error: Image not stored?

Anyone hear of problems in the K10D with intermittent errors reading and writing from the SD card?
I have been getting errors "image not stored", "image cannot be read",
"no card", etc... I've switched through several cards and the same errors occur.

The problem first occurred last week at an event.
I've since taken a thousand photos without problems.
Then yesterday at another event, the errors started happening.

Besides karma being against me, any ideas if this is something that can be fixed without sending the camera on an eight to ten week vacation at the repair shop?

I've pulled the batteries, tried defaulting the settings. I've even re-formatted and wiped the cards using recovery software.

I think I'm stuck with the repair option, but hoping someone has alternative ideas.


Thanks!

I'd try using a blower to check there isn't a bit of grit or fluff in the card chamber that could be preventing proper contact.

Always formatting the card when re-using is also a good idea.

Finally, cards do have a finite life and if they are all the same age and getting towards the end of their lifespan I suppose it's possible to get failures at similar times.

Otherwise, I'd try a new card before going down the repair route. Ultimately, though, if it's a repair that's needed then it got to be done.

What's the SD card make and model?
I have seen a few cards go "belly up" in my time... most of the marque brands (SanDisk, Lexar etc) have either lifetime or 5 year warranties.
(But then there have been some cheap forged versions floating about as well that are worth nothing :roll

I would definitely try another card first
(FWIW, I get my cards from www.picstop.co.uk - stupid prices on genuine Sandisk Extreme III cards!)

Matt

Two of the cards are Kingston 2GB,. They are about 9 months old. The other is Sandisk Extreme III 4GB and only a week old when the problem first occurred.
All of them exhibit the same behavior at the same time frame.
So I think it is more a camera issue than card issue.

I was hoping (grasping at straws) for a potentially magical solution, but I probably have to admit to myself that the camera needs repair.

Short of requiring a contact clean, it does sound like a camera problem
Matt

Just one more thought. I did have one card that refused to format in my K10D. I formatted it without problems in Sue's K10D and after that there was no further issue with it.

So maybe try formatting in another camera and see if it does the trick.