Tina, please try 'Photorec' if you haven't done so yet.
It has been mentioned here before and does a great job. Worth a try. I
expect it to be usable for non nerds ;-). You can find more info at <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec>
<http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-and-PhotoRec/3000-2248_4-10511775.html>
Good luck, Frank.
2013/3/22 Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Thanks, Chuck. Yes, I have several of the Transcend 16GB cards and they
> have always worked perfectly. I still have the 32GB cards and will try
> formating them in the computer. If they are incompatable with the Leica
> M's, though, they are useless to me! Leica recommends the Transcend brand
> but I don't know if they recommend 32GB ones.
>
> Tina
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I think the takeaway here is to test the cards both in a computer to
> > read/write the entire data area and a more limited test in the camera
> > since it's also possible there's some sort of incompatibility with the
> > camera. When formatting on a Windows computer choose the "full format"
> > rather than "quick format" option. Doing so will read/write the entire
> > directory and data area and check for errors.
> >
> > 32GB is a pretty large card and I'm wondering if you've ever used 32GB
> > of any other brand in your cameras. It really shouldn't make a logic
> > difference once the size is 4GB or greater (the point at which file
> > format changes from FAT16 to FAT32) but I can envision a possibility
> > that the camera can't handle the size of the directory for such a large
> > card. I think the symptoms you describe might well fit that type of
> > problem... works fine up to a point and then goes bonkers. There may
> > also be other camera/compatibility problems that I can't think of at the
> > moment. But if this is the problem you couldn't discover it without
> > first filling the card full of images. But you can do that by
> > formatting the card in the camera and then copying enough unique images
> > to it on the computer to at least equal the numbers you had at the point
> > you seemed to run into trouble.
> >
> > If you haven't sent the cards back to Amazon yet try reading them
> > directly in the computer. If they read properly in the computer then I
> > would say the cards are OK and the problem resides in the camera. If
> > they don't read properly, however, the camera is still not absolved
> > since in its own confusion it may have scrambled the directory.
> >
> > I only have one Transcend card which is a 16GB SDHC. I've been using it
> > for about two years. It's a class 10 card, is very fast and has been
> > perfectly reliable.
> >
> > On 3/22/2013 9:34 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > Well, we are back from our whilrwind trip to Gibraltar, Morocco, and
> > Spain
> > > and I'm downloading the photos now. The biggest lesson I learned this
> > trip
> > > was to never again travel without a computer! I thought for such a
> short
> > > trip, I would just take lots of SD cards and my Kindle to check e-mail.
> > > Big mistake! I had bought 4 32GB Transcend cards and they did NOT
> > work.
> > > They would work fine for awhile and then get hung up on data transfer
> > for
> > > hours. I would have to take the battery and card out to get them to
> work
> > > again and then half the time it would tell me I had no photos on the
> card
> > > when I actually had several hundred. I quit using those and only had
> my
> > > old, smaller cards to use. The 32GB cards are going back to Amazon. I
> > > have no idea what I lost but I think the wedding photos are safe on 4GB
> > > cards. I missed having the opportunity to download photos and review
> > them
> > > at night before taking more the next day. My little Acer netbook would
> > not
> > > have been much larger than the Kindle and I could have used it for
> > > downloading photos, too. I also missed the security of making two
> copies
> > > to keep in different locations which I usually do on trips.
> > >
> > > The M9 and MM worked fine even in torrential downpours. I used the
> > 35/1.4,
> > > 24/2.8, and 90/2.0 far more than any of the other lenses I took. I
> > think I
> > > could have done fine with just those three.
> > >
> > > I also have to catch up on all of the e-mails which were too hard to
> read
> > > and answer using the Kindle! I did like it for reading and guidebooks,
> > > though.
> > >
> > > Photos will follow someday!
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
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