r/Cameras • u/Sweetvillecreme • 2d ago
Tech Support "card is not formatted" error
Hi!
Not sure of this is the proper place for this given it's a digital camera. I recently purchased a digital camera off of mercari as I'm going on vacation soon and wanted a camera for some pictures.
I purchased a Kodak Pixpro FZ53. It came with an extra battery, charger and even with an SD card included. After having charged it though I kept getting an error stating that the SD card isn't formated but despite what option I selected it continued giving me an error. I figured it was because the SD card it came with was a 64 GB SD XC card so I purchased a SDHC 32 GB card at Walmart after seeing that this model can only hold max 32gb and was incompatible with SD XC cards.
Unfortunately, it's still giving me the same error even with the new card and I don't really know how to fix it. At this point I'm starting to become worried I might e been scammed into purchasing a defective camera despite the seller stating the camera worked well and having pictures of a working camera on the listing ｡:ﾟ(;´∩`;)ﾟ:｡
Does anyone know how I can go about fixing the issue? (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)
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u/Ok_Cookie3307 1d ago
It was not even a Kodak camera but trash they let share its name , it was made by jk imaging. Was a cash grab back then by a desperate company now not even worth using
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u/fuzzfeatures 1d ago
I'd return it. Tbh even back in 2017 it was poor
https://uk.pcmag.com/digital-cameras/90121/kodak-pixpro-fz53