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Nikon D700 corrupting CF cards?


kerry_murray1

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<p>Hi there</p>

<p>I use a Nikon D700, have had it a year or so now and it has never given any significant problems until recently. I went to download a card and the card didnt show up on my Mac, didnt read it at all. Tried another card, showed up fine. Same thing on a PC. Then I formatted the card (in the D700) Didnt help. So I figured it was the end of the road for that particular SD card, luckily the photos weren't important, so I figured, could have been worse.<br /> Then, put a new card in the camera (the same one that read fine on the Mac and PC earlier) shot a few test frames and tried to download it... neither computer could read the card. So now i'm thinking the camera is doing something to the cards? Images show up on the D700 screen, everything appears normal while the card is in camera but it doesnt register on the computers... What's going on? Should I be freaking out? Please help!</p>

<p>Thanks for your time.<br /> Kerry</p>

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<p>Are you using an external card reader? Or, the tethered camera? Are you swapping the card reader from the Mac to the PC? Just wondering if it's the card reader?</p>

<p>Also, are you using some kind of SD to CF card adapter in the camera? The D700 doesn't accept SD cards.</p>

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<p>I did reformat the card, as mentioned in the original question, but it still didnt read. I also format everytime I shoot, and I also thought that it was the end of the road for that card, no big deal.<br>

the problem is that the same thing happened to the next card, which had been working perfectly 5 minutes earlier, but after I put it in the camera, shot a few frames and then tried to download, it had the same problem...</p>

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<p>@Peter. I dont have another reader here, but will nick one from the studio. Also thought of the bent pins and checked, but they seem ok. I'm pretty sure the problem isnt the reader though, because it will read a card that hasn't been in the D700 recently (I also shoot with a D300 and a D200 as my back-up body)</p>
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<p>@Carl: do you mean drive letter on the computer? Because it doesnt even show up on the comp, its as if I havent plugged anything in. I have tried different cables, but for now only have the one card reader. I have also tried to connect the camera directly to the Mac, also didnt register anything, not even reconise that something had been plugged it. Once, there was a little warning pop-up screen that said "the computer doesnt recognise the drive you are attempting to read" I paraphrase, cant remember the exact wording... but it never showed up again with all the other attempts.</p>
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<p>how old are the batteries in your D700? are you certain your unit is getting sufficient power to perform write operations or USB communications? i also would try a reset, and perhaps even reloading the firmware, as the problem does not seem to lie with either cards or reader...</p>
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<p>@Wiliiam: Thanks for your response, not sure how old the batteries are, as I have 3 Nikon bodies all using the same batteries, all bought at different times, but the battery wouldnt have anything to do with the card not reading in a card reader. How do I do a re-set? That sounds like it might help, but i've never done it before.</p>
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<p>I use Windows with a card reader. I can see the usb reader (F:/) with or without a card in it. I have seen usb devices have a hard time when the drive letter is deep. I fix the problem by changing the drive letter manually or removing devices ahead of it. If your Windows PC does not see the usb reader I would start looking there. First thing would be to check the usb conection and change usb port, then a reboot. If that does not work then see if the reader can be seen on a different computer. I rarely tether my D700 to the computer as I have caught the cord with my foot once. I don't think the body or card is bad if you can see the images on the body LCD. That means the files exist and can be read, at least in the body, they are not corrupt.</p>
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<p>I own 3 SanDisk CF cards and I use them in my D700 but I never had any problems. Nor did the studio I work for, with 3 D700 and a buch of cards.</p>

<p>However, my boss had a problem with his D3, using a Lexar card. Lexar cards are know to fail, OEM cards even more so, after he trew the Lexar he never had any problems.<br />I had a card-corrupting body, a Nikon D70, he destroyed a SanDisk Ultra2 8 GB, but the guys form the customer service told me that the D70 must be used with low capacity cards because it will destroy 8GB cards (they had several cards with this problem from D70's).<br />Lastly, some cheepo card readers are rumored to destroy memory cards, so keep this in mind also.<br />Cheers.</p>

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<p>Kerry, <br>

My Mac (laptop) never seemed to have read the CF card in my D700, even when I am using the cable (the card does not pop up on the desk top). but all the applications like iPhoto, Aperture and Graphic Converters all read the card OK and can download the pictures, as soon as I plug the camera in, is this the case with you?</p>

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<p>Kerry, <br>

My Mac (laptop) never seemed to have read the CF card in my D700, even when I am using the cable (the card does not pop up on the desk top). but all the applications like iPhoto, Aperture and Graphic Converters all read the card OK and can download the pictures, as soon as I plug the camera in, is this the case with you?</p>

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