![]() Keeping it all in-camera is safer here (but I've never heard of this really happening - the filesystem format is simple and well understood). Very unlikely, but a bug in some OS's FAT implementation or in the camera's own firmware could conflict. ![]() Better to just say "do it in the camera". This would cause confused users and expensive tech-support calls. A user could format the card with an incompatible filesystem, like NTFS or HFS.There's more on this under How often should memory cards be formatted?Īs answers to that question note, camera makers usually recommend formatting in-camera rather than with a computer. Since this is terribly slow on any storage device of the capacities we use these days, every OS uses the better-for-flash quick formatting anyway. I think the main concern is that the OS may do a "full format", causing unnecessary writes. The concern about less than optimal performance is unlikely to be relevant with any modern operating system (or camera). When using your camera to store photos, you can just ignore it. This area is theoretically used for user-hostile copy protection and is not really for your benefit in any case. The "protected area" is not important for photography I'm not aware of any camera that uses it. The short answer is that it doesn't really matter.
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