If the image is still OK on the camera (reading from the card), the card is not at fault.
deebo7 wrote:
well in camera the image looks fine. PC is pretty new, so i doubt its that.
i have a feeling after a few reformats the card wont give me any issues, but if it does ill update this thread.
krementz wrote:
If the image is still OK on the camera (reading from the card), the card is not at fault.
If re-importing it doesn't work, try opening it up in Irfanview or a few other viewers. Maybe it somehow ended up with an erroneous parameter or some other abnormality that causes lightroom to choke, but that doesn't affect the in-camera viewer(?) So it may or may not affect other viewers, also.
If you get more like this, perhaps something is wrong with the camera? Check the firmware version, etc.
I had the same thing happen about 4 times between various cards.
Whenever I had a suspect, I would isolate the card. The chances of me having four bad cards is not very high.
I reformatted and used the cards on not "critical" jobs.
They performed just fine. So recently, a card that never did this, produced a similar file.
For shit and giggles I took the card, put it back into the reader, and instead of using LR to import, I start--->computer---->removable dEvices---->drive k: and manually drug the suspect file over. Opened it in bridge, and photoshop. Sure enough, file was absolutely fine.
So I went into computer--->pictures--->2011--->11-10-2011 and pulled the file that LR imported, and put it in bridge/ps. The Jpg preview was fine...the image in acr was not.
So I deleted the corrupt file from LR. Imported the file from my desktop...file is fine.
My guess is LR screwed the pooch, or my card reader is shitting the bed.
Before I use any new card, I always test it first; by filling the card with known good files from the HD then binary compare (byte-by-byte) the ones on the card with those on the HD. There should be no differences. I format the card and test it a 2nd time just to be sure. Can't take a chance of experimenting on a new card at a shoot.
Before I use any new card, I always test it first; by filling the card with known good files from the HD then binary compare (byte-by-byte) the ones on the card with those on the HD. There should be no differences. I format the card and test it a 2nd time just to be sure. Can't take a chance of experimenting on a new card at a shoot.
Yes it is imperative to test a new card. I do something like that several times.
