Please tell me what happened: I was on a trip, and I took some pictures with my Nikon D800 , Sigma 150-600. I have a hard time seeing the little screen of the shots, so when I arrived...

dougbev3 Loc: Pueblo, Colorado

I was on a trip, and I took some pictures with my Nikon D800 , Sigma 150-600. I have a hard time seeing the little screen of the shots, so when I arrived back home, I discovered all my shots were a loss. I am not sure what I did wrong, any help would help that the same mistake will not happen again. Thank You.

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Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

dougbev3 wrote:

I was on a trip, and I took some pictures with my Nikon D800 , Sigma 150-600. I have a hard time seeing the little screen of the shots, so when I arrived back home, I discovered all my shots were a loss. I am not sure what I did wrong, any help would help that the same mistake will not happen again. Thank You.

Were these hand held? Did you have bracketing or some sort of multiple exposure selected?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Jeffrey's Exif Reader (free online) says 3 images exist in the first two files, and four in the last one. Tags:
- Multi-Picture Format
- MPF:PreviewImage
- MakerNotes:PreviewImage
- EXIF:ThumbnailImage
- Main image displayed

Does any of that make sense to you? A multiple exposure setting? 🤔

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Pic #1 was shot at a very slow shutter speed, 1/20 second, and shows unwanted subject and/or camera motion.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

The EXIF data reveals that you made a series of unintentional double exposures like in the old days with unsophisticated cameras and forgot to wind the film. Some cameras have this setting for multiple exposure special effects.

Check your camera's menu and see if you have inadvertently selected the wrong setting for regular camera operation.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Linda From Maine wrote:

Jeffrey's Exif Reader (free online) says 3 images exist in the first two files, and four in the last one. Tags:
- Multi-Picture Format
- MPF:PreviewImage
- MakerNotes:PreviewImage
- EXIF:ThumbnailImage
- Main image displayed

Does any of that make sense to you? A multiple exposure setting? 🤔

I Agree. Although the SS on the first image is slow, several others aren’t. It’s a multiple exposure issue.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Doug you've been in the corn makings again!!

dougbev3 Loc: Pueblo, Colorado

But some , like this two, at Monument Rocks in Ks. , came out just fine.

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Rongnongno Loc: FL

dougbev3 wrote:

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You posted in the wrong forum?

Try photo analysis

next time....

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rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Rongnongno wrote:

You posted in the wrong forum?

Try photo analysis

next time....

Why?? This is not a question about photo analysis. It's a question about camera operation. It is in exactly the right forum.

huntallen

Although you didn't ask, I will say... from an artistic perspective, the images look pretty cool.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

rplain1 wrote:

Why?? This is not a question about photo analysis. It's a question about camera operation. It is in exactly the right forum.

Are the images that are bad the most recent? if so, I strongly suggest you do the two button reset on your camera that will take it back to factory defaults.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

dougbev3 wrote:

But some , like this two, at Monument Rocks in Ks. , came out just fine.

It is not unheard of for a photographer to inadvertently hit the wrong button or menu item. The exif isn't lying when it says you were in multiple exposure mode.

First screenprint below is the data for photo #3 of your first set; you have 8 photos in a single file.

Second screenprint is for one of the photos that looks correct. Note that you were still in multiple exposure mode, but number of shots is set to one.

Simply find the "multiple exposure" option on your camera and turn it off 😊

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

billnikon wrote:

Are the images that are bad the most recent? if so, I strongly suggest you do the two button reset on your camera that will take it back to factory defaults.

Or...simply turn off the "multiple exposure" option.

mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

dougbev3 wrote:

I was on a trip, and I took some pictures with my Nikon D800 , Sigma 150-600. I have a hard time seeing the little screen of the shots, so when I arrived back home, I discovered all my shots were a loss. I am not sure what I did wrong, any help would help that the same mistake will not happen again. Thank You.

It's possible your BKT button got programmed for multiple exposure. Read pages 195-199 of your manual. Were any of these in live view?
http://download.nikonimglib.com/archive1/H9cYd00ICNle00Q5YDp62cslgK23/D800_NT(En)04.pdf