Digital Camera Question
Once upon a time, it was supposed to be a good idea to format memory cards in one’s digital camera instead of in one’s computer (supposedly something to do with either the mapping of bad blocks or the vagaries of FAT32 compatibility). My camera will, of course, happily format CF cards but it renames every one of them to EOS_DIGITAL, forcing me to rename them on the computer so I can keep track of them (otherwise I have no idea which 2GB SanDisk Ultra II card is which; 2GB_1 has different front and back labels, but 2GB_2 and 2GB_3 are identical down to the batch number).
Is this conventional wisdom still true? Does it even matter anymore?
