April 2013
I have two Fuji Film digital cameras (FinePix 2650 and FinePix A210). Each came equipped with a 16 MB xD-Picture card (image memory card) which is a semiconductor memory (NAND-type Flash memory) to record digital image data.
I have a micro-SD adapter (orange) with a 1 GB card which fits EXACTLY into the xD-Picture card slot. Even though I formatted the card INSIDE the cameras several times, I'm still getting "Card Error - Card Not Initialized" messages on the camera’s LCD monitors.
Why can't I use this 1 GB micro-SD adapter with these digital cameras? Under what circumstances can I use this type of adapter?
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After reading the question I downloaded the manuals for the two cameras in question. The FinePix 2650 manual shows it capable of using 16 to 128 megabyte memory cards. I'm afraid 8 Gigs is more than a little out of that range. The information is not easy to find in the manual. See page 117.
The FinePix A210 is a little more capable, but not much. On page 79 of the manual for it, the usable memory capacity is listed as 16 to 256 megs.
I have a FinePix AX200 coincidentally with an 8 Gig Micro SDHC card and the adapter that you describe. It works fine. The manual lists number of exposures for cards up to 8 Gig capacity.
This doesn't help you but it does answer your question.
The simple answer is that the memory card you are trying to use is too big for the camera[s]. I looked in the manuals available online — the max size allowed is 128 MB for the 2650, and 256 MB for the A210.
Neither camera can handle the 1 GB you're trying to use. You need to find smaller capacity microSD cards. You might try to only format 128 MB [or 256 MB] and see if that works [not sure if you can do that with XD or SD memory cards].
You have two problems. The first is SD and XD cards are not interchangeable.
Problem number 2 is the only compatible cards for your cameras per the user manuals are as follows:
FinePix2650
DPC-16 (16 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
FinePixA210
DPC-16 (16 MB)
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)
So, your SD card and adapter will not work, and your cameras will not accept a 1 GB card.
