S45 Problems?

imr5191 · Feb 20, 2003

I exhausted myself and everyone I know when I was deciding which camera to purchase. After much research, I chose the Canon S45. When it works, I love it, but that is not often. Please let me know if you think my camera is a lemon or if there is a problem with the CF card I am using.

When reviewing my photos on the LCD screen, it often says that the image is corrupted. This has happened several times and I figured there was something wrong with the CF card (Viking 256MB card). I exchanged the card (another Viking 256), however I am still having this problem. The LCD either has the error message of CF card error or something about the image being corrupted. I have lost some great pictures because of this and I am very frustrated.

Please let me know if you think I might be doing something wrong or if anyone else has had this problem. I know it sounds like the CF card, but could both card be defective? Please advise. Thanks!

Jen Moreno · Feb 20, 2003

If you haven't done so already, I would reformat your card (in camera) and see if this resolves your problem.

If this doesn't help, maybe trying another brand would help (although it's not likely you would get 2 dud cards in a row, is it?)

Failing this - take the camera back for a new one - you may have gotten an lemon! Good luck!

imr5191 said:
I exhausted myself and everyone I know when I was deciding which
camera to purchase. After much research, I chose the Canon S45.
When it works, I love it, but that is not often. Please let me
know if you think my camera is a lemon or if there is a problem
with the CF card I am using.

When reviewing my photos on the LCD screen, it often says that the
image is corrupted. This has happened several times and I figured
there was something wrong with the CF card (Viking 256MB card). I
exchanged the card (another Viking 256), however I am still having
this problem. The LCD either has the error message of CF card
error or something about the image being corrupted. I have lost
some great pictures because of this and I am very frustrated.

Please let me know if you think I might be doing something wrong or
if anyone else has had this problem. I know it sounds like the CF
card, but could both card be defective? Please advise. Thanks!

Scott A. Briggs · Feb 20, 2003

I've seen threads in this forum noting problems with Viking CF in the Canon s45 and other models. Perhaps trying a different brand CF would help you determine if the problem is in the camera, or the memory card.

Jen Moreno said:
If this doesn't help, maybe trying another brand would help
(although it's not likely you would get 2 dud cards in a row, is
it?)

Failing this - take the camera back for a new one - you may have
gotten an lemon! Good luck!

imr5191 said:

I exhausted myself and everyone I know when I was deciding which
camera to purchase. After much research, I chose the Canon S45.
When it works, I love it, but that is not often. Please let me
know if you think my camera is a lemon or if there is a problem
with the CF card I am using.

When reviewing my photos on the LCD screen, it often says that the
image is corrupted. This has happened several times and I figured
there was something wrong with the CF card (Viking 256MB card). I
exchanged the card (another Viking 256), however I am still having
this problem. The LCD either has the error message of CF card
error or something about the image being corrupted. I have lost
some great pictures because of this and I am very frustrated.

Please let me know if you think I might be doing something wrong or
if anyone else has had this problem. I know it sounds like the CF
card, but could both card be defective? Please advise. Thanks!

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James M G · Feb 20, 2003

I had a very similar problem with my S45. a lot of the pictures came up as corrupt, or came out kind of strange. Have a look-
http://www.pbase.com/n_s/inbox

Any way I'm pretty sure it was a problem with th CF card, but I exchanged the camera too- just incase. Before using the new card I formatted it (as it says to do in the manual) and havent had the same problem.

Oh I wish I never exchanged the camera though, as this one HAS got a problem with it

gmk · Feb 20, 2003

I had a similar problem with my s45 and viking 256 CF. I' ve tried formatting without luck. I'm also starting to get the same problems with a 256 sandisk and can't download to my computer (but I can see most of the pictures on my camera).

any suggestions on how to download?
is this a camera or memory card issue?

N S said:
I had a very similar problem with my S45. a lot of the pictures
came up as corrupt, or came out kind of strange. Have a look-
http://www.pbase.com/n_s/inbox

Any way I'm pretty sure it was a problem with th CF card, but I
exchanged the camera too- just incase. Before using the new card I
formatted it (as it says to do in the manual) and havent had the
same problem.

Oh I wish I never exchanged the camera though, as this one HAS got
a problem with it

superT · Feb 20, 2003

Are you getting the same problems with the canon card that it came with?

gmk said:
any suggestions on how to download?
is this a camera or memory card issue?

N S said:

I had a very similar problem with my S45. a lot of the pictures
came up as corrupt, or came out kind of strange. Have a look-
http://www.pbase.com/n_s/inbox

Any way I'm pretty sure it was a problem with th CF card, but I
exchanged the camera too- just incase. Before using the new card I
formatted it (as it says to do in the manual) and havent had the
same problem.

Oh I wish I never exchanged the camera though, as this one HAS got
a problem with it

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gmk · Feb 20, 2003

no, but I only used it once. It's only 32 mb...

I read somewhere on the net that this doesn't happen with canon cards but this is hard to believe.

superT said:
gmk said:

any suggestions on how to download?
is this a camera or memory card issue?

N S said:

I had a very similar problem with my S45. a lot of the pictures
came up as corrupt, or came out kind of strange. Have a look-
http://www.pbase.com/n_s/inbox

Any way I'm pretty sure it was a problem with th CF card, but I
exchanged the camera too- just incase. Before using the new card I
formatted it (as it says to do in the manual) and havent had the
same problem.

Oh I wish I never exchanged the camera though, as this one HAS got
a problem with it

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BlackJack · Feb 20, 2003

read this thread. There seems to be a lot of problems with S45 and the Viking 256MB Card.... G3 is probably also affected...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=4284198

imr5191 said:
I exhausted myself and everyone I know when I was deciding which
camera to purchase. After much research, I chose the Canon S45.
When it works, I love it, but that is not often. Please let me
know if you think my camera is a lemon or if there is a problem
with the CF card I am using.

When reviewing my photos on the LCD screen, it often says that the
image is corrupted. This has happened several times and I figured
there was something wrong with the CF card (Viking 256MB card). I
exchanged the card (another Viking 256), however I am still having
this problem. The LCD either has the error message of CF card
error or something about the image being corrupted. I have lost
some great pictures because of this and I am very frustrated.

Please let me know if you think I might be doing something wrong or
if anyone else has had this problem. I know it sounds like the CF
card, but could both card be defective? Please advise. Thanks!

gmk · Feb 21, 2003

Thanks,

My computer can't read the Viking card at all. Any suggestions on how to download the images?

Will a program like Digital Image Recovery help?

BlackJack said:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=4284198

imr5191 said:

I exhausted myself and everyone I know when I was deciding which
camera to purchase. After much research, I chose the Canon S45.
When it works, I love it, but that is not often. Please let me
know if you think my camera is a lemon or if there is a problem
with the CF card I am using.

When reviewing my photos on the LCD screen, it often says that the
image is corrupted. This has happened several times and I figured
there was something wrong with the CF card (Viking 256MB card). I
exchanged the card (another Viking 256), however I am still having
this problem. The LCD either has the error message of CF card
error or something about the image being corrupted. I have lost
some great pictures because of this and I am very frustrated.

Please let me know if you think I might be doing something wrong or
if anyone else has had this problem. I know it sounds like the CF
card, but could both card be defective? Please advise. Thanks!

Click to expand...

DP134159 · Feb 21, 2003

gmk said:
My computer can't read the Viking card at all. Any suggestions on
how to download the images?

Will a program like Digital Image Recovery help?

BlackJack said:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=4284198

imr5191 said:

I exhausted myself and everyone I know when I was deciding which
camera to purchase. After much research, I chose the Canon S45.
When it works, I love it, but that is not often. Please let me
know if you think my camera is a lemon or if there is a problem
with the CF card I am using.

When reviewing my photos on the LCD screen, it often says that the
image is corrupted. This has happened several times and I figured
there was something wrong with the CF card (Viking 256MB card). I
exchanged the card (another Viking 256), however I am still having
this problem. The LCD either has the error message of CF card
error or something about the image being corrupted. I have lost
some great pictures because of this and I am very frustrated.

Please let me know if you think I might be doing something wrong or
if anyone else has had this problem. I know it sounds like the CF
card, but could both card be defective? Please advise. Thanks!

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I have also read the threads about the Viking card. I, however, have taken hundreds of shots (and movies) with the Viking 256 and have never had a problem.

AdamW · Feb 21, 2003

DP said:
DP134159 said:

BlackJack said:

read this thread. There seems to be a lot of problems with S45 and
the Viking 256MB Card.... G3 is probably also affected...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=4284198

Click to expand...

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I have also read the threads about the Viking card. I, however,
have taken hundreds of shots (and movies) with the Viking 256 and
have never had a problem.

Dang.

Nikon is very keen to make some CF cards (read: Ridata) unusable in their cameras. JimTanCanada tried to use his CP5700 with a Ridata 512MB, and the camera always gave him the same CF Card Error.

Either an entire batch of Viking CF cards are corrupted, defective, and faulty; or that Canon has started to hate Viking.

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