'cannot playback image' error question

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Hi,

I have been taking plenty of pics on my camera (60D), storing them on an 8GB Sandisc extreme pro 45mb/sec, but since I have put the memory into the card reader to view them on the laptop, then loading it back in the camera, some of the images will not display on the camera screen.

So, I have copied the images off the memory card, then put the card back in the camera, formatted it, then copied the photos back on from the laptop and then when I put the card back in the camera, another one of the images had the same error message!

Can anyone shed any light on this problem?

Cheers,

Del
 
are you doing anything to the images in between? I had this once with using picasa if I remember right where I'd changed something or exported and resaved, cant remember exactly what, but in the folder in the explorer view on the computer there was an extra file, i.e. a non image file and I think that was the one that the camera was trying to read.

Of course it may not be that at all :-/ but worth checking?
 
What happens when you bypass the card reader and just use a USB cable to the camera to download the images?

(and I guess it's worth asking where you got the memory card from).
 
Thanks for your replies guys.

I am not doing anything to the images, just viewing them straight from the card. No additional temp files are being created, its a few of the actual photos that won't display on the camera. When I read the card on the laptop the pics are there and viewable! Haven't tried it with the cable, I should probably try it. Oh, and the memory card came off amazon, looks genuine and came boxed correctly etc.

Maybe there is another way to format the card?

Cheers,

Del
 
I had this problem with my 7D last week. It wasn't the first time I had used the card in the camera but for some reason it corrupted/"broke" all of the pictures. I couldn't view them in camera or on the computer (but the thumbnails were all there).

I did some research and found mine was a firmware related issue. Upgraded to the latest version and it sorted it out. Maybe if its still not working after you formatting its worth looking into that? There seems to be a lot of posts on other forums about this "rare" issue.
 
So could you see all the images on the card via the laptop initallly ?

Did you just view them or download them to your laptop ?


bensambrook said:
Have you rotated any of the pictures while viewing them on the PC?
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This is worth checking, if your software automatically rotated them, it may well have saved the rotated file on the card, thus altering the original file, this might be the reason ???


As Adam says, do you have the latest firmware on your 60D

Do hope you get it sorted / get to the bottom of it
 
Thanks for all the help.

The images still display fine when the card is in the laptop, its just when its back in the camera a few won't display. However, I think you guys might be onto something when you ask if the images have been rotated, I will have to check but it could be the case that I have rotated to portrait and windows 7 has automatically saved the image!

I'll check it out tonight and report back!

Cheers,

Del
 
I can't remember the details, but I think I read somewhere that even if you haven't written anything to the card while it's in the PC, you must 'eject' it properly (right click on its icon then eject). If you don't do this the file system can get corrupted.
 
Thanks for all the help, I know what was causing the problem!

It was the fact that I was viewing the images on the laptop from the SD card in the reader, and as I was viewing them I was rotating them. Windows 7 auto saves when you do so and was causing the problem. Even when rotated back to the original orientation the file still cannot display.

The answer is, if you want to view them and rotate, then you should do a copy from the card to your hard drive first!

Cheers,

Del
 
If you edit the image in any way and save it on the SD/CF card, the camera will not read it again
 
dellydel said:
Thanks for all the help, I know what was causing the problem!

It was the fact that I was viewing the images on the laptop from the SD card in the reader, and as I was viewing them I was rotating them. Windows 7 auto saves when you do so and was causing the problem. Even when rotated back to the original orientation the file still cannot display.

The answer is, if you want to view them and rotate, then you should do a copy from the card to your hard drive first!

Cheers,

Del
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Good news Del

Glad you got it sorted... :thumbs:
 
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