I need help!!!!!!! (Page 3): Will my regular XQD card reader be able to read this card? Or am I going to have to get a new reader?

grandpaw

Will my regular XQD card reader be able to read this card? Or am I going to have to get a new reader?

Grahame Loc: Fiji

grandpaw wrote:

Will my regular XQD card reader be able to read this card? Or am I going to have to get a new reader?

I don't think so, that's a CF Express card, unless it is a dual card type reader. What are your card reader type and details?

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

rmalarz wrote:

I'm voting with the "format the card in the camera in which you intend to use it" guys.

You can't format a card that the camera can't access.

therwol Loc: USA

A moment of clarity. All of your QXD cards work fine in your D500. None of them work in your Z6ii. The specs of the Z6ii indicate that they should. The problem is with the camera. Don't waste money buying different cards. You can try the latest firmware, and that might overwrite something that's corrupted in the camera. If that doesn't help, send the camera to Nikon.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

therwol wrote:

A moment of clarity. All of your QXD cards work fine in your D500. None of them work in your Z6ii. The specs of the Z6ii indicate that they should. The problem is with the camera. Don't waste money buying different cards. You can try the latest firmware, and that might overwrite something that's corrupted in the camera. If that doesn't help, send the camera to Nikon.

The problem is the XQD card. It doesn’t meet the requirements for the Z6. I had the same problem with the Z7.

leftj Loc: Texas

selmslie wrote:

The problem is the XQD card. It doesn’t meet the requirements for the Z6. I had the same problem with the Z7.

Doesn't meet the requirements how? I love all these cryptic answers.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

User ID wrote:

Fortunately my Z is a refurb so I had $$ left over for one card and a reader ... $240 for those.

I'm not stocking up on those cards until the price comes down.

grandpaw

UPDATE ON MY PROBLEM!!! None of the cards would read in my Z6ii so I could not reformat them in that camera. They worked fine in my D500 so I reformatted them in the D500 while I was updating the firmware in my Z6ii and now everything works. I did both things at the same time so I can't tell you which one fixed the problem but now everything works as it should. Thanks everyone for all the help. I wanted a bigger and faster card for video anyway, so everything worked out just fine. Thanks again for all the help!!!!

GLSmith Loc: Tampa, Fl

If manufacturer (Nikon) calls for a CFExpress, the card you're using is incorrect

leftj Loc: Texas

grandpaw wrote:

UPDATE ON MY PROBLEM!!! None of the cards would r... (show quote)

Just curious. Did you format the XQD card in the Z 6II after you updated IT’s firmware?

grandpaw

leftj wrote:

Just curious. Did you format the XQD card in the Z 6II after you updated IT’s firmware?

Yes, now all three cards work.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

leftj wrote:

Doesn't meet the requirements how? I love all these cryptic answers.

The XQD card I got for the Z7 (used from KEH) was the only XQD card I had so I could not use it to upgrade the Z7 firmware.

I returned it to KEH in exchange for one that worked and then I was able to update the firmware on the Z7.

Once I did that the other XQD card would have probably worked but I no longer had it.

I'm surprised that a Z6 II did not come with updated firmware.

leftj Loc: Texas

selmslie wrote:

The XQD card I got for the Z7 (used from KEH) was the only XQD card I had so I could not use it to upgrade the Z7 firmware.

I returned it to KEH in exchange for one that worked and then I was able to update the firmware on the Z7.

Once I did that the other XQD card would have probably worked but I no longer had it.

I'm surprised that a Z6 II did not come with updated firmware.

He might of bought it used.

grandpaw

I bought the camera new from B&H camera but it has had a couple of updates since I got it.

tdozier3 Loc: Northern Illinois

grandpaw wrote:

My Nikon Z6ii will not read any of myXQD cards. They will work in my D500 just fine. I am enclosing a photo of the back of my camera and a photo of one of the three cards I am trying to use. Any ideas for a fix would be greatly appreciated, i am going on vacation in a couple of weeks and would like to use this camera. I do have a D810 and D500 that I can take but would like to figure out the problem with the Z6ii.

You probably need a CFexpress card, which will also work in your D500 with the latest firmware.