Peculiar Sandisk card failure AF105A!

f44876

f44876

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So I had a peculiar card failure on a corporate job yesterday. I shot about 30 continuous minutes of a presentation to a Sandisk 32gb Ultra card and it crapped out. I switched cards and prepared myself mentally for the fact that I lost 30 minutes of a 5 hour seminar and would have to figure something out for the client. That is until I got home and popped the card into my card reader and found all the footage right up until it crapped out.

Offloaded the footage, popped the card back in the camera got the "Check Card" issue when I tried to reformat. Took the card out used the SDHC formatting app for mac and did a full format (not the quick one) and popped the card back in. No dice. The card works fine in my card reader, is readable on a mac, and the footage was not lost or tainted in any way shape or form.

So how come it won't talk to my cam??? Anybody have this issue? My back up is a 7D so i can't even test it on another cam.
 
Also if anybody cares, the issue has become even more peculiar. I formatted the card as stated above. Well I decided to double check the card and all the clips MTS files everything are still on the card! I even tried a no-no. I just snagged all the files, dumped them in the trash, watched the available space meter change to 32gb from 19gb, and reformatted the card. The reformat actually somehow brought the data back from the grave and the card reads about half full again complete with file structure, playable MTS files and everything. What is going? lol.
 
Never have I ever before this day! This card has only been formatted in my AF since I got it (less than 3 months old).
 
I would not be shooting on that card ever again. Although not inexpensive, cards are much more affordable than in the past. I suggest you replace it pronto.
 
I would also trash the card. Is it the same brand/ model that you've been using successfully? Were you able to save the footage?

Also, I'm sure it's unrelated, but worth noting-- you're one of the few people who have posted that are using the new A model of the camera.
 
Sandisk is replacing. They sent me a shipping label. Footage was salvageable somehow (thank the SD gods). But when it came time to format the card, it refused to 'forget' the information on the card or write new info. So basically useless.
 
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