ccallana
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PENTAX K20D
180mm 1/13th +1.7ev F5.6 ISO800
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Hayward
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| Do you have another cam you can put the card in?
Really could be both, wihout testing the card, or having a second alt card to use in the 20D.
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tmpchaos
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You could also try tethering the camera, I believe- try Remote Assistant from here: »www.pentaximaging.com/customer_c···10505894 |
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Hayward
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July 22nd, @06:35AM
| Yes if a tethered RA live capture shot to PC looked OK most (but not absolutely) likely the card.(could still be the card/cam interface)
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Pentaxian
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West Milford, NJ | reply to ccallana
Regardless, I'd shoot a bunch before getting it fixed! That shot, though screwed up, is cool and one of a kind.
The amount of DOA K20Ds has been relatively low but, these things do happen. My money is on the card. |
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kewlkeed
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My 2cents is on the camera. Either the image processor or possibly the CCD being screwed. It does resemble a broken LCD monitor. Don't know if that would look like a broken CCD as well, I've not had the guts to break one and find out  |
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X Man
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The image looks perfectly normal to me. But, I have dropped a lot of acid in the past. 
Well, you'll know after you get the new card. I assume you've formatted the old card recently? [EDIT: Doh, you posted that it was formatted in the camera.] Obviously, you could try reformatting in the camera a couple more times.
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Jrmntr
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Can you enable shooting without card then seeing if the preview images look like that? |
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TigerNutz
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I say bad memory card.
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Dexter
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| said by TigerNutz  :I say bad memory card. +1
I have a card that does something similar with about 1 in 30 shots |
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pog
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Does it do this to jpgs? Try shooting RAW+jpg to make sure... or extract the embedded jpg from a damaged PEF/DNG.
If the jpgs look fine but the RAWs don't, it points to the card as the problem.
If the jpgs show the same exact same weird effects as your processed raws, I'd blame the camera in a heartbeat. A write error to the card could not affect the jpg the same way as the RAW.
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ccallana
Huh?
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Got my new cards today - so far so good... ~50 shots, nothing bad yet.... maybe my other card just went bad... will need to shoot a bit more before I feel totally comfortable...
Thanks for the insight and suggestions...
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Jodokast96
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Erial, NJ | It might not even be that it's bad. It may just not like the camera. I see it happen with readers all of the time and on a couple occasions with certain cameras. |
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kewlkeed
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Knowlton, QC | reply to ccallana
I think this can be summed up by "PHEW!"
Better a blown card than camera. |
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rusdi
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Something you might try with the "old" card contacts.
A little trick I have used with a pencil erasure is to lightly rub the contacts on the card. This will polish any tarnishing, or light corrosion that might be present, making better connection within the camera, and reader. Doesn't take much to interfere with the connection, and possibly cause too much resistance.
Jus' a little insurance.
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Pentaxian
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Talk about coincidence - after posting my response to this thread one of my Kingston 1gb cards produced duds similar to yours on my K10D - It was a cheapo card anyway and it's dog slow in the K10D but it was handy. |
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