J W Bennett Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Spent the day Forging step by step pieces for the antler demonstration Oct 8th at Fowler park in Terre Haute for the IBA meeting. Took pictures as I went to put together a handout for those in attendance. Was down to the last 2 steps for the day and went to take a picture and the camera flashed "ERR...card not formatted" Looked down at the table and realized I'd sat the camera up against the 9" side arm grinder. Magnets in the motor wiped out the memory card. Everything gone & card ruined. Guess I don't have to sort through pictures tonight. :</ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Gulp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 If you haven't done anything else put the card in a card reader (and if you have more than 1 try those too) you may get lucky... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McCarthy Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Dang John.That sucks. I sure would liked to have saw the process. The finished product sure is impressive, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 John, ya should have just went ahead and came over to the Honey Bee Festival. Man, that was a lot of pics lost. I am sorry to hear that. Take care, my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiphile Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That's a bummer. When you say you took pics as you went, did you do the opperations as individual pieces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen56 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 john thanks for the info about these camera's would never have thought that happening ,maybe were rushing out the 35mm to quick,hang on xray devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewed Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 SD cards in cameras should not be affected by magnets. I'd try it in a different reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2519 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I agree with Drewed. Firstly, do not format the card if you want to try and recover the photos. next... If you haven't already tried. Take the batteries out of the camera, put them back in, turn on camera. If that works, great! if not... Take card out and batteries out. Everything back in and turn on. If that works, great! if not... Take card out and put into another card reader or camera (same brand would be good) and see what that says. If that doesn't work, find someone you know who may have data recovery software and see if they can have a look at the card and if any data is recoverable. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewed Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 You could even try taking the card to the local photo place and see if they can read it. Heck even the machine at Walgreen's should be able to read directly from the card. If it can look at getting a SD card reader somewhere ( wally world/ target / radio shack, etc...) and hooking it directly to the computer. Some computers even have SD card readers built in to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I once bought a new digital camera and the least expensive memory card they had. I took a hundred or so pics before I attempted to upload to my puter via the card reader port. "No images found"!! I tried putting the card back in the camera. Similar message! I put it back in the reader and checked the properties. Windows said there were images but the "pie chart" said the card/drive was full. On a whim, I tried the card in a reader port on a photo printer I had been given and low and behold, IMAGES!! They have a file extension that evidently is proprietary to the card manufacturer but Windows doesn't recognize it. I called the camera tech support and they said they didn't support that card My fault for trying to be frugal...ok cheap! I tried to get info from the card people but my emails were never answered and their phone tech support makes MS's look... well needless to say, I won't be buying their product again. Bottom line, John, keep trying. As said, its not likely the magnets harmed the card as they aren't magnetic medium like old floppies to my knowledge. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. It may not have been the motor magnets but something happened. I have tried two different readers on two different computers and nothing comes up. I have re-shot what I had so I'm ready for round 2 this weekend. I am forging a display piece for each step and also taking pictures of each step. Should be a good demo for those in attendance. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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