Rodwil

I bought this card at the behest of the salesman at a local camera store when I purchased the Sony RX10m4 a few weeks ago. I recently took a lot of pictures, and when I loaded it into my card reader, I got no response. I tried another reader with the same results. I then tried another compurter (MAC this time) and still no recognition of the card. I then put the card back into the RX10 and it wanted to format. Ugh, lost pictures... It still did not function. I took the card out and it was hotter than blazes! I looked at the contacts and they were burnished. I then called Hoodman and spoke to there customer support. He was baffled, but said that this card is an overkill (?) for this camera, even though it should be backwards compatible. He called the local camera store and arranged for me to exchange it for 2 of these, Hoodman Blue SDXC UHS-II 64GB V60 8K. The camera appears to be OK, but I am wondering if I should send it in to Sony for them to check it out. I am reluctant to do that as I have a gig in two weeks.
What do you all think is going on here? Thanks, in advance.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

If it was my camera and I had a gig it would be in Sonys hands the next day. I am a Sandisk guy. I have used them for last 12 years and never a failure. Stan

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I'm with Stan on this one. Get the camera checked out. Better than have it fail at an important moment. At worst, you'd have to rent a camera for the gig.
--Bob

Rodwil

I plan on taking a lot of photos in the next week.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Do you have another camera you could use?

Rodwil

I do not. All of my eggs are in one basket...

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I have heard about this type of card and have seen it. It seems like it is overkill. For photos that are in question, contact the card's manufacturer. They may be able to salvage any photos. You could also pay a premium price for photo recovery from a store that specializes in recovery of hard drives and memory cards

ggenova64

I stick to SanDisk. Last week a Sony Rep said that SanDisk Cards have been having problems with Sony's Camera. Get the camera checked out and have SanDisk recover the photo's on the card or have them pay for it!

Vietnam Vet

Sandisk and Pro master, never a problem

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

When I got my Canon Rebel twelve years ago, I heard that there were issues using one particular brand of CF card, but that sort of thing is unusual; usually all work equally well.

Rodwil

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James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

I think you had a bad card. I have this camera and use a SONY brand class 10 card 64GB. I've used it in the camera now for almost 6 months with no issues. It's been formatted hundreds of times. Had 10,000+ images (both jpegs and raw) and 100's of videos written to and deleted from it. I would recommend you look into Sony brand.

Rodwil

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montephoto

If you are taking a paying job and you only have one camera, you need to obtain a second camera and lens. Rent one if necessary, but ALWAYS have a backup if you are getting paid. That is one important step in calling yourself a professional.

What were you planning on doing if your camera went down? Brand new cameras can malfunction, and so can tried and true cameras. You just never know what might happen.