Between formatting and "delete all" with the DS there doesn't seem to be much of a difference in speed. Delete all will honor protect bits if you set them.
G On Dec 3, 2006, at 2:44 AM, Thibouille wrote: > Formating a card is way faster than deleting every pix. > Formating in a PC is less reliable than on the camera, so a format in > camera is a necessity. > > 2006/12/3, David Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> William Robb wrote: >> >>> The format command is a bit deeper in than I like. I would prefer >>> it on >>> the Fn menu somewhere. >> >> Why would you ever need to use the format command? Every new >> flash card >> I've ever seen comes pre-formatted. And even if not that's only >> once per >> card, ever. >> >> If (as I guess) you just want to delete all the images on the card, >> just press Delete twice while in playback. Should be fast enough? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
