SD card puzzlement: I have two 32GB Verbatim SDHC cards "up to 45MB/sec 300X read. both of the cards in my Nikon d5300 report ..... Memory Card cannot be used Card may be damaged!

chippy65 Loc: Cambridge

I have two 32GB Verbatim SDHC cards "up to 45MB/sec 300X read.

both of the cards in my Nikon d5300 report ..... Memory Card cannot be used Card may be damaged!

Checked the format on both my PC and laptop, same as the format on an SD card that does work with the Nikon.

To add to my puzzlement the "faulty" cards both work perfectly with FujiColour bridge camera.

Thought about formatting in the Nikon but cannot open the menu

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rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

https://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/memory-card-recommendations-nikon-d5300/

Just went through this with a Nikon D1x.
--Bob

chippy65 wrote:

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chippy65 Loc: Cambridge

Thanks Bob, so the card isnt fast enough.?.......that would explain why the card works in the bridge camera

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

If both cards are the same format the “bad” one in your computer and then format it in camera. If if still shows up bad send back to manufacturer for replacement

Silverman Loc: Michigan

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editorsteve

I think the 5300 also demands UHS1 interface, which is the norm (it is a video recording spec). The cards could be counterfeit. Unlikely because they format ok on other devices. Purchased from reliable seller?

editorsteve

I think the 5300 also demands UHS1 interface, which is the norm (it is a video recording spec). The cards could be counterfeit. Unlikely because they format ok on other devices. Purchased from reliable seller?

cyclespeed Loc: Calgary, Alberta Canada

Download SD formatter. Use it. Among many features it will block all bad sectors on the card and make it able to be formatted in your particular camera. The only problem is if the SD card is too old too slow it will not how in your camera to format. Simple.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I understand that you are saying that the cards generate the error message as soon as they are inserted into the camera slot, before you can take any action with them. Is that correct? If so, were they last formatted in your computer or in the other camera? If in the other camera, then I would do a "full" format (it will take a while) in your computer, then try and see if you can get any different response in the D5300. If so, do an in-camera format. If it works, you can know that the problem was a format that the D5300 could not recognize at all and that all is most likely well now.

You may also want to see if a problem has developed in the D5300 body. The best way to do that would be to take a fresh, never formatted memory card, verify that the camera recognizes it, and do an in-camera format.

sv3noKin51E

chippy, if you can exchange or return them, sounds like a bad the chip in the flash drive; personally, I'd return them and go with Sandisk or Samsung. There's a freeware program you can use to check for faux chips in the flash, but that's usually the first sign of a bad flash. Sorry you had to get a bum unit. sv

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

Quick, go out a buy a top of the line, high speed card. (Yours are kind of old and slow.) Don't mess around with a card that might not be working right. Dump em. If you still have a problem then its not the cards and you've dumped two slow cards you don't need and have a nice new fast one for your next camera.
...Cam

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sv3noKin51E

Ditto; Just an FYI, we've had great luck and good speed with Sandisk CF and SDXC. Over the past year have moved to Samsung Evo (sold/fulfilled by Amazon) SDXC that come with their own SD adapters. The Sandisk 32 GB Extreme Pro usually sells on Amz for about $32. The D7000/7200 uses the 128 GB SDXC in their adapters without any issues, quick as a bunny. If you use the appropriate SD to CF adapter, our D700 uses the 32 or 64 GB SDXC without knowing the difference, only it's faster, never pauses. The 32 GB Samsungs were reduced to $6.99 and the 64 GB is sitting at $13.99. There are those who keep saying you can't use them; posh, they work fine as long as the firmware will take the size you buy. Memory looks like memory to the camera chip, it's all encased in plastic and is actually quite tiny if you look at the breakdowns. Wish the current cards and prices had existed 10 years ago. Remember getting 32 GB SDXC on 'sale' 4 years ago for $80 for an L18:) sv

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

chippy65 wrote:

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You must format your cards IN THE CAMERA. The reason is that the camera inserts code that your laptop or another brand of camera does not and your camera needs that code to properly function.

Second, when I had 45mbs for a D90, they worked fine for still pictures, but in video, the longer you filmed the more the sound and video got out of sync. It wasn't until Sandisk came out with 90mbs and faster cards, about a year after I bought the D90, that things worked properly.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

bpulv wrote:

You must format your cards IN THE CAMERA. The reason is that the camera inserts code that your laptop or another brand of camera does not and your camera needs that code to properly function.

Second, when I had 45mbs for a D90, they worked fine for still pictures, but in video, the longer you filmed the more the sound and video got out of sync. It wasn't until Sandisk came out with 90mbs and faster cards, about a year after I bought the D90, that things worked properly.

OP said in the last sentence of his post: “Thought about formatting in the Nikon but cannot open the menu“

So that option is not available to him.

Regarding you statement about the camera inserting code, that is certinly not true of all cameras. First it would violate the SD file system standard, which must be followed for the computers to be able to read the card. Not to say that some camera manuf somewhere did not do that but it’s not universal. I have formatted cards in my computer and put them directly into the camera without formatting in camera, with no adverse affects.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

JD750 wrote:

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Well if he cannot open the menu, there is the first problem that must be solved and the SD card problem only may be a byproduct of the menu problem. Unless he does not know how to open or navigate the menus, this sounds like it could possibly be a firmware corruption issue. I think he should contact the Nikon USA's Technical Support Department on the www.NikonUSA.com website.

You are taking a chance by formating in your computer instead of the camera. Many photographers have learned that the hard way.