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EnerG asked in Consumer ElectronicsCameras · 1 decade ago

sandisk extreme 3 not deleting properly?

I use the extreme 3 8 GB for the Sony NEX-3 camera but for some reason it doesn't delete the picture properly. I used about 1/2 space on the card but when I delete about 4 GB of pictures and movie, it still displays 4GB of used space. I used the camera format utility to format to format and it works but if you delete the pictures after you taken it, it displays the same used space. Is the card I got defective?

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  • Jim A
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    You're not supposed to delete, you're supposed to format - or did you miss that part of the manual?

    Deleting individual photos is hard on these cards and can cause eventual failure. Always format in the camera only... never delete.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Online memory cards are often fake & have less memory & speed too.

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