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squizza
14-08-2009, 14:29
Okay, so I've been doing photography for 8 years now and throughout all of my equipment I have never seen this before.

I'm quite concerned...as the camera is a Canon 50D and 1 week old. :'(
I never never disrespect my equipment, it is always cared for, never kept out my crumpler padded bag when not in use, never chucked about when I do use my equipment etc..

So..I can't understand. It is this image only, and I didn't notice it when I scrolled through the images on the back of the camera.

Any help greatly appreciated

Sarah

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3819939691_d3e4dd770e.jpg
Janice
14-08-2009, 14:31
its a corrupted file. did you join the camera to the pc with the lead or use the card in a card reader?
purpleclouds
14-08-2009, 14:31
It looks like the image has become corrupt! It could have been anywhere between it being transferred from the sensor right through to the PC. It will be worth while trying a different memory card/card reader/cables :)
squizza
14-08-2009, 14:32
I used a Transcend 4gb 133x card and put it in the card slot in the front of the computer. :'(
Sparks
14-08-2009, 14:37
Have you tried downloading it again? Assuming you've not cleared the card down yet....
squizza
14-08-2009, 14:40
No I haven't formatted the card yet :)

Have just put it back in the slot and the file itself does not show any sign of corruption.
squizza
14-08-2009, 14:44
Ok, so downloaded it again and its fine. I'm confused, why would something happen like that?:thinking:
specialman
14-08-2009, 14:47
You have been fortunate enough to witness a very rare kind of butterfly called the Digitalus Corrupticus ;)
squizza
14-08-2009, 14:51
You have been fortunate enough to witness a very rare kind of butterfly called the Digitalus Corrupticus ;)


Lucky me :lol::woot:
hsuffyan
14-08-2009, 14:52
I used a Transcend 4gb 133x card and put it in the card slot in the front of the computer. :'(
did you happen to buy that card from ebay, especially someone from hk or china?
Marac
14-08-2009, 14:55
get yourself a decent card they are really worth their weight in gold.
squizza
14-08-2009, 14:56
Nope - it was bought from Amazon I believe. It was cheap and has always worked other than this time - So you think its probably the card?
hsuffyan
14-08-2009, 14:58
get yourself a decent card they are really worth their weight in gold.

I agree :thumbs:

i was wondering if a few grams of gold is actually worth more than £20-£25? Just a thought.
Sparks
14-08-2009, 15:02
get yourself a decent card they are really worth their weight in gold.

Although I completely agree, surely this time the card isn't the part at fault otherwise every time you downloaded it, it would be messed up?

Might be wrong but my logic is saying its more likely to be a dodgy reader...

But yup, get a decent card from one of the big named brands for added piece of mind!
Bill Roberts
14-08-2009, 15:02
It does look like a typical card fault. I'd format it it camera but mark it as "suspect" in future. I certainly wouldn't trust it for anything that was important to me.

Just out of interest, do you normally format the card on the computer or in the camera?

cheers
squizza
14-08-2009, 15:05
Dodgy reader springs to mind for me too, especially seeing as second time round it worked :) But I will be buying a Sandisk Extreme to replace this. Tis not worth the thought of losing an image over.

Thank you everyone for your help - I really did start to panic!

:thankyou:
squizza
14-08-2009, 15:08
It does look like a typical card fault. I'd format it it camera but mark it as "suspect" in future. I certainly wouldn't trust it for anything that was important to me.

Just out of interest, do you normally format the card on the computer or in the camera?

cheers

I format it via the camera :)
swanseamale47
14-08-2009, 15:30
I have seen this a few times over the years, it's sometimes caused by something running on the computer interfearing with the file transfer, it blips the transfer and screws something up, that said it could be the card or reader as well. best do as already suggested and not use that card for anything important (keep as a last resort?)
sheddy
14-08-2009, 21:36
It the reader not keeping up with the card .... the card can transfer at 133 but the reader can only cope with 64 or something like that. I had the same problem with my built in reader and it was cured after I followed advice and bought an Extreme III reader.