Erase to FAT16

If a SLR camera flash card needs to use FAT16 and be formatted in FAT16 is it possible to do that using Disk Utility or does that only erase in FAT32 format?
Currently to format the flash card it needs to be done on a PC. The Mac recognizes FAT16 but I can't find an application to format it in FAT16.
The digital camera doesn't recognize FAT32 either.
Any possible solutions?
iMac 24"   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Use Aperture

Hi Ruegan 0000;
I would like to go even one step further then Templeton Peck and stated that all of the camera I have even dealt with highly recommend that the memory cards be formated in the camera and not in the computer. Generally they say that computers do things slightly different then the camera does it when it comes to formatting and they can not guarantee the results when the cards are formatted in the computer.
Allan

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