twopointeight
Well-known
I re-format my SD cards pretty often and find it a nuisance to go into the menus to do that. For some reason, after I format the card in slot one, I am forced to go back to the beginning of the menu and then to format for slot 2. There must be an easier way?
shawn
Veteran
On the XPro2 you press and hold down the trash button for 3 seconds then press in the rear command dial. That pops up the format menu.
Shawn
Shawn
twopointeight
Well-known
That did it, thanks Shawn.
willie_901
Veteran
Those who use Macs should never format a SDHC card for a Fujifilm camera using OS X. The 'invisible' OS X Folder file crashes Fujifilm's in-camera firmware.
With OS X only format in-camera.
twopointeight
Well-known
Yes, agree with that Willie. Thanks for mentioning it for others.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
No, use SDFormatter from https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
It does a better job of formatting cards than macOS, Windows, or the in-camera firmware.
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Fotobot
Established
Why use this software instead of doing it in-camera?
Godfrey
somewhat colored
SDFormatter does a cleaner job than most in-camera formatting algorithms, adhering strictly to the Secure Digital organization guidelines for flash card volumes.
I've found that cards formatted with it tend to show faster camera startup times and shorter inter-frame blackout times on several cameras (Leica SL, Leica M, Ricoh GXR, Nikon D750, and Olympus E-M1 are the ones I've tested). The differences are small but clearly noticeable.
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twopointeight
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Interesting, will check that out, thx.