"Writing to memory card was not completed correctly. Recover data?" A99 data corruption w/ SD cards

[tbcass]

To answer some initial tech questions upfront: No, it's not the buffer that I'm running up against. Yes, I'm using a SanDisk 300mb/s SDXC Class 10 card, and yes, the issue also happened with a similar quality Lexar card. I format my cards regularly. Getting desperate for a solution.

Have you tried a different card, a 90-95 mb/s card for example?. The A99ii is not compatible with 300mb/s cards. I've taken over 3000 shots with my A99ii using a 95mb/s card and have never had a problem.

 

[tqlla]

I've been struggling for about 5 months on an intermittent issue with my a99ii. Seemingly at random, though slightly more often at higher temperatures and after several hours of use, my a99ii will get "stuck" writing an image to the card. I can continue to trigger the shutter, however nothing is being written to the card after the snag. I don't notice until I take my face away from the camera and can see that the writing to card light is stuck on. It will stay on indefinitely. If I try to enter review mode, or if I turn the camera off and on, that's when the glitch comes on fully and I loose complete control of the camera. Full on freeze. Only way to get it back is to pop out the battery, at which point it tells me there was an error writing to card, and it will have to recover data. Doing this, I regain control, but nothing after the snagged image shows up on the card.
I've been working back and forth with Sony Pro support- who claims that they cannot replicate the issue, so I'm wondering if anyone else out there has run into this issue? I've played with two other rentals from them, and it's happened with each body (3 total including mine).
To answer some initial tech questions upfront: No, it's not the buffer that I'm running up against. Yes, I'm using a SanDisk 300mb/s SDXC Class 10 card, and yes, the issue also happened with a similar quality Lexar card. I format my cards regularly. Getting desperate for a solution.

The A99ii doesnt use those types of speeds. Try getting a slower card.

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[Lensmate]

I've been struggling for about 5 months on an intermittent issue with my a99ii. Seemingly at random, though slightly more often at higher temperatures and after several hours of use, my a99ii will get "stuck" writing an image to the card. I can continue to trigger the shutter, however nothing is being written to the card after the snag. I don't notice until I take my face away from the camera and can see that the writing to card light is stuck on. It will stay on indefinitely. If I try to enter review mode, or if I turn the camera off and on, that's when the glitch comes on fully and I loose complete control of the camera. Full on freeze. Only way to get it back is to pop out the battery, at which point it tells me there was an error writing to card, and it will have to recover data. Doing this, I regain control, but nothing after the snagged image shows up on the card.
I've been working back and forth with Sony Pro support- who claims that they cannot replicate the issue, so I'm wondering if anyone else out there has run into this issue? I've played with two other rentals from them, and it's happened with each body (3 total including mine).
To answer some initial tech questions upfront: No, it's not the buffer that I'm running up against. Yes, I'm using a SanDisk 300mb/s SDXC Class 10 card, and yes, the issue also happened with a similar quality Lexar card. I format my cards regularly. Getting desperate for a solution.

Are you formatting the card in camera or on your computer?

Also, are you letting the buffer clear before turning the camera off, or pulling out the battery?

-Martin P

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[creophoto]

I've had the issue with a Sony brand card that Pro Support sent me (SDXC 70 mb/s), my SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC 300 mb/s, and my Lexar SDHC 300 mb/s. Across multiple bodies as well.

It seems odd though, that a card with excess capacity would cause glitches like this. A card with too little bandwidth, I'd understand creating problems.

 

[creophoto]

Formatting with the camera.

And there is no buffer in this instance. You know how that buffer "meter" displays when it's chugging through the backlog? That isn't there. It simply gets stuck on one image. I'm shooting three at a time in bracketed single shot. I'll shoot one, and it freezes. I know some people have issues trying to review before the buffer clears- this isn't that.

 

[tqlla]

I've had the issue with a Sony brand card that Pro Support sent me (SDXC 70 mb/s), my SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC 300 mb/s, and my Lexar SDHC 300 mb/s. Across multiple bodies as well.

It seems odd though, that a card with excess capacity would cause glitches like this. A card with too little bandwidth, I'd understand creating problems.

Its not odd, the Camera is not designed to be used with those cards.

But you are right, the problem shouldnt happen. I opened a request on the Sony website. They will probably never respond. But maybe if enough people complain.

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[iGabas]

So after all, what was the fix for this issue?

I’m asking ‘cause it’s 2018 and I’m getting the same

error with my A6500 with Sandisk cards :/

 

[TomekSek]

I'm on Holidays in Thailand and just lost all my photos due to "error writing to the memory card" error on my RX100 M3

I was Canon EOS user for more than 15 year and never had issue with memory cards.

The card fits, it is SD, so it should WORK, maybe slower in you have slow card, but it should NEVER corrupt the card to the point you lost all previously saved shots.,

I see lost of people are having this issue.

This is ridiculous !! I will never ever buy a Sony camera.

 

[tqlla]

I'm on Holidays in Thailand and just lost all my photos due to "error writing to the memory card" error on my RX100 M3

I was Canon EOS user for more than 15 year and never had issue with memory cards.

The card fits, it is SD, so it should WORK, maybe slower in you have slow card, but it should NEVER corrupt the card to the point you lost all previously saved shots.,

I see lost of people are having this issue.

This is ridiculous !! I will never ever buy a Sony camera.

Why does this thread keep getting bumped with non A-mount camera's?

All camera manufacturers/ SD card manufacturers can have faults. Thats why its important for professionals to have 2 card slots. In your case, its possible that the card happened to fail at the time, and the Camera gave you an error that the SD card failed.

The first thing I would do is remove the card from the camera, and DO NOT format it or write to it. Use an SD card recovery tool to see if it can read the data, then restore that data to your computer.

I am not sure what tool people suggest using these days to recover SD card images. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

 

[Lensmate]

I'm on Holidays in Thailand and just lost all my photos due to "error writing to the memory card" error on my RX100 M3

I was Canon EOS user for more than 15 year and never had issue with memory cards.

The card fits, it is SD, so it should WORK, maybe slower in you have slow card, but it should NEVER corrupt the card to the point you lost all previously saved shots.,

I see lost of people are having this issue.

This is ridiculous !! I will never ever buy a Sony camera.

Why does this thread keep getting bumped with non A-mount camera's?

All camera manufacturers/ SD card manufacturers can have faults. Thats why its important for professionals to have 2 card slots. In your case, its possible that the card happened to fail at the time, and the Camera gave you an error that the SD card failed.

The first thing I would do is remove the card from the camera, and DO NOT format it or write to it. Use an SD card recovery tool to see if it can read the data, then restore that data to your computer.

I am not sure what tool people suggest using these days to recover SD card images. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

Its called "kick the can" and putting the boot in against Sony! Probably a troll...

-Martin P

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[DFiveOO]

I know its been years since the last post, but I am having the very same problem, I have a Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mbs 64Gb card in my A77 mk2, I formated it as soon as I put it in the camera, I have had this card over a year and used it in many Nikon bodies from a D500 down to a D7100 with out a single problem.

Yesterday when it happened to me Three times was when uisng the camera in single frame advance and following a BIF, the shot was taken then the message popped up and I had to do what it said before I could continue shooting.

The annoying thing was that all the shots past a certain point where deleted, this I found out when I loaded them into my PC.

I know its an older camera but has no one worked out why this happens?