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Glen h - the card has not been reformatted yet, as the photos are important from a safari in Africa. The card will only be reformatted, when all recovery alternatives have been used.

ShunCheung - thank you very much. I sounds like the problem is, what you mention last, the capacity is all of a sudden reduced. The card was not full - the estimated balance was abt 200 images

I have the last couple of days followed a discussion on another forum regarding loss of photos from a Sony XQD card used with a Sony card reader. The photographer had seen each of the photos immediately after they were taken, but when transferring to the computer several photos were missing. Put the card back into the D850 and they were gone. I was positive it was a computer software issue, however, it turns out that it is a general problem – I have never heard about it. Anyone here have experience the same? I normally use the SD card for overflow, but will in future use it as backup instead, plus I am considering getting a couple of XQD cards more – I do not need the fast CFexpress cards.

Salt pane

woman hand

Woman enjoying her home rolled cigar

my home town

Went to salt panes over the weekend - unfortunately little activity

I have i5-4690 16gb RAM only and use NEF full size which is about 55-60MP and using Helicon as plugin for LR. I was just not aware that it could take that long time, but as you say leave the computer and make a fresh cup of coffee may sweeten the process. I assume it will take some time before I am on the 80 macro images.

and he is still there

Early morning

I am using Helicon, but since it mainly is for landscape with a limited number of frames, then I will postpone an upgrade of RAM or what else could be required.

Portrait of a "gambler" I met in a village

Ho Chua Am Lake, Khanh Hoa

Ed Ingold – Next time I will try the manual stacking and take max 4 frames with focus of foreground, 1-2 at middle and 1 far. I have never used AF on the shutter release only on rear button. I used various settings of the above and special software for stacking of the 9 frames, and the first 3 attempts ended up with like “not everything saved”. It turned out, that my computer had not finished the operation after 10 min or so. I just image a macro fan taking 100+ he can go on holiday during the operation. I have previously used a focus rail for flowers, and even that it is good, one has to be very patient. Nearly all macro/close up of flowers are indoors, as it is always windy when it is good light, where I am living. Thank you for your comments.