D70 Recording format mix-up

[jettlich]

I've had my D70 for over 3 years now, and have used the same SanDisk ultra II

1.0GB memory card the whole time. I download my pics (I take them in NEF)

monthly and change them to JPEG to show online & order. Anyway, after taking

some pictures this first half of the month, I went to download today & noticed

some of my pics in the LCD screen show "FILE DOES NOT CONTAIN IMAGE DATA."

 

Further, many of the pictures that DO show-up are the normal "DSC_0001.NEF"

(for example), but some are in this format I've never seen,

i.e., "DSCW0042.NEF" . I know I didn't change anything in my menu set-up.

However, I did notice at one point last w/e, when I went to take a photo, my

door to my memory disk area, just to the right of the LCD screen, was slightly

open (don't know if one of the kids did it, or what . . .). But, as soon as I

saw it, I put it back in and shut the door. Hence, the pics taken after that,

I'd assume should've been back to the typical file (i.e., DSC_0001.NEF), but

they weren't. Still had the FILE DOES NOT CONTAIN IMAGE DATA, mixed w/ DSCW

pictures. (I don't even know what DSCW means!).

 

Any thoughts? Time for a new memory card? Or, shall I download what I can off

of the camera & reformat the disk? Thank goodness I'm looking at and noticing

this now, as if it has to be fixed, we have only 1 month until our next baby is

born, and of course we'll need a camera then!

 

Thanks for your help!

[rffffffff]

You are most likely experiencing data corruption of some form. Its really not a good thing, but there are steps that you can take to help solve the problem...

 

First, take everything off the card that you want to save. If the pictures that don't show up right wont copy, try a copy of sandisk's rescue pro, which comes with their extreme line of cards.

 

Which brings me to step two. I would reseat the card thats in there a few times, but I would also check to see if any of the miniature pins down in the camera are bent before putting it back in.

 

Formatting the card is a good idea, as is trying a new card if the problem still exists. (i recommend a sandisk extreme card because it comes with rescue pro!)

 

If the new card doesnt solve the problem, trying a hard reset on the camera wouldnt hurt (i think this is done through a small button on the base of the camera, but I have never done it).

 

The bad news: I had a camera that did a similar thing. I ended up bringing it to nikon so they could fix it. They tried, and tried, and tried. Then they gave me a D70S to replace the D70 after we gave them tons of grief and told them that we had twenty cameras and were going to switch to canon if nikon couldnt fix the problem. (a bluff. we love nikon) Having a D2X around your neck when you go in there will help, but unfortunately, this can be apparently a difficult problem to fix if the card things don't help.

[ray_du_bois]

I re-format my memory card after every download.