What would you do?????? I'm shooting and suddenly I get a BAD CARD alert on my Nikon D810. So I pulled the card and continued to shoot on the CF card, my grandsons 4th birthday party.

fstoprookie Loc: Central Valley of California

I'm shooting and suddenly I get a BAD CARD alert on my Nikon D810. So I pulled the card and continued to shoot on the CF card, my grandsons 4th birthday party. The supposedly bad card actually gave up all the pictures I shot on it to LRC when I got home. Had the cards less than a year - purchased a 2 pack and I don't trust the other card now. It's in my Z50. Do you suppose the seller will replace the cards???

Quixdraw Loc: x

Cards are pretty cheap nowadays, even big ones. I would no more trust a (once) bad card for important photos than I would ancient film. If you kept the receipt and package guarantee, you might have a chance of replacement. Personally, I wouldn't be likely to bother.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I don't know but I certainly draw a big red X on the card and NEVER use it again

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

I would give it a shot. I would also never use that card again. That is one reason I use 32GB cards in my D7100 and D7200's. If they go bad I have not lost a thousand images. Just food for thought.

Don

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I'd make a few changes:

1) Don't 'overpay' for technology you don't need. Your D810 can't write as fast as this 250 MB/s card. Look for your next card in the 80 to 120 MB/s range.

2) Change to SanDisk cards.

If you're shooting RAW for a D810, the 64GB size is reasonable. The SanDisk Ultra 64GB is $11. Stock up on 2 to 10. The SanDisk ExtremePro, my preferred SanDisk card model, is $20 per 64GB. Both these options are cheaper than your failed card.

If you're shooting JPEG, don't even bother with 64GB. The 32GB is virtually unlimited capacity for JPEG (about 1200 JPEG fine), with SanDisk ExtremePro running about $17, the Extreme model is less than $10 per 32GB card.

User ID

It’s laffable when peeps get concerned over the cost of cards ... if the laffer has paid the costs of predigital imaging.

usnret Loc: Woodhull Il

fstoprookie wrote:

I'm shooting and suddenly I get a BAD CARD alert on my Nikon D810. So I pulled the card and continued to shoot on the CF card, my grandsons 4th birthday party. The supposedly bad card actually gave up all the pictures I shot on it to LRC when I got home. Had the cards less than a year - purchased a 2 pack and I don't trust the other card now. It's in my Z50. Do you suppose the seller will replace the cards???

I have used a variety of card brands in the past, Lexar and Delken along with a few other seemed to crash and burn the most. I switched to SanDisk a long time ago and never looked back. The $$$ saved by using a less expensive card is not the best place to save a buck.

jayluber Loc: Phoenix, AZ

You gonna go thru all that heartache for $10?? I just got a Sandisk 128 for $20.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

fstoprookie wrote:

I'm shooting and suddenly I get a BAD CARD alert on my Nikon D810. So I pulled the card and continued to shoot on the CF card, my grandsons 4th birthday party. The supposedly bad card actually gave up all the pictures I shot on it to LRC when I got home. Had the cards less than a year - purchased a 2 pack and I don't trust the other card now. It's in my Z50. Do you suppose the seller will replace the cards???

This card may have a 2 yr warranty. Contact Lexar.

I use only Sandisk - they have a limited lifetime warranty. I did have an issue once where the plastic casing just fell apart - 2 days later I had replacement cards. I think the cards had to be at least 5-6 yrs old.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

fstoprookie wrote:

I'm shooting and suddenly I get a BAD CARD alert on my Nikon D810. So I pulled the card and continued to shoot on the CF card, my grandsons 4th birthday party. The supposedly bad card actually gave up all the pictures I shot on it to LRC when I got home. Had the cards less than a year - purchased a 2 pack and I don't trust the other card now. It's in my Z50. Do you suppose the seller will replace the cards???

Curse, feel lucky to still have the pictures, mark the card until I retrieved the pictures, then using scissors, cut the card crossways a few times (or format and try again? NAH, no second chance, false economy).
Then install and format a smaller card, unless for video.
All in that general order.
Bill

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

SanDisk Extreme Pros are the answer. As Paul said, 32 or 64GB for raw, 32GB for JPEGs.

jayluber Loc: Phoenix, AZ

I get the 128 cards for $20. can handle a zillion photos. use them as back up storage. I just save the cards as a backup backup......

jayluber Loc: Phoenix, AZ

All else fails I still have the original RAW and Jpeg files. can always re-edit them.
Probably do better nest time around anyway...

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

That is why the D7500 sucks and is not a replacement for the D7100 & D7200. If its single card goes boom, you lose bigtime.

fstoprookie Loc: Central Valley of California

Thanks CHG CANON - I have ALWAYS used Lexar (SD & CF) cards in my cameras. Was surprised that this happened. I will try your suggestions