steveg48

I had a problem importing about 150 files from card reader to Lightroom on PC windows 10. The photos were from a sony a7rii, many of them taken with bracketing.
I do remember that when I tried to take an image the camera said iut wasn't ready because it was writing to the card.

The card is a sandisk extreme pro 64gb rated at 95 mb/s. The card reader is a Kingston.

Lightroom imported about 8 files and gave up saying it couldn't import the rest of them.

I deleted the files from the computer and went into the file system to copy the files from the card reader to the PC.

A few files were transferred and I kept getting error messages saying that a parameter ws=as missing or the file wasn't there. The error dialog gives the option of skipping or trying again.
I adopted the strategy of selecting "try again", sometimes multiple times, and eventually all files were transferred. I was then able to import all of them into Lightroom.

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My question is-Is the card corrupted? Is there something wrong with the camera?
Could there be something wrong with the card reader?
If the files were corrupted, why would I eventually be able to transfer and import them?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Lots of people seem to have trouble transferring image files, unfortunately. If the files are all on your computer and look good, format the card in the camera and take a few more shots, without bracketing, and see if they will upload to the computer. If they do, try some bracketed shots. If you have a problem, try inserting the card into the computer, if possible, or use a cable from the camera to the computer, if possible. There is a problem somewhere, so try to track it down step by step.

steveg48

Thanks Jerry. All good suggestions. I will try to isolate the problem. Have never had a problem before.

twowindsbear

Try a new card first. If the new one works, toss the old one. If the new card doesn't work THEN try to narrow down the problem as in the previous post. Good luck

Gianfranco47 Loc: Senoia GA

try to connect cable from camera to computer , is always the best way to download files in a proper way

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

[quote=Gianfranco47]try to connect cable from camera to computer is always the best way to download files in a proper way[/quote

I agree, constantly removing an SD card from the camera and inserting into a reader and back is asking for trouble, this is how cards get damaged and corrupted.
I very rarely remove my SD card from the camera, it really is not neccessary to do this on a regular basis.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

[quote=johneccles][quote=Gianfranco47]try to connect cable from camera to computer is always the best way to download files in a proper way[/quote

I agree, constantly removing an SD card from the camera and inserting into a reader and back is asking for trouble, this is how cards get damaged and corrupted.
I very rarely remove my SD card from the camera, it really is not necessary to do this on a regular basis.[/quote]

That's why I like Eye-Fi cards. I don't have to do anything.

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

Try direct cable first and eliminate the card reader. IMHO, card readers are a PITA -- cable is simple and doesn't care what type of card you have.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

That's funny I have been using a card reader since 2003 and never had a problem.
I fact my first digital had a warning, to make sure the battery was fully charged or the a/c power supply was connected before down loading from the camera.

Bob Werre

For the first time ever, I've had an issue with transferring files from Nikon 700 with a Lexar card to my PhotoShop downloader. I almost always go to a DNG. Computer is a 6 YO Mac Pro upgraded to current levels. I gotten a message with the card reader indicating it couldn't be done and that I needed to plug the reader into it's power source or recharge it's batteries--it has neither. I then try the transfer direct from the camera to the computer and get the same message (camera battery is about 3/4 charged so that's not an issue). I've never seen this message before. I had used this combination often
for quick table top shots. Luckily I have an older Mac G5 that was able to do the job. I seldom transfer via camera to computer as the camera is on set and I don't like to move it back and forth if the set is critical. On location on a busy set my assistant is constantly downloading images to run by the client. We try not to re-format until we take a long break or finish the project.

Carl D Loc: Albemarle, NC.

I had this problem as well and it was my card reader not the card. I use the same card as you in my a7r2.

Royce Moss Loc: Irvine, CA

I never take my card out of the camera. Why not just transfer straight from the camera, format the card and your good to go. Saves time is faster and you will forget you took it out one day and be somewhere trying to take a picture with your card at home. Just saying.

Bill_de Loc: US

I have never transferred from my camera. All cards get pulled from the cameras, replaced with another set that gets formatted at that time. That includes going way back to the CF style micro-drives. A USB 3.0 card reader is much faster.

OP - the major card manufactures have free image rescue software available. Check the appropriate site.

Ahead of that, when you view the files still on the card, do they indicate the right file format?

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Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

I always use the camera interface to transfer files from my Canon 7D to computer.
There is a mini-USB port on the Canon to a standard USB port on the computer.
Once connected, the camera appears as a storage device in Winblows 10, and I just copy the files over to my HDD.
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With my Fuji S1, it's even easier !
The Fuji has a WiFi transfer program that links through my home WiFi Router directly to my computer.
I activate the WiFi transfer protocol on the Fuji, and all the new, never been transferred files, stream over to my main computer.
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I also do have a multi-card reader built in to my main computer - but only use that if I have a problem and need to use a recovery program on a flash memory card.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

Unfortunately, in my life, I would never be able to just leave a card in my camera and transfer from the camera. I use only Lexar cards and Lexar readers. I have never had an issue unless I did something stupid. My cards and readers are the good ones, no chintzing on such an important item.