8GB Cards in HD1
 

Has anone got an 8GB SD card to work in their HD1?

I've just purchased one, but I have a feeling its reading it as a 4GB card. Anyone with any experiences?

Thanks

Have you upgraded the firmware?
Mine is running on the upgraded firmware, and a Transcend Class II 8GB card works OK, reporting a time available on HDSHQ of 1hr 54mins.

firmware
 

Tony,

please send the hd1 firmware download link

thanks

Did you mean me? The old link is here, including the translator from Japanese. Please bear in mind this f/w has never been released in Europe, and mentions only 4GB SDHC. But then 8GB didn't exist when it was issued. I don't know whether later production of the HD1 included it.
You use at your own risk!
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...1%2findex.html

Yeah I've got the latest firmware - the camera wants to format the card as 4GB for some reason - I was interested to know if anyone has any success with a 8GB card (I'm thinking my card could be a fake).

Mmmm... I didn't format mine, left it as it came tho' it has created its usual folder on the card. Maybe the F/W does only format to 4GB. I think I'll make a point of not doing a camera format just in case...

I formatted it in the camera, and it read as a 4GB card - trying to reformat it in my PC, it still shows as a 4GB card.

I suspect I have a 4GB card and not 8GB!

If you are confident your PC reader supports SDHC, here's the download site for Panasonic's SDHC formatter program which may be better than native support:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...formatter.html

As I expected, neither of my USB SD readers, nor the reader built in to my Dell understands the card, I'm reading it via the HD1 and its USB cable adaptor.

FWIW, I bought a 4GB SD card online for $25 last night (haven't received it yet), so there are lots of options.

Here is a freaky one for you. I have an ORIGINAL HD1 with the OLED screen bought when they first came out. NEVER updated the firmware.

I have an 8gb card for one of my camera's so Just for the heck of it I stuck it in my HD1 and HEY it worked!

Almost 3 hours of video is HQ mode!

I have no idea why but it does read the 8gb SDHC card just fine (got it for $40 at BJ's a PNY) so far besides REALLY slow "turn on" time it works just fine.

I am very happy.

One issue. If you turn on the camera and it just LOCKS UP. the SD card may be locked. I had this happen and it took me hours to figure it out. I had just used the card many times so I KNEW it works and it worked in the reader. I do not have an SDHC reader so I stuck it in my SD TO CF adaptor and it reads as a normal CF card so I can download it.

anyway on a hunch I stuck it in my R937 and got the LOCKED error Dolt (it appears the CF adaptor IGNORE the lock switch gonna have to be careful with that)

Once I unlocked it worked fine in the sanyo again :-)