I have a panasonic fz28. iam using a sandisk 8gb sdhc card. now iam not able to sync my cam with my pc even with all the softwares being installed. it shows the access symbol when connected with the access word written in red colour. and most importantly once connected my camera hangs up and i have to remove and replace my battery to bring it back to normal state. i also experience electrical shocks on my camera when conected to my pc. please give me a solution for this....

Hi

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 uses SD and SDHC cards. If you have a microSDHC card you will need an adaptor to make it into a full size card. This may have come with the microSDHC card. The card can be formatted in the camera. If you have problems formatting it in the camera you may have to format it in a computer or USB reader first, and then place it in the camera to format it

Yes format the memory card. Go into the camera's Menu and select Foemat memory card.

from looking through the manual, it looks like that camera can only use a 2gb card max. try a smaller card and see if that works

You can add up to 8GB of SD memory. Your best approach is to add an 8GB SDHC Sandisk (always use Sandisk) Flash Memory card. You can find these cards with TOPO maps installed at the http://www.jungleghost.com website. You can also find the latest instruction manual that describes how to install the card.

It's suggested that you use any SD Memory Card formatting Software to format the SD memory card. You can download any such Software from the address given below:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/support/jp/sd/sdfv2003.exe

Download the software from the above link and install in your computer and then format the memory card using it. After formatting the memory card, insert it in your Camera and use it normally.

No, it's a hardware issue. Your 8GB card is an SDHC card (the HC stands for High Capacity), but the card reader in your machine is clearly only compatible with the older type SD cards. SDHC devices will accept SD cards, but devices designed solely for SD cards cannot read or format SDHC cards.

There is no firmware update for this, your only fix is to buy an external reader compatible with SDHC cards for connection via a USB socket. Most new readers are fully SDHC compliant, but check the specs for shelling out your hard-earned...

No, 8 GB is too large. According to page 5 of the manual, 4 GB is maximum:

•When the term card is used in these
operating instructions this refers to the
following types of Memory Cards.
– SD Memory Card (8 MB to 2 GB)
– SDHC Memory Card (4 GB)
–MultiMediaCard (still pictures only)
More specific information about memory
cards that can be used with this unit.
• You can only use an SDHC Memory Card
if using cards with 4 GB or more capacity.
• A 4 GB Memory Card without an SDHC
logo is not based on the SD Standard and
will not work in this product.

The manual can be had below:

http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCFX33.pdf

No support for SDHC on I6000

Guys you have to have the camera format the SD card itself for best results and compatibility.

To solve this problem, I bought an SD card reader.

All you have to do is plug your SDHC card into the reader, then plug the reader into your USB port, and you should be able to access your images/videos.

I have the same 8Gb SDHC 15 MB/s plus the same camera (FZ28) and it works perfect for me. - Doing it this way is much easier.

You can find SD card readers (Which will work also for SDHC cards) on ebay for a small price of around 2-3 pounds (£) at cheapest. - Just type in "SD Card Reader".

Hope this helps.