Need Advice - S2Pro with CF card error!

poh6702 · 6th March 2008

Does anybody have this experience, some CF card works and some doesn't. I have 3 CF cards, 1 works for S2Pro, and the other 2 show "card not initiated" error.

But all 3 of them work well in Nikon D70 and D200, and they are all shown to be proper when connected to PC.

Unfortunitely, I sold the working one together with the D70, now the S2Pro can not be used without a working CF card.

Is there any particular brand that works? or what can be done to make them work in S2Pro, can't even activate the menu to format the cards in the camera when the error appears.

poh6702 · 7th March 2008

Found a SD to CFII adaptor, it works fine now. I can continue to use the camera.

But interestingly, both Lexar and Tanscend 80x CF cards can't work in the S2Pro.

dlens · 12th May 2008

well, if you're still following this thread 2 months later....
i think the problem is that newer cards are bigger capacity and have a different filesystem.

at the time the S2pro came out, the largest capacity CF storage device available for dslrs was the 1gb microdrive. iirc it was Fat16 filesystem. some people later hacked the creative mp3 player for the 5gb microdrive but that's another story.

6th March 2008	#1
poh6702 Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 989	Need Advice - S2Pro with CF card error! Does anybody have this experience, some CF card works and some doesn't. I have 3 CF cards, 1 works for S2Pro, and the other 2 show "card not initiated" error. But all 3 of them work well in Nikon D70 and D200, and they are all shown to be proper when connected to PC. Unfortunitely, I sold the working one together with the D70, now the S2Pro can not be used without a working CF card. Is there any particular brand that works? or what can be done to make them work in S2Pro, can't even activate the menu to format the cards in the camera when the error appears. Last edited by poh6702; 6th March 2008 at 07:42 PM.

7th March 2008	#2
poh6702 Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 989	Re: Need Advice - S2Pro with CF card error! Found a SD to CFII adaptor, it works fine now. I can continue to use the camera. But interestingly, both Lexar and Tanscend 80x CF cards can't work in the S2Pro.

12th May 2008	#3
dlens Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 163	Re: Need Advice - S2Pro with CF card error! well, if you're still following this thread 2 months later.... i think the problem is that newer cards are bigger capacity and have a different filesystem. at the time the S2pro came out, the largest capacity CF storage device available for dslrs was the 1gb microdrive. iirc it was Fat16 filesystem. some people later hacked the creative mp3 player for the 5gb microdrive but that's another story.