Chris_K 0 #1 July 3, 2008 Does anyone know what would cause a camera to randomly take pictures? I have a canon 10D that I use and its currently only taking about 80 percent of the pictures it should. I press the tongue switch, the camera goes throught the whole action of taking the picture, including the red light flash as its being processed on the CF Card. When i go to check the pictures, i'll be missing a few, not a block such as the interview portion or the free fall portion, but rather some of each. It will not have processed a few on the ground, a few in the plane, a few in FF, and a few of the landings. Any ideas?Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PharmerPhil 0 #2 July 3, 2008 It sounds like your buffer is full, and it can't process any more pictures until it has written the ones it has already taken to the card. The 10D, while ground breaking for it's time, had a miniscule buffer and slow CF write speed by today's standards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #3 July 3, 2008 That is a good thing to look at. If you are looking at the memory card and see files in this order: IMG_1001, IMG_1002, IMG_1005 and are missing the center pictures you can also look at trying another memory card. I have seen bad spots develop in flash memory and it corrupts the content as it tries to write to the drive. The Camera wrote data but it is just corrupted as the card stored it and the photo is usually junk so it does not display it during playback. Try another memory card, also make sure the 10D is on the latest firmware version that Canon offered.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_K 0 #4 July 3, 2008 Thanks for the answers so far, I have tried several CF cards and they all do the same thing, even after emptying the cue files and formatting the cards.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PharmerPhil 0 #5 July 3, 2008 Is it only during (or in the middle of) bursts of shots? Or does this ever happen when you shoot one at a time with a fair amount of time in between? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_K 0 #6 July 3, 2008 It is happening both in burst and single shot modes. In each case, the camera looks like its doing everything its suppost to, then you look at the CF card and its missing shots.Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
