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when a card is formatted, the images on that card are usually not recoverable. But I don't get it, how could you accidentally format...on my camera, the format option is deep in the menu, plus it asks you one last time if you want to format. Just curioius if you thought it meant something else.

its a SanDisk 8GB/15MB Ultra II CF Card, its cheap bout $ 80
but there another 8 gig card also sand disk but "extreme" not ultra. which is alot more expensive
is it neccesary to spend extra on a card cause i take alot of photos and dont want the picture to be comprimise at all.

cuse i dont know how i blocked the memoried card and know i wanna unblocked it so help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The shouldn't have any problem with your camera. They are one of the premier CF card makers .. San Disk and Kingston are the other two top shelf memory cards
Some issues with Canon cameras is that only a few of the very top cameras like the 5D, Mark II and 1Ds, Mark III have the necessary firmware to use the speed of UDMA supported cards.

There are so many kinds of CF card. I am wondering that which is the best brand?what type?and how many GB should the card be? 2, 4, 8, or 16gb for my 40d.
Thanks

I need to make an emergency purchase for a memory card for my camera. I just found out that its working again and i want to take it with me on my trip at the end of this week but i am pressed for cash. The mini sd card ones that fit into the normal size adapter slot seem to be cheaper on ebay. The mini alone will not fit my camera but the size of the adapter will, how do i know if this will work for my camera?

I am looking at buying a canon rebel XTI from someone. They are selling it because they bent a pin in it and don't want to mess with it (must be nice to spend that much on something and not have to care) Any way I want to know if I can buy a replacement and install it myself. I am buying the camera for $200, I've read that to send it off to Canon would cost $150-$200 to have them fix it. I have also heard that you can bend the pin back sometimes (no often....but worth a try) any one have any advise.
Thanks in advance.

I was shooting an event and I was looking through my shots and turned my camera off. When I turned it back on it displayed "ERR CF" on the screen and even after I put the card into another Rebel, I get the same reader. What is wrong with it? Will a card reader read the card. Is there any way for me to get those shots back?????
Thanks in advance!

i'm looking around for a good card, and seeing as though i don't really know which brands are good can anyone recommend any? i live in melbs aust. and dont want to spend more than $100. but want a quality card, or two
thanks

That depends on *why* it isn't recognizing the card.
It can be bent or broken pin in the card reader portion of the camera.
It can be the card is bad.
Take a flashlight and look into the card reader... make sure all the pins are there, and they are all straight. If one is missing, you can't fix it. Canon would have to do that. If one is bent, you might be able to straighten it, but it is easy to break off the pin in the process.
Once you verify that the card reader is intact, you need a known good CF card. Not the one with the problem, a different one. Try it in the reader. if it works, the other card is bad. If it doesn't, then the problem lies in the camera electronics, and Canon will have to sort it out.