larry schaefer - chicago, Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Last Saturday I was shooting an east Indian (Hindu) first day wedding ceremony. Bride and groom families welcoming each other. Toward the end of the evening my 20D said I had 38 exposures left. Take a shot . . . erro2. Couldn't shoot anymore. But all images were on the Lexar Professional 80X card. I tried to copy these to the hard drive and I got a not responding warning everytime from my PC. I tried to use ther recovery software butr to no avail.The card would read in the camera but not in the computer. My custom lab recovered the images after 5 or 6 hours and multiple attempts with various software. You can snap a flash in half, drop a lens, hell just grab a backup but when the card goes like Delanza and Collen said its like opening a film back at 12 noon. 10 xtra cards would have done nothing to save the 218 images that were held hostage by my glitched out card. If the camera locks up you miss some shots but the card will pound sand in the past present and future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Larry, I have heard about nothing but trouble from Lexar of late. I own an old 1gb card that I won't even use anymore. I read at poll on another forum where the results of the brand thing was astonishing. Lexar had more faliures that all other brands (Sandisk, Kingston, Ritek, Ibm, Hitachi, etc, etc.) COMBINED by a factor of 2. That was the point at which I quit using Lexar for anything other than testing or studio. Sorry you had so much trouble, but I am glad you have it sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_schilling___chicago_ Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Well.....cool beans. I guess that they probably wouldn't have dumped into a flashtrax device. At least you were able to pickup the backup card and/or camera and keep on keepin on. Lookin forward to you posting some of the shots from the Hindu wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael j hoffman Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I have two Lexar professional CF cards. I've recorded literally thousands of images on each with my 10D and have never had a problem. Michael J Hoffman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_taylor____mequon__wi Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Same here. I've used Lexar cards exclusively since I switched to digital about two years ago, and after many weddings, vacations, and other events, I can say that I have never had a single problem with the cards. I started with the 512, then the 1G's and now I only buy 2G cards - never lost an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colleendonovan Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I've also heard of a lot of people having trouble with the Lexar 80x cards. My other Lexar cards are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_ Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Are you certain that the camera was not 'dumping' from the buffer when you took the card out of the camera? If the card is getting data and you remove the card, it will cause a problem or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun_carter Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 about two months ago i went to calumet photo for a 2 gig card because they were all on sale and asked the sales guy which would he recommend. he said most canon users get sandisk and nikon user get lexar. i didn't ask why that was the case and bought the sandisk. although i do have a 1 gig lexar card and so far so good. my 20d does sometimes lockup. i take the battery out and then put it back in and it's good to go again without any lost images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry schaefer - chicago, Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 What I know now is that the 80X category was a dog (go to lexar.com)and there is a link to Canon if you are interested. Certain serial numbers are eligible for exchange for versions with new firmware. On Your 20D err o2 indicates a suspect card. The Hindu wedding was the most radical cultural departure I have ever been on. Meaning no offense in any way it was a colorful and very family oriented day. It may be the closest I ever get to a Nation Geographic assignment. I would love to post shots right now but I am tired. I must say that little switch up to a 20D that knows how or has the power to focus has really jacked up my confidence. Mr. Schilling, although I never assist you directly with your onsite portrait stuff I must say that observing at weddings and looking at your work in the Forum has given me an awesome foundation. Thanks tons, I still think some of your tilt shots are a little hinckey but they havent hindered what I have learned. It is helpful to be in the same environment as a pro doing right and wrong and thing learning why. Huh . . . I'M rambling? Hindu wedding in another post soon. Nice responses everyone thanks.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 When your camera (film or digital) will not fire. You need to have a 2nd camera ready to go, at hand. Figuring out gremlins is on your time, not the client's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I'm glad you got your images back Larry. I guess that would be the most detrimental thing in your bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamsart Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I had a 512MB 40x Pro Lexar card go bad in a Nikon CP5700 P&S a few years ago. Nothing important was on there, but it scared me. Lexar replaced it, but I've been nervous about Lexar ever since. Delanza, the Lexar cards have the WA (write accelerated) technology which does not work with Canon. I've lost pictures using film, so nothing is totally secure. Getting the best and being careful are all you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annealmasy Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 That's wierd... I got an error2 message at this weekend's wedding. I immediately turned off the camera, popped out the batteries, took off the lens, and then restarted from scratch. I didn't have any further problems, and we got every single image off the card. It seems that a lot of Lexar card problems are caused by not waiting for it to finishing writing, etc., before moving on to the next thing. E.g., shooting, viewing, deleting, scrolling through, shooting, deleting, shooting, scrolling, etc. Can't handle it. We only lost images one time, and then it was only about 20 -- caused by the above mistake. We've learned never to edit on location, for one -- it's not professional anyway! AND we've learned that if EVER there's an error, we just take a breather and disassemble the whole shebang. It always comes back to life with full functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brians Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I think the Error2 on the 20D is an issue in the firmware - do some Canon research and see if there is a firmware update that corrects the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry schaefer - chicago, Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 ANNE DONT EVER USE THAT CARD AGAIN. Consider it a gonner its not worth the price of the card to have it eat your images. If its a Lexar check the website and find out about a replacement you will only have a few more chances if you are lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturesque Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 David--even though it looks like Larry's cards wouldn't have functioned correctly in a portable hard drive like the Flashtrax, it is still worthwhile to consider getting one. I just received one as a gift, and I use it at weddings to dump cards to. I don't erase the cards--I carry enough to finish the entire wedding, but it does remove one more bit of worry over losing files, and the hard drive is big enough that I still have files from three weeks ago on it that have been written over on my cards, even if I also have them on my computer already. I carry it on my belt and have it read and write from a just filled card as I continue to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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