john_mitchell7

Just curious, did you turn the camera on?

The Lexar program is named Lexar Media Image Rescue 2.

I don't know if the D70 has a compressed mode for raw like the D100. If it does, taking it out of the compress mode make a dramatic difference.

 

Be careful with pencil erasers on contacts. They can do more harm than good as they tend to remove the plating on the contacts, particularly if you do it too often.

I agree that it is most likely a buffering problem.

It would not be a battery low problem, lens or battery contacts.

If you try a new card try a faster one, 80x or more.

I have had excellent luck with Lexar WA cards. They cost a bit more, but they are worth it all.

This might help, maybe not.

 

Using Windows Explorer determine which drive the CF card is. e.g. F:

 

Go to the command line level of windows like this:

 

START >> Accessories >> Command Prompt

 

You should see at least c:

 

Type in the drive name. e.g. F: <return>

 

You should see the drive letter plus :\> e.g. F:\>

 

Type in dir <return>

 

You will see a list of the files and directories.

 

 

Change to the directory you want like this:

 

cd (directory name) e.g. cd DCIM

 

Type in dir <return>

 

Now you should see both 101ND100 and 102ND100.

 

If you see these two, then you are getting further.

 

If not, then this has not helped.

 

Good Luck!

Contact Nikon Support on the Nikon Web Site at: www.nikon.com

They can answer most if not all of your questions.

 

Warranty times vary from country to country. If yours is less then 1 year, you should be fine anywhere, unless you have a gray product.

Good Luck!

John,

 

Not necessarily. He could easily be in another program. It was not stated what was used. Other programs will also ask if it needs formatted.

What I should have said is, the Windows Explorer will give you a better idea of what is going on as it is further down in the OS level. You could even go down to command line level, but I doubt it would tell you anymore then Explorer in this case. If you can't see the file s with Windows Explorer or command line you have eliminated one area of the problem.

 

Another thing to do is to try another CF card and see if the problem persists. If it persists, there is most likely an interface problem which could be anywhere from hardware to the driver. Older Windows versions, usually before Win 2K need drivers installed. It should also be noted that most CF adapter run over USB in one way or the other.

 

I had a similar problem with Win 2K and a Kodak camera using a SD card. Formatting the card accomplished nothing, you still could not read the new card pictures on the PC. It turned out to be a WIN 2K USB driver compatibility bug. I could have sworn the camera was writing in some odd disk format on the SD card, but I was wrong. That PC is long gone.

Go down to the lower level and bypass all the fancy picture copy programs. Use the Microsoft Windows Explorer.

There you should be able to see anything that is on the CF Card.

Hi Denis,

 

Thanks for the info on the DC adapter.

 

The two batteries inside the EN-EL6 are Varta PoLoFlex PLF503562.01 plus the following info on mine 8010/1774F. Yours may vary on the latter number. They are made by Varta in Ellwangen, Germany. Apparently these are not sold to anyone except OEMs or OCMs.

You might look on their web site before you go fiddling around. There are danger warnings about shorting or running them down to zero.

 

I am quite sure my batteries are shot, so I will rely on external power input for the remaining life of the MSV.

 

Nikon wanted me to send the MSV to them for a check at my expense. I told them to forget it. I'll spend the money on new and larger CF cards.

I presume this transfer to be a USB connection.

Do you have USB 2.0 connected on both ends? If not it will be quite slow, particularly if you have large images.

Some cameras (e.g. Nikon D100) do not have USB 2.0, you will have to live with this or reduce the photo quality for faster image transfer.

 

You say 1.25ram. I presume this to be 1.25GB ram. If so, you should be okay there unless you have a lot of unneeded memory consuming programs running at the same time. Then you need to stop the programs you don't need for the job.

 

CPU speed of 1.6Ghz is slightly low, but should be sufficient for reasonably fast image presentation.

 

Enjoy,

John

Looks like a defect! I suggest that you contact Nikon support now. Your warranty should still be valid, so don't waste any time.

I bought my F in 1965 and it was still working fine when I quit using it in 2004. I bought a D100 and my F has slept ever since.

The odds that German customs will stop it very low as they aren't interested in low valued items. Anyway it will be just an envelope with a CD, not a big box. The cost to ship it Air Mail to Germany is also very low. I know, I lived there for over 20 years.

I have the D100 and I noticed that it was also very slow in raw. I checked around in the camera and the manual last week and found that it was also in compress mode. I took it out of compress mode. Now it zips along almost like I was shooting in jpeg fine.

Denis,

 

"Be careful!" You are working with Li-ion(Lithium-ion Polymer) batteries. They handle totally different from Ni-Cad batteries. Read up on them first before try zapping them.

 

I can only copy about 1/3 of a 1GB chip before my battery goes to LOW. Both batteries are the same and both are almost 2 years old with little use. The cost of new batteries are a bit too expensive, so I might just buy more CF cards and larger CF cards and just connect my MSV to an AC connection for transfer of data. I also have thought of getting an adapter for the auto. Nikon does not offer one, so I will have to find one somewhere else or make it myself.

 

John

Hi Denis,

 

I am trying to determine how long a battery should actually hold it's charge when copying from CF card to disk. Nikon support is so far not much of any help. They simply state 1.5 hours, but don't state under what conditions.

What is the best you have succeeded in copying from a full battery?

GB and/or time.

 

John

There are some neat books around which cover some but not all of the Nikkor lenses. They are quite interesting to those interested in Nikkor lenses.

When you take it apart, try and photograph the steps and mark where the pieces go, just in case you decide to put it together again.

Whether I choose to connect my camera direct over USB or I take the chip out of the camera and put it in one of the various chip readers really does not matter that much to me, except for speed issues.

 

Under Windows, ignore all the special utilities/programs, whether they be Microsoft, Nikon and etc. Simply use the Windows Explorer. With Windows Explorer you can see and copy all of the files on the chip.

I was wondering if anyone is experiencing problems with the batteries(EN-EL6)

for the MSV-01.

Both of my original EN-EL6 batteries are only capable of coping about 50% of a

1GB CF chip (50 NEF files) before the MSV-01 shuts down due to low battery. This

take about 10 minutes with a full battery.

The specs claim 1.5 hours, however I suspect this is turned on an idle.

 

Thanks,

John