SDcard problems

[erussell]

I have a 8G scandisk SD card that I use in my stealth cam. It is a approved card for this particular camera. Now when I first got it I could view and or down load my pics from the card to my computer from my daughters cheap digital camera, and my wifes cannon. I could also view pics on my Wii. Last time and this time I tried to view on the WII and it said it could not find any pics. So I put it in my wifes cannon, same thing, said no pics found on card. so just for giggles I put it in my daughters camera and bam there were the pics. Curious as to why they wont show on the WII and the more expensive camera but will show on the cheap camera? Im trying to find some way to download to my computer without having to take the trail cam off the tree and bring it home to download. The only differance that I can see from the last two times and the the times before that it worked on all 3 is that the last two times I put it on high def pics, should this make a differance? would putting a SD card full of 8mp pics into a 5mp camera stop it from reading it? Im in the process of getting a SD card reader for my computer to fix the problem but was curious as to why 2 of the three devices no longer read the card?

[erussell]

Well its all coming back to me now. Before I bought the 8g card I had a 2G card that I had borrowed from my wife. Apperantly the WII cannot read anything over 2G and Im guessing that my wifes Camera that is about 6 yrs old now, also cannot read an 8 gig card. My Daughters cheap camera is newer and can read 8 gig cards. Anyhow I am getting an SD card reader for my computer so it really doesnt matter. I browsed throught the card with the cheap camera and there are a ton of deer and turkeys on it so I cant wait to get them on my computer and take a closer look. One was up close to the cam and looked like a small buck that I passed up during muzzle season but hard to tell on the crappy camera screen so I cant wait to see if its him.

Edited April 27, 2012 by erussell

[fasteddie]

I have had problems similar to that . I bought some 4GB cards on Amazon . I put them in trail cams and even though the camera counter showed several pics taken , my computer ( E-Machine ) didn't recognize the SD card . I put the SD card in my camera and formatted it and then it worked in both although I never captured the original pics .

There is a slot in the front of my computer and also my Brother Fax , Copy Printer . I put a card in the other day and it didn't recognize it so I put it in a card reader and put that into the USB slot and was ablle to get the pictures . What the hey !

[phade]

Cards up to 2G are SD. 4 and 8 gig cards are SDHC.

That's also why some game cams only accept up to 2 gig...new ones tak SDHC and SD.

Think of it this way...Playstation 3. You can't pop a Playstation 3 game in a Playstation 1 and have it work. But, you can play a Playstation 1 game in a Playstation 3.

[Fantail]

If it helps Walmart has a pair of 2-g sd cards for about 12$.

I look at it this way now I have a reason to check my cams at least twice a month & just swap out the card

[erussell]

If it helps Walmart has a pair of 2-g sd cards for about 12$.

I look at it this way now I have a reason to check my cams at least twice a month & just swap out the card

Probably way to go. I dont see the need for an 8g card unless I was leaving it in the woods for a yr. I didnt get the card, my wife did, thought she was doing me a favor with getting more pics on the card. But a 2g is more than sufficient.

[wdswtr]

Phade is spot on about the sd and sdhc cards.