sd card goes bad

[back alley]

went out for a short shoot this morning and have been checking out the pics just now.
one of my sd cards refuses to be read. i have used this card a few times before and last night i reformatted it to erase all the images on it. i also did that to the other card used today.

can a card just go bad overnight? it's a lexar made but kodak branded 2 gig card.
i just tried another kodak card (got 4 for 20 bucks) and it's fine.

joe

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Did you format it in the camera?

 

[back alley]

Did you format it in the camera?

yes.


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[Pickett Wilson]

Interesting. I guess I've been lucky. In tens of thousands of photos, I've never had a memory card go bad. That's a bummer.

 

[JonasYip]

i've rarely had a card go bad... once I think, and I've had a lot of cards. In the meantime, Photorescue can probably get to the files:

http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/

j

 

[back alley]

tried the datarescue and there was only 2 shots on the card, the 2 shots i shot after i got home to test the card.
wierd, no images from this morning are on the card.

maybe the camera is funky...

 

[Roger Hicks]

Yeah. It's a bar steward. I've had one card go wrong with my M8/M8.2 in maybe 20,000 shots. Inevitably, it was an illustration for a magazine article (PAYING pics) and it was shot at a friend's house 200 miles away. Now I back up on film or with the other digi...

And no, I couldn't recover the original pics, despite kind and helpful advice from other RFF members.

Tashi delek,

R.

 

[JonasYip]

Stupid question maybe, but are you sure you had the card in the camera? I have on more than one occasion shot many pictures with no card in the camera... the RD1 does not prevent you from doing so.

j

 

[back alley]

i took the card directly from the camera, put it into the card reader and the card reader into the computer.

 

[VictorM.]

Back up with film! Now that's funny! (To me anyway).

 

[Roger Hicks]

Back up with film! Now that's funny! (To me anyway).

Me too.

But digi is so damn' convenient for illustration!

Tashi delek,

R.

 

[ferider]

Do a full (not Quick) format on your computer and try again.

These cards are very robust.

Roland.

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Had the same experience last week: its a SD card from Silicon Power 45x 2Gb. I used it in an M8.2 and had it format in that camera. The pictures made, showed in the camera when reviewing them after shooting. Later my two pc's at home could't read the card (with Windows XP installed). I put the card back in the camera: the camera says: card is full. funny thing is that I cannot format the card anymore, not in the M8.2, not in the pc's, not even in another digital camera (tried epson). No problems however with lots of other cards in my M8.2, Epson and Canon. I think I can throw away the Silicon Power card.

 

[back alley]

i am on a mac and did try a second reader. there were 2 directories on the card, each with one image in them, the image i made at home when trying the card.
i did see a review copy when i was shooting.

tomorrow i will buy some better cards.

joe

 

[sevres_babylone]

I had problems with ATP cards. I don't have the model number with me. An earlier, slower version, the first ones i used with my R-D1 had worked fine. Since the I have only used Sandisk ultra or extreme. I don't think the more expensive Extreme ones work any better than the Ultra. I have not had problems with them.

I had better luck than you did with Photorescue getting images off the bad cards, and recommend that software.

 

[bennyng]

I've had Lexar cards died on me on two separate occasions. Total loss and nothing recoverable. After that, it's only Sandisk or Kingston. Nothing else. So far so good now....

Cheers,

 

[Keith]

I have about three SD cards in total and they all mystify me. I put them in my Canon A620 and the camera tells me they're locked occasionally ... then they're fine! Last time I went to upgrade the firmware on my M8 only one of the cards would co-operate.

Pop a roll of film into a camera and you know exactly what it will do ... and it never fails to do it every time.

Digital is doomed! 😛

 

[thinkfloyd]

I rarely had my SD cards fail on me, but on the one occasion it did, it cost me a lot of money... I was using 2 4gb cards for a paid shoot, and when it was time to sort for printing, the 1st SD card got corrupted and the images were never recovered... had to re-shoot another day with me shouldering the expenses for the models, make-up artist, venue, food, etc. so I can fulfill my end of the contract. I still profited in the end, but the amount left after expenses wasn't worth it... so now I shoot with 1 and 2 gb cards, and when a card is full, immediately upload it to my laptop while I shoot with my other cards...(cards now are sandisk extreme III's just to be on the safe side.)

 

[Steve Bellayr]

I had 2 cards go bad on me & my son had one go bad. Very interesting. A salesman told me that there is a life expectancy to cards of 2 years.

 

[Rob-F]

I have had two Leica-branded 64MB cards go bad in the Digilux 1 they were supplied with. Never a bad card from Sandisk, though.