Like a good little videographer, whenever I take the card out for offloading I lock the card. This time when I went to record on the card it remains in the write protect mode. I flip it from locked to unlocked, but when I put it in the camera it flips itself back to the locked position. This is the second time the cards have done this on me. This time with a highspeed Lexar platinum two with very little usage. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and is there anyway to salvage these cards? X&&(9009==00!!!
SDHC Card problem!
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mainstreetprod
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So putting the card in the camera is physically pushing the write protect switch to locked? If so, maybe you can put t tiny piece of packing tape over it to keep it from moving?
I guess I wasn't such a good little videographer as I just shot a whole feature without ever locking the card. I read that the issue when transferring footage with an unlocked card is with the last file put on it, (FCP can overwrite that file), so I never completely filled the card, always stopped with a couple minutes left and never had an issue. I did lock the cards when finally putting them aside for backup.
I guess I wasn't such a good little videographer as I just shot a whole feature without ever locking the card. I read that the issue when transferring footage with an unlocked card is with the last file put on it, (FCP can overwrite that file), so I never completely filled the card, always stopped with a couple minutes left and never had an issue. I did lock the cards when finally putting them aside for backup.
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The write-protect tabs on SD cards are fragile and can eventually work loose and even fall out. This happened to me last year with a card I was using on my GH1. Unfortunately, I didn't notice what had happened, and inserted the SD card back in the camera. That turned out to be a fatal mistake - the card slots in the GH1 and GH2 have a latent design flaw that will lock a card that has a missing write-protect tab inside the camera. It was necessary to return the GH1 back to to have its main circuit board replaced.
In the AF100's case, I don't know whether its SD card slots share the same design flaw or not. I'm not planning on testing it myself, of course. My practice is to leave the write-protect tab alone and take care not to disturb it. I haven't had any problems since.
In the AF100's case, I don't know whether its SD card slots share the same design flaw or not. I'm not planning on testing it myself, of course. My practice is to leave the write-protect tab alone and take care not to disturb it. I haven't had any problems since.