losing photos in my camera, help?

I used a Nikon D100 and what happends is, i am on a photoshoot, i take at least 200+ photos, and yet only 100 are actually still in my camera at the end of the shoot. is there a setting i am un aware of on my camera, i hear the shutter go off, i see the photo on the screen, but does not save on my memory card.

whats going on, any ideas

--Use other Cf card for a few times and see if you will have same problem if you will than a camera developed some problems if not toss a other CF card that you used and loose a pictures.
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Maybe you're losing images, and maybe not. After snapping off 100 shots, it may seem like 200.

The images are numbered sequentially as you take them. Are you actually missing numbers in this sequence?

If you're not missing any numbers, then you might do a test to see if some shots are simply being skipped. Start with a clean CF and shoot off a good number of shots. Check the playback display after each shot to make sure it is registered or to discover that some are actually not being recorded.

If you find that some are not being recorded, you've got a problem. As the previous post suggests, I would start by trying a new CF. If that has the same problem, it's almost certainly an issue with the camera.

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gollywop

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Steelfoxstudios said:

I used a Nikon D100 and what happends is, i am on a photoshoot, i take at least 200+ photos, and yet only 100 are actually still in my camera at the end of the shoot. is there a setting i am un aware of on my camera, i hear the shutter go off, i see the photo on the screen, but does not save on my memory card.

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Take another look at the memory card. It's possible that you (unwittingly) instructed the camera to place some of images in different sub-folders on the card. You may find all of the images are, in fact, present; just scattered around in different folders.

The D100 takes a while to write to the card, and if you turn it off before it finishes writing, you will lose that photo (or as many are in the small buffer of the D100).

Make sure the light indicating CF activity is off before turning off a D100.

I have trouble with that sometimes when I go back to my D100 after using the D200, which will finish writing to the CF before actually turning off.

Just my 2 cents as a D100 owner...

Another idea... Is it possible that you accidentally created a new folder on the CF card?

The camera will automatically do this right after you take shot DSC_9999, so that when the digits "roll over", DSC_0000 will not overwrite an old photo.

So, if you started at DSC_9900, for example, and shot until DSC_0100, you would have 99 photos in one folder and 101 in a 2nd.

Could this be why you don't see all of the photos?

allanimal said:

The D100 takes a while to write to the card, and if you turn it off before it finishes writing, you will lose that photo (or as many are in the small buffer of the D100).

Make sure the light indicating CF activity is off before turning off a D100.

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I too was losing photos taken with my D100, and the post above describes exactly why. I finally developed the habit of just not turning it off until I was completely finished with a shooting session.

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chris102 said:

allanimal said:

The D100 takes a while to write to the card, and if you turn it off before it finishes writing, you will lose that photo (or as many are in the small buffer of the D100).

Make sure the light indicating CF activity is off before turning off a D100.

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I too was losing photos taken with my D100, and the post above describes exactly why. I finally developed the habit of just not turning it off until I was completely finished with a shooting session.

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On the D100, this isn't a problem. The battery lasts forever.

no need to toss the card -- just do a full format on the PC to ensure bad sectors have been reserved. this solves most all lost data issues.

that said, i expect you've got some other problem as data issues on the card don't lose only whole pictures but cause very noticeable errors within pictures.

try the advice in these posts and get back to us with the results...dav

I agree - the D100 uses so little power in standby mode that it's hardly worthwhile to turn it off.

Ray

allanimal said:

On the D100, this isn't a problem. The battery lasts forever.

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Yep, that's right. I just have the habit of flipping the camera on, shooting and then flipping it off. I still love my D100 by the way. I don't care how good the newer cameras are, I'm gonna shoot it until it drops!

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