read the manual for Panasonic model : NV-GS57GC it says :

Do not format the card with another movie camera or any personal computer. This operation may make the card unusable

Do I need to use special software for formatting ?

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...formatter.html

Although I could not find in Panasonic Digital Video Camera NV-GS57GC an option for formatting!!!

If SD card did work on Smasung and did not work on Panasonic ,,,Wouldn't that indicat there is no rpoblem with SD card memory itself ?

[zillah]

Although I could not find in Panasonic Digital Video Camera NV-GS57GC an option for formatting!!!

I did find that option under "Card PlayBack Mode" , Menu >> Set [ADVANCED] >> [FORMAT CARD] >> [YES].

But still it gives me error message

[Beowulff]

Have you tried (re)formatting the card using your PC and a card reader? And then doing the Menu >> Set [ADVANCED] >> [FORMAT CARD] >> [YES] procedure?

Personally, I'm thinking the advisory "Do not format the card with another movie camera or any personal computer. This operation may make the card unusable." is incorrect, without the rider in this camera.

Are you sure the camera can support an 8GB SD card? I ask because 8GB cards (or larger) can only be formatted with a FAT32 file system.

Also can you let us know the brand of card, and whether you bought it from a reputable source, (not eBay!)

Cheers

[David Metsky]

Does the video camera (BTW, this is a still camera site) support SDHC? They may look the same as SD cards but since they use a different file system they aren't supported by all cameras.

[zillah]

Thanks guys for these inputs

Also can you let us know the brand of card, and whether you bought it from a reputable source, (not eBay!)

Yes it is from ebay ,,,,,and it is SanDisk, please see the link below this is what I bought

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....m=270396153997

Are you sure the camera can support an 8GB SD card?

No I am not sure.

Have you tried (re)formatting the card using your PC and a card reader?

No I have not tried that

Does the video camera (BTW, this is a still camera site) support SDHC

This is good point how can I verify that ? Do you think it would in the manual ? any way I will check that

[David Metsky]

Wow, you weren't kidding that you posted this question to many other forums. I did a quick Google search and your questions was 6 of the top 10 hits. You're a busy guy.

It looks like the camera doesn't support SDHC, if I read the reviews correctly. So you're limited to 2G cards and they need to be SD cards, not SDHC.

[zillah]

I did a quick Google search and your questions was 6 of the top 10 hits. You're a busy guy.

Yes David, I did, as you know all people in any forum they are vlounteer , and they might be busy for a while and I can not get an answer quickly.

Since I bought the SD from ebay and I though might be the problem with the SD card therefore I was looking to return it to the seller.

So you're limited to 2G cards and they need to be SD cards, not SDHC.

It may be the case , because when I used other SD (from my samsung camera) and it is 2 GB it worked, without any problem

[David Metsky]

SD are limited to 2G. (There are some 4G SD cards but I wouldn't trust them.) If it's bigger than 2G it is SDHC.

SDHC go up to 32G right now, and may be getting bigger soon.

[tim11]

Wow, you weren't kidding that you posted this question to many other forums. I did a quick Google search and your questions was 6 of the top 10 hits. ....

I googled out of curiosity and was amazed to see the same too.

Zillah, how old is the Panasonic NV-GS57GC? That was my initial curiosity. HCSD might be a later invention than the GS57 as you have already found out.

[zillah]

how old is the Panasonic NV-GS57GC?

Bought 2006