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Old 06-01-2009, 07:15 AM
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Interesting.... I found this conflicting information, on maximum card sizes, on the DPreview forum.

Thanks to everyone that responded. Here is the info I dug out:

What is the maximum size of memory card I can use in my camera?
Note: A SD card which follows the SD standard fully is max 2 GB.

Canon EOS 1000D: all SD and SDHC cards*
Canon EOS 300D: max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 350D: max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 400D: all CF cards*
Canon EOS 450D: all SD and SDHC cards*
Canon EOS D30: max 2 GB CF
Canon EOS D60: max 2 GB CF
Canon EOS 10D: max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 20D: max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 30D: all CF cards*
Canon EOS 40D: all CF cards*
Canon EOS 50D: all CF cards*

Canon EOS 5D (firmware older than 1.1.1): max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 5D (firmware 1.1.1 and later): all CF cards*
Canon EOS 5D Mark II: all CF cards*
Canon EOS 1D: max 2 GB CF (4 GB if preformatted as FAT16 with 64K clusters)

Canon EOS 1D Mark II (firmware older than 1.2.6): max 2 GB SD, max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 1D Mark II (firmware 1.2.6 and later): max 2 GB SD, all SDHC cards*, all CF cards*
Canon EOS 1D Mark II N (firmware older than 1.1.2): max 2 GB SD, max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 1D Mark II N (firmware 1.1.2 and later): max 2 GB SD, all SDHC cards*, all CF cards*
Canon EOS 1D Mark III: max 2 GB SD, all SDHC cards*, all CF cards*
Canon EOS 1Ds: max 2 GB CF (max 8 GB if preformatted as FAT32)

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II (firmware older than 1.1.6): max 2 GB SD, max 8 GB CF (larger than 8 GB if preformatted)
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II (firmware 1.1.6 and later): max 2 GB SD, all SDHC cards*, all CF cards*
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III: max 2 GB SD, all SDHC cards*, all CF cards*

* Including cards over 8 GB in size.
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