How to initialize IBM Mirodrive from S2?

[Lee Miles]

Hi, my first upload from new S2 to Mac G4...checked the box stating, "want to erase drive images...?" figuring that would be the quickest way (IBM Microdrive 340mb). Well, as you may know there is a section saying the correct way to do it.

Question: S2 LCD says, "card not initialized." I can't find where in the manual it says how to initialize the card. I called IBM support, but they say it's a camera function. I can't find a toll-free to call Fuji support...can anyone help?

[jeffinkansas]

I dont use microdrives, so I could be wrong about this response, but here goes.

Never erase your card or drive anywhere but in the camera! Its not always the end of the world if you do but who knows right.

I also get the card not initialized warning everynow and then, usually it is because I disconnected the camera without unmounting the drive icon. All I do then is format the card in the camera and everything is peachy.

Hope this helps

Jeff

[jeffinkansas]

1-800-800-fuji

good luck

Jeff

[Lee Miles]

I appreciate the response and the toll-free; I'll call them right now, thanks!

[Wichita Wayne]

I have the same problem and it is always solved by pluging the A/C power supply into the camera and then turning it on. You can then get the menu to initialize the microdrive. Changing batteries might also help. You also might try waving a "New Age" crystal over the microdrive before loading it into the camera......LOL. Who knows why these things are so picky, but they are!

[Richard Wills]

I had this problem, after using the S2 in the studio, linked to a mac (normally based in win2ksville) - mac fell over and crashed the microdrive (digitally at least).

The solution, found from a quick gooogle was:

turn off camera.
Turn on camera.
press play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play, then ok, then play...
until, one day the camera asks you if you want to format the card.

Not the most elegant solution, but a practical way out of a tricky situation.

HTH,

Richard, in sunny London

[ali]

Formatting on the PC using "FAT" mode solved my problem but I think it once caused my problem. When I don't have a PC, I have to play with the "On/Off", "Play", and "Menu" buttons. Sometimes just wating a "whole" minute solved the problem. I looked at the compatibility comparisons between the S2 and the D100 and it makes the S2 look a little out of date.

[Wichita Wayne]

Then you would really hate my Hasselblad 500 C that was manufactured in 1964 an still going strong.

[Tom V]

Originally posted by Wayne
Then you would really hate my Hasselblad 500 C that was manufactured in 1964 an still going strong.

My wife's body was created in 1962, and is showing its age. It is not quite obsolete, but it is getting harder to find reasons to drag it out of the house. Most parts are functioning well, but the focus is going, it seems to be getting slower, is harder to get loaded, and seemingly needs 1,000 accessories (which are kept in a purse) to keep it functioning. It is soft on the edges, and really soft in the middle, and seems to weigh more and more. Mounting to it is still a challenge, even though everything has loosened up quite a bit.

The new, sleek, lightweight models look so tempting! I always look and try to keep abreast of the newest developments.

:p

[Wichita Wayne]

The 1964 model is the oldest, the S2 is the youngest, and there is a wide variety in between. Mostly Hasselblads of one type or other with a few Nikons sprinkled in. One of the best pictures I ever took (Sunrise on the Sahara) was taken with a Canonet rangefinder that I purchased from a pawn shop. I didn't want to take a good SLR to the Sahara. I owned a Pentax that I just didn't like, a couple of Bronicas that I couldn't get rid of quick enough, an RB-67 here and there that I fought with regularly, and a Hasselblad 2000F C/M that was probably my all time favorite (instant return mirror) but the shutter broke once too often. Now I am faced with the thought of going digital. I have three digital Fujis that I really like. Even though two of them look like amature cameras, which is exactly what they are (an MX-2900 and a FinePix 4900Zoom). I haven't had this much fun since I was a kid. Who would have thought I could make exibition quality prints without setting foot in a darkroom.

And all this time I have only had one wife, and she is a photographer too. Much better than I am. And her current passion is a strange plastic model called a Holga ($19.95) that leaks light and takes soft pictures, but she loves the things. Go figure!

[Tom V]

I wasn't talking about a camera, I was talking about my wife.

[lightwrangler]

This thread is really crackin' me up. Thanks, I really needed a good chuckle.

:D

[Wichita Wayne]

Originally posted by Tom Voegeli
I wasn't talking about a camera, I was talking about my wife.

But my wifes computer is right next to mine and she is always checking over my shoulder to see if I am behaving myself and not spending all my time posting to various BBSs.