New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boise ID |
Dang!
Wish I had caught it earlier. Went out using a cheap 4 gbSD card to wander about locally. It was the first day light wasn't just flat, to try out new Bigma and to give the Sigma 105 some macro time, as I was packing around the heavy tripod and mono-pod. Light was great, walking along a cottonwood river bottom. It snowed overnight. Sun broke out in late morning. Ambient temperatures were still below freezing in late afternoon, leaving icicles hanging from winter iterations of brush, caught in low angle light / refraction)
Saw the "previews" on the screen for that 3 seconds or so, when they come up after "snapping" the shot. I shoot manual, because I understand that better. I'll snap first in Program to give me a bracket range. I'll then set manual parameters, then scroll either wheel, to advance or lower, shutter or aperture, based on what I see on that 3 second preview.
Noticed that in scrolling action, I would get different views on that "preview". That's typical when brought up in "re-call". After "snapping a few", I went back to recall, and would get a message on the LCD, that "image cannot be rendered by camera". I wasn't immediately concerned about that warning, and kept on shooting.
Now, in retrospect, I should have paid heed. If the camera couldn't render the image, it wasn't likely that my computer could either. There were some older images on the card that came through, and a few early "snaps" of that day that came through, but ...
Later, and more practiced snaps, did not come through. Not sure what happened. Hopefully it was just a card "hic-cup", but I lost the vast majority of the images for the day. No big loss, as none were "once in a lifetime", as I was just out to exercise. (If you look in my fridge, you'll find a few cubic feet of unprocessed exposed film canisters, some nearly 30 YO). So that was no big loss.
I would suggest to folks, that if they see the "image cannot be rendered by camera" message, when bringing up recall images, they change cards before snapping any more. I pack a few cards in a "wallet" designed to carry them. I didn't think about changing. I should have.
I pack extra cards and that card wallet because I "expect" malfunctions. I never experienced one, until yesterday. Camera (K10D) gave me a "head's up", that I ignored. I'm not sure what caused the malfunction. It might have been my impatience to bracket and exposure based on what I saw in the 3 second preview, and scrolling the wheel, or the card was garbage. That will take further experimentation, unless somebody here can provide previous results.
Right now, that card is retired. (until the cause / issue is resolved). I'm to be a bit more patient when scrolling shutter or aperture wheel during that 3 second preview. I'm still likely to shoot manual and RAW, (not that I'll ever have a submission to PPG ever accepted), but in that mode, I can be tied back to a darkroom, and continue some reason I ever picked up a camera. To live in the moment, see something, as light passes, and resolve a snap mistake, (I purposely underexpose, because that can be recovered, by "burning in", (Looking at some 64 color slides I sent to lab for large prints, came back to me as garbage, but the slide placed up on a reflective screen, exposed to nearly 4' wide still looks pretty good). Burned out highlights are often lost. It's not a good solution, but it has saved a few of my exposures).
OK. Post sent to warn folks that should they see that "image can not be rendered by camera", message in review mode, they should replace SD card ASAP.
Post also sent, asking if I should be warned against scrolling any of the wheels during that 3 second preview. (Or to purchase quality "name brand" cards). I expected card failures, (as I expected that I might shear a film cassette and open back), and not always "feel" or be aware.
Aw $%!#, I thought I had a few decent exposures and was looking forward to seeing them. Oh Well, I learned something on my own. I've learned most of what of what I know on my own, or forgot how to credit folks that offered advice. In that, thanks.
Mud
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