Urgent!! What is this in my image?

squizza

squizza

Eeyore
Messages
2,855
Edit My Images
Yes
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

3819939691_d3e4dd770e.jpg
 
its a corrupted file. did you join the camera to the pc with the lead or use the card in a card reader?
 
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 :)
 
I used a Transcend 4gb 133x card and put it in the card slot in the front of the computer. :'(
 
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.
 
Ok, so downloaded it again and its fine. I'm confused, why would something happen like that?:thinking:
 
You have been fortunate enough to witness a very rare kind of butterfly called the Digitalus Corrupticus ;)
 
squizza said:
I used a Transcend 4gb 133x card and put it in the card slot in the front of the computer. :'(
Click to expand...
did you happen to buy that card from ebay, especially someone from hk or china?
 
get yourself a decent card they are really worth their weight in gold.
 
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?
 
Marac said:
get yourself a decent card they are really worth their weight in gold.
Click to expand...

I agree :thumbs:

i was wondering if a few grams of gold is actually worth more than £20-£25? Just a thought.
 
Marac said:
get yourself a decent card they are really worth their weight in gold.
Click to expand...

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!
 
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
 
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:
 
Bill Roberts said:
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
Click to expand...

I format it via the camera :)
 
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?)
 
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.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top