SD card error: When travelling, I change my SD card every 5 days. As I left Athens, my SD card showed an error so I immediately put in another one. Returning home, I had the card...

Light Red

When travelling, I change my SD card every 5 days. As I left Athens, my SD card showed an error so I immediately put in another one. Returning home, I had the card looked at ($89) which had to be paid whether or not the files could be retrieved or not.

I want to do my usual iPhoto or Blurb memory book but as Athens was my first stop, that part will be blank. Thought I might download a pencil sketch into the book with text saying what happened.

Would anyone know a web site that I could get a sketch from?

Thanks

LR

jim quist Loc: Missouri

you might try Tallyns photo and see if they can save those images for you. https://www.tallyns.com/content/start.htm

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Sorry to hear about your problem, but I have to say why change your SD card so often. I think this had caused your problem, constant insertion/reinsertion is not a good habit. Personally I RARELY remove my SD card from my camera, there no reason to do so. unless you want to replace it.

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

johneccles wrote:

Sorry to hear about your problem, but I have to say why change your SD card so often. I think this had caused your problem, constant insertion/reinsertion is not a good habit.

Baloney.
The cards and sockets are designed for thousands of insertion cycles.
There are plenty here that do just that to download their images.

amehta Loc: Boston

johneccles wrote:

Sorry to hear about your problem, but I have to say why change your SD card so often. I think this had caused your problem, constant insertion/reinsertion is not a good habit. Personally I RARELY remove my SD card from my camera, there no reason to do so. unless you want to replace it.

I have never heard that insertion/reinsertion of a card is a problem. I use a card reader to copy images off my cards, so they get taken in and out all the time. And if a session needs more than one card, there really isn't a choice.

amehta Loc: Boston

Light Red wrote:

When travelling, I change my SD card every 5 days.... (show quote)

Have you sent your card for the retrieval attempt?
Did the card show an error in the camera, or in the computer?
If it was in the camera, have you tried to access it on the computer?
There is data recovery software you can use, usually in the $20-40 range, which can recover files from the more common card errors. The filenames may be completely lost, and some of the images may be corrupt, but if it can do anything, it will probably recover almost all of your pictures.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Wall-E wrote:

Baloney.
The cards and sockets are designed for thousands of insertion cycles.
There are plenty here that do just that to download their images.

I constantly remove and reinstall my memory SD Cards. Never had a problem with any of them on many Nikon and Kodak cameras. I use Transcend and SanDisk Cards ONLY. They come with lifetime guarantees and I have never had to use it.

As far as the O P. Did you try a free program called Recuva by Piriform before shelling out all that $$$$. It works quite good at recovering lost data on chips.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

That's up to them, I say again it is not a good habit unless you are very careful.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Nikon_DonB wrote:

I constantly remove and reinstall my memory SD Cards. Never had a problem with any of them on many Nikon and Kodak cameras. I use Transcend and SanDisk Cards ONLY. They come with lifetime guarantees and I have never had to use it.

As far as the O P. Did you try a free program called Recuva by Piriform before shelling out all that $$$$. It works quite good at recovering lost data on chips.

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David Taylor

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Light Red

If I hadn't been changing my cards every 5 days, I would have lost the other 2500 images. I was very fortunate to have caught it in time.

LR

Light Red

Tks. will try tonight

LR

plaza Loc: london uk

Nikon_DonB wrote:

I constantly remove and reinstall my memory SD Cards. Never had a problem with any of them on many Nikon and Kodak cameras. I use Transcend and SanDisk Cards ONLY. They come with lifetime guarantees and I have never had to use it.

As far as the O P. Did you try a free program called Recuva by Piriform before shelling out all that $$$$. It works quite good at recovering lost data on chips.

ive used this software on a number of occasions and has not let me down once

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Light Red wrote:

When travelling, I change my SD card every 5 days.... (show quote)

Is there a reason you didn't put the card in your computer to see what was there instead of paying somebody $89? They apparently saw you coming a mile down the road with dollar bills dropping out of your pants pockets.

Unless the card blew out completely because it was damaged by something severe, which is unlikely if it was just in the camera, there should be photos on it that you can recover with "Recuva" free software on a PC.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Light Red wrote:

When travelling, I change my SD card every 5 days.... (show quote)

Pencil shetches of Athens -
http://www.google.com/search?q=pencil+sketches+of+athens&oq=pencil+sketches+of+athens&aqs=chrome..69i57.5542j0j9&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

Drawings of Athens -
http://www.google.com/search?q=drawings+of+Athens&oq=drawings+of+Athens&aqs=chrome..69i57.5860j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8