I meant to add that it helps when using multiple cards to have them
labeled. That way, if the card itself is part of a problem that occurs
more than once you'll know if it's the same card that's involved. I
have 1, 2 and 8 GB cards and I label them as 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 8A.
Within a size I also use them sequentially which makes it a little
easier to keep track of what's been used and what hasn't.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The only thing that makes any sense to me as the possible cause of the
> problem is that the camera is still writing at the time power is turned
> off and the directory is left in some invalid state. That really
> shouldn't happen as the off switch should not be absolute but rather a
> signal to the camera that you'd like it to turn off when it finishes
> writing images still in the camera's buffer. Although it shouldn't
> happen with good design Canon cameras have had this problem for a long
> time which has only recently been fixed in the newest models. Whether
> the E-3 is subject to the same thing I don't know.
>
> The other possibility is that the images on the card are fine but his
> computer's card reader has some sort of problem. Figuring out what's
> going on means checking the reader with another card known to contain
> images from another camera and checking the E-3's card with an image
> recovery utility to see what's actually there. I can't believe that all
> the images have been literally erased. There's something still there.
>
> What happens when the card is stuck back into the camera? Does the
> camera still see the images but the computer doesn't?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Timpe, Jim wrote:
>> Following is an email I received from a former co-worker. Had two E-1,
>> jumped ship to Nik*n for about two years, and jumped ship back to Oly.
>> Any feedback/input/help you can give me to send him would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>> %%%%%%
>> Jim,
>> TWICE in the past two weeks I have lost an entire shoot on my
>> E-3. I am taking pictures captured to a compact flash card, either 2 or
>> 4 gigs.
>> The shoots have comprised of about 50 shots each, and during
>> the shoot, I have used the preview feature to look at a shot or show the
>> client.
>> At the end of the shoot, I turn off the camera, and eject the
>> card. I walk over to the computer, insert the card in the reader and
>> poof! There is NOTHING on the card. Even though I have seen the shots
>> in preview, apparently somehow, someway..the camera does not write the
>> pictures to the card, or erases them at some time during the shoot.
>> At first I thought I was going crazy. Then it happened again.
>> Literally 2 hours of prep and shoot work flushed down the toilet. Have
>> you heard of this happening to anyone else?
>> Of course I have gotten nothing back from Olympus about this
>> problem.
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