BAY6 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I am now shooting RAW on my 5D Mark III and everything I've ever learned was to always format the CF card in the camera. Well, when shooting RAW I've been reading that to get the best performance is to format the CF card as ExFat which can only be done on a computer, not in camera. Is this correct? Is this format still needed nowdays? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxotics Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Until a better answer comes around. Formatting on the computer allows it to write special "boot" files that will boot from the card. The EOScard utility will do this. Formatting in the camera allows the camera to put the directories it expects exactly where it needs/expect them, like DCIM, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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