Memory Card problems!!

[LensOfLondon]

So I done some photography at a gig last night and when I viewed my pictures on the camera a few seem to be distorted and a few files said unable to view.

So when I got home I thought it was best to upload them straight away even though I needed my bed at 1am! The upload was unsucessful and I managed to copy the pictures manually from the memory card and paste them onto my pc.

When I disconected the camera from the pc it said error and offered me the option to format, which I had no other choice as when I pressed cancel it would not let me view any pictures.

Has any one had this problem before? Is the memory card corrupted?

Thanks

Stacie

 

[natjag]

Doesnt sound good. I get this problem when I load my mums camera (fuji compact) photos using a card reader. Works fine if you connect camera to computer. Recovery software was used once and worked on most files.
Kinda similar to yours but no help.

 

[LensOfLondon]

This was with my Sony A200, I wonder if the card reader done something because before I went I took the memory card out and put it in a card reader to cut all the pictures off so I had enough space.

I will try to re-format the card when I get home and see what happens! I was panicing that I was gonna loose my pics!

Have you done your shoot yet?

 

[natjag]

Your always best to format your card in the camera, rather than delete via your computer, not sure the reasons why, just works better.

Yea, I done my shoot. I have restrictions on image usage so can't post the pictures anywhere myself yet. Although I know some photographers have posted some on their personal web sites. I had to get a 2x extender as we were photographing from the mix position/sound stage, even at 400mm (with 70-200 plus 2x converter) it was a struggle.

 

[mrtoad]

hope you get that sorted

my advice is to use a card reader...and dont forget to click the safely remove hardware icon in the tray...then you wont corrupt anything connected to the pc or laptop