Problem with a Sony XQD card in a Nikon D850

I don't have a camera that uses XQD and I have not had this problem with my SD cards. So, these are just my thoughts on first read...

Does this happen every time you format the card in the camera? Does this get resolved if you format the card on a PC via a card reader?

If it's YES to both, then you have a clear case of a good card and the camera body not handling it well. Nikon might do something about it.

It is still possible that the particular card has something going that the camera is not liking, even though the card may work on a PC. So, testing another card may be useful in reproducing the problem.

If it is intermittent, then even if you send the body for repair, hard to confirm that they fixed anything.

All the best.

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Connect your camera to a computer in mass storage mode and check the size of the cards, or check the size in a reader connected to your computer. If the size is wrong send them back.

User2963520515 said:

I recently purchased a Nikon D850 and 2 Sony 64GB XQD cards. When I format the cards in camera the Control Panel only shows 100 in the "number exposures remaining." This has occurred with both of the new cards. When shooting, the cards will give a "Full" message at 100 images. I am shooting RAW with the XQD as the primary storage media. I have spoken to Nikon and they can't offer a reason for this problem. They have suggested that I get another XQD card to test the system. If thought I would check w/ the forum before going any further with testing or sending the camera in to Nikon. Any thoughts?

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Where did you get the cards? Sounds kinda like cheap knockoff syndrome.

Both cards came from B & H...highly reputable

The card checks out fine when read by my PC so think you may be right that the camera may not like card...am going to get a new card from a local dealer and give that a try. Thank you.

romfordbluenose said:

Connect your camera to a computer in mass storage mode and check the size of the cards, or check the size in a reader connected to your computer. If the size is wrong send them back.

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The card checks out fine as read by my PC...am going to try a new card.

User2963520515 said:

I recently purchased a Nikon D850 and 2 Sony 64GB XQD cards. When I format the cards in camera the Control Panel only shows 100 in the "number exposures remaining." This has occurred with both of the new cards. When shooting, the cards will give a "Full" message at 100 images. I am shooting RAW with the XQD as the primary storage media. I have spoken to Nikon and they can't offer a reason for this problem. They have suggested that I get another XQD card to test the system. If thought I would check w/ the forum before going any further with testing or sending the camera in to Nikon. Any thoughts?

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I have a Sony 128Gb card in my D859 , and have no problems with it

Usually when there are likely to be more than 1,000 shots available the read out is to the nearest 1,000 - as in 2.0k etc.

User2963520515 said:

Problem Solved.

To test the card I got a salesperson at Best Buy to lend me a card which we formatted which resulted in a continued erroneous card capacity message.

I called Nikon back and spoke w/ a different support person. He had me "reset all settings" which corrected my issue. My plan at this point is to re-enter my custom settings and perhaps find the setting or group of settings that caused the error.

So at this point I have a functional camera

Thank you all for your very helpful feedback.

Rob

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I am glad that it was not a major issue at the end, and a simple fix worked.

Thanks for sharing the final result. All the best with your camera.