Robert Damli
Member
Could everyone owning a Fuji 602 with a working CF-card type I put the brand in the list below? (I have read the cam don´t take all types of CF-cards)
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List of compatible CF-cards for Fuji 602 Zoom
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Karl Gnter Wnsch
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You have read correctly and since card A of manufacturer B might contain any number of different components (depending on availability) any reports on working cards are useless. Go into the shop, try the card you want to take home. If it works (test VGA video without reformatting) part with the money and take that precise card with you. If it doesn't leave it in store.
There were positive reports of Sandisk and Ridata and when other people bought those cards they didn't work which showed that these "recommendations" aren't worth the bits over the internet!
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Karl Günter Wünsch
Peter Warson
Active member
Frank V.D.M.
New member
Good idea
Robert Damli
Member
If the card won´t work with VGA movie, will it then work with stills?
Robert Damli
Daniel Clune
Veteran Member
Guess am just lucky then because i have a bunch of CF cards and they all worked in my 602, used two differnt generic cards a 64 meg and a 32 meg a Viking 256 meg a 8 meg canon a 128 meg memorex, a old lexar 16 meg card just to name a few. In fact i never had a problem with any CF card with my 3 prevous cameras, go figure!!
Karl Gnter Wnsch
Forum Pro
It might work up to some point but will pose problems with the final five mode because it will be quite slow and might decide not to work later on. It's always a bad sign if it doesn't work with video because that really is a measurement for the speed that the card is able to sustain when writing. You will have to fill the card with one video to be certain that it meets als the cameras requirements.
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Karl Günter Wünsch
Karl Gnter Wnsch
Forum Pro
Well there are problem reports about the Lexar, Sandisk and Viking cards at different forum sites. The other cameras were designed to use CF I+II flash memory cards. The 602Z was designed to take the microdrive. As that uses the same connector you happen to be able to push in a CF I/II flash memory card but they weren't on the minds of the Fuji engineers.
One question to all of you filling his list: Are you willing to buy my (or other people lured into believing that they will work) non functioning CF if I buy one these recommended by you? I bet you aren't.
regards
Karl Günter Wünsch
Robert Damli
Member
So there are 2 types of Fuji 602 Zoom then? I have ordered an Fuji S602 Zoom. What is the difference between this and the Fuji Z602 Zoom?
CF-compability?
Robert Damli
Karl Gnter Wnsch
Forum Pro
No there isn't two types of Fuji 602Z. That camera is only tested and designed to be compatible with Smartmedia and Microdrive. I was referring to the other cameras my predecessor used as references what brand they might be they are not a sign of compatiblity with the 602Z.
If you look at the technical merits of the argument then you'll find out that the CF flash memory devices (type I/II are only different in physical size, a slot of type II will physically fit both) have a lot of leeway interpreting the standard of how to react on different requests. As long as they stay within these paremeters they are compatible with cameras designed to allow this leeway. The 602Z is not giving this leeway (for whatever the reasons may be) but is designed to interact with the Microdrive. This behaves reproducably within a stronger set of parameters and thus is easier to design for. So the CF type II slot the camera has is only designed to take the Microdrive. All other experienced compatibility is a fluke because most of the time (but not always!) the CF flash memory cards stay close to the Microdrive in behaviour.
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Karl Günter Wünsch
chris gunn
Veteran Member
If VGA video is the test of 'working', then to be fair, you really have
to add the MD to the list of 'not designed to work with the camera' cards,
as there are a few reports of the 340mb MD which failed in this regard.
As new cards come out all the time, it is of course impossible to design
the camera for them.
However, the CF cards are getting faster and faster, and with the
'format fix', it seems most CF cards are capable of 'working'.
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cheers!
Gunn
Karl Gnter Wnsch
Forum Pro
Which are of the old series that by all means should not be in any store anymore since that series was discontinued 1998. The new drives are working reliably unless defective.
Most ist not all. There are cheap or 2. grade cards popping up all over the place in the effort to squeeze a few cent/pennies/whatever out of the production of them. I just want to give the impression that you can buy CF flash memory cards but you shouldn't base your decision on someones good experience as that might be different with the one you'd get. Only testing will tell the truth. Unfortunately for us 602Z owners that testing has been left to us and hasn't been done by Fuji.
regards
Karl Günter Wünsc
chris gunn
Veteran Member
That is an excellent point! However, tomorro, a new manufacturer could
start producing MDs, which don't 'work' with the s602z. We are fortunate
that there are only 3? manufacturers so far.
I see a post (Olli) saying APACER CF won't format on the posters s602z.
Of course Olli may not actually know how to format.
Without the fix, there are only a couple of cards that will 'work'.
But the list of cards that wont function at all is very small. I am not
positive (yet) there is even one!
Please let us all know of ANY CF cards that you know wont
function at all on a s602z.
It is really the card makers who should have that responsibility.
If you buy from a shop I would expect the shop to gaurentee they
at least worked for stills.
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cheers!
Gunn
sameer javeri
Active member
i was succesful in shooting a movie on my cf card - but for 20 seconds only,at a time- the card is I-O data.
u get 128mb I-O data cards for about $30 from tigerdirect.com
u get 128mb I-O data cards for about $30 from tigerdirect.com
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