[Digikam-users] digikam fails to delete pictures from Canon PowerShot A85

[Richard E Miles]

On Fri, 5 May 2006 17:32:20 +0200
Fabrice Flore-Thebault <fab at centsix.org> wrote:

> Le Mardi 2 Mai 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles a écrit :
> > I have noticed that most of the time when I try to delete all the pictures
> > from the Canon PowerShot A85 camera that a popup window with failed to
> > delete picture occurs. Is this a problem with digikam for this type of
> > camera or are other people experiencing this problem with other cameras? I
> > have to use the camera to delete the pictures.
> 
> Don't know if it could help you :
> 
> I experienced such a problem with a broken CompactFlash card (in fact some 
> kind of Microdrive made by Magicstore). The card was the problem, not the 
> camera nor any card reader. 
>  
> Have you tried with another CF card ?
> 
> Do you have any CF reader you could use to test if the problem comes more from 
> the card or from the camera ?
> 
> (Anyway, my point is that a (PCMIA or USB) card reader is definitively simpler 
> and safer to use, and far more friendly for the camera batteries.)
> 
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> Fabrice Flore-Thébault
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Thanks for your answer. I do not have a CF reader. The compact flash card was given to me along with the camera by my wife. She had used the camera and compact flash card for about a year and a half before giving it to me. She uses iphoto and an apple imac computer. She never had any problems erasing the images from the camera using that software. I can erase the images using the camera but it is more convenient to use digikam. Do compact flash cards wear out with alot of usage?

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Richard Miles
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