absolutely freaked out - happy ending

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

03/25/2019 07:41:34 PM · #51

Hi everyone,
I want to thank you all again for your support and your ideas. And for all those who reached out privately to try to help as well. I suppose the pixel gods weren't TOTALLY disgusted with me, as it turns out that one of the VERY few RAW files that were only corrupted at the very bottom was also the best take of the session. Here it is, as promised.

PennyStreet

Olympus OM-D E-M1

03/25/2019 10:38:00 PM · #52

A wonderful result. Looks great! Love the addition of the stuffed people.

Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro

03/26/2019 01:09:18 AM · #53

Originally posted by PennyStreet:

A wonderful result. Looks great! Love the addition of the stuffed people.

Thank you!!

GeorgesBogaert

Canon RP

03/26/2019 04:14:33 AM · #54

Originally posted by Skip:

What a nightmare.

Some of the following may have already been offered.

1) I had the same thing happen. Turned out to be a corrupted card. I shoot RAW+Jpeg Large Fine and was lucky enough to have enough usable jpegs that I was able to make a delivery. What I learned was two things: shoot on two cards and if you ever get any weird behaviors on a card, stop using it.

2) Get a throwaway laptop for traveling. As soon as you finish shooting, download. I have a folder on my desktop called "Worse Case Scenario" and I just drag from my card into this folder. And I carry an external hard drive that gets a copy. This is only for peace of mind and it only costs a few minutes.

3) Whenever possible, shoot tethered.

4) It is possible to get a decent 8x10 from an 800kb file. Make test prints and massage the file(s) until you have something suitable. Justremember, no one is ever likely to see the flaws and imperfections that will be so glaringly obvious to you.

Lastly, you are not alone. This stuff happens to everyone sooner or later.

Cheers,
Skip

If your camera support wifi, why not buy a Wifi external harddisk? very easy to use and it saves even while shooting.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/26/2019 10:21:47 AM · #55

Originally posted by GeorgesBogaert:

Originally posted by Skip:
What a nightmare.

Some of the following may have already been offered.

1) I had the same thing happen. Turned out to be a corrupted card. I shoot RAW+Jpeg Large Fine and was lucky enough to have enough usable jpegs that I was able to make a delivery. What I learned was two things: shoot on two cards and if you ever get any weird behaviors on a card, stop using it.

2) Get a throwaway laptop for traveling. As soon as you finish shooting, download. I have a folder on my desktop called "Worse Case Scenario" and I just drag from my card into this folder. And I carry an external hard drive that gets a copy. This is only for peace of mind and it only costs a few minutes.

3) Whenever possible, shoot tethered.

4) It is possible to get a decent 8x10 from an 800kb file. Make test prints and massage the file(s) until you have something suitable. Justremember, no one is ever likely to see the flaws and imperfections that will be so glaringly obvious to you.

Lastly, you are not alone. This stuff happens to everyone sooner or later.

Cheers,
Skip

If your camera support wifi, why not buy a Wifi external harddisk? very easy to use and it saves even while shooting.

Will look into it

MikeJ

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

03/26/2019 07:16:15 PM · #56

Great! Glad to hear you were able to at least recover the jpegs, Tanguera. Now, how many backups are you going to do next time? :)

Mike