Lines in image file and truncated file name.

[eimages]

<p>Good Evening Everyone, I have a 6 months old 5D Mark 2. Sometimes my image files will have lines going across the entire image. It happened once or twice when I first got the camera, but now it is getting unacceptable. Before I send it the camera, I wanted to know if this is an easy fix.<br>

I use different CF cards. I undated the firmware. I try different file sizes, BTW, I usually only shoot JPG at the highest resolution. Take a look at my file ant let me know if you know what's happening.<br>

One more interesting detail, the default Canon file name is always "IMG_XXXX", X being a number, the images with lines in them are named "_MG_XXXX". The I is missing and is replace by an underscore. The file size also doubles from about 4.5 MB for a file with no lines to over 9 MB for the files with lines.<br>

I am attaching an image for your review. I think I need to bring it back to Canon, but I will be without a camera for who knows how long.<br>

Thanks, Alex</p><div></div>

[jonathan_lui]

<p>the underscore is because you've set your colorspace to AdobeRGB. If you don't know what AdobeRGB is, I recommend setting it back to sRGB.</p>

<p>Lines across the image typically mean data corruption. Since you use different CF cards, see if only one or all of those give you corrupted files. First thing to do is to format all your cards IN THE CAMERA. Then take lots of pictures while noting which card gives you problems. If you can narrow it down to one CF card, then throw it away. If all, then it's your camera.</p>

[eimages]

<p>Thanks Jonathan, will try it out before bringing the camera back to Canon.</p>

[phule]

<p>How are you transferring the images from camera to computer? Have you tried a different computer? </p>

[eimages]

<p>Hey Rob, I use a CF card reader. Had no problem with the card reader. The lines appears on camera right after the shutter release.</p>

[eimages]

<p>Update, I tried different CF cards, different lenses, and different file sizes, images are still coming out with lines. Guess that 5D Mark ii will be going to Canon for repair.</p>