Update: It worked. See here for details.
The previous solution didn’t work, after all. I started getting “Memory card error”, “Card is not formatted”, and “Image can not be displayed” error messages again.
My new approach:
- update my firmware (I was still running 1.00, while the new version was 1.02);
- only connect the memory card to the computer through the camera’s USB option (as in, never plug the SD card directly into the computer)
- only format the card in-camera;
- never delete photos in-camera (only delete via in-camera formatting option)
My ‘test roll’ of 60 photos since the update has gone off without a hitch.
An interesting note: Before the firmware update, the computer didn’t see any folders or files on the SD card when the camera was connected via USB. I’m sure it saw them sometime in the past week, so I imagine it was the memory card error that was affecting this. Again, since the firmware update followed by formatting in-camera, this has been fixed.
Fingers crossed…
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