SD cards damaged?

[greatwhite]

Actually I had 3 of 6 cards go. No idea why but they just stopped.

[Bushmoose]

Ok, I managed to sneak to garage and do some tinkering.
All batteries, in all cameras are good.
All cards have been formatted, as per normal. I do that each time I view and then delete the pics. Thereby having fresh cards for change out later.
I did a test with one camera. I let it take some pics of me dancing in the garage with my spandex tights on and then ran the drill close to the cam. Opened the cam, shut it off and put the card in my laptop. All pics came out fine. but no, they're not for sale!
Not sure what to think? I guess I'll chalk it up to unsolved mystery?

[mosquito]

Ok, I managed to sneak to garage and do some tinkering.
All batteries, in all cameras are good.
All cards have been formatted, as per normal. I do that each time I view and then delete the pics. Thereby having fresh cards for change out later.
I did a test with one camera. I let it take some pics of me dancing in the garage with my spandex tights on and then ran the drill close to the cam. Opened the cam, shut it off and put the card in my laptop. All pics came out fine. but no, they're not for sale!
Not sure what to think? I guess I'll chalk it up to unsolved mystery?

ADMINS.... ban him if he posts those pictures!

Let us know if you figure it out. It takes a pretty big magnet to clean media like that but drill seemed like good first guess. Did you format them in a new machine or different? How did you format them? Maybe you used a different format than the camera will allow (NTFS, FAT32...) ?

[Fisherman]

My son has a couple of trail cams and went through a similar situation, they worked fine for a while then one or two at random days couldn't download the pictures depending if he used his phone as a viewer. Plugged into my phone and they were ok. Then he would plug back into his phone and could see them. Head scratcher for sure.

[FishHog]

all 3 at once I would blame it on a hicup in your computer or card reader. If you haven't already wiped them, try to view in another device. I would have started with a computer restart, then another device before giving up on there being data on the cards.

[Bushmoose]

all 3 at once I would blame it on a hicup in your computer or card reader. If you haven't already wiped them, try to view in another device. I would have started with a computer restart, then another device before giving up on there being data on the cards.

When all 3 showed empty from viewing on my laptop, I tried viewing from my small digital camera, which is what I use as a reader while in the field. Same result. So, I just have to try something different next year I guess? This is the first time something like this has ever happened so it's a head scratcher.

[Snowwalker]

Yup a wild shot but was the wrote protection tab in the locked position?

[greatwhite]

Yes SD cards can die so can the USB sticks. I have had numerous go over the years.
I think they are making them so fast and cheap.

[Gilroy]

When all 3 showed empty from viewing on my laptop, I tried viewing from my small digital camera, which is what I use as a reader while in the field. Same result. So, I just have to try something different next year I guess? This is the first time something like this has ever happened so it's a head scratcher.

Bush,

I have got into these trail cameras the past year and they can be a real PIA. For me they seem to short out a lot,they do not function well in sub temperatures and I have experienced many problems with sd card,s.My solutions have been to make sure you use the right size sd card (under 32 g) to not use a micro sd card,to use lithium batteries.I still get problems.

I will probably be buying quality trail cameras in the future,maybe also better sd cards for outdoor and sub temp's.

[fratri]

Yup a wild shot but was the wrote protection tab in the locked position?

This sounds like it might plausible... very curious now