Ricardo Alves said:
Hello,

I’m reporting a strange issue that happened to me 2 times already!

Can someone explain me how is possible that the camera or the card replicate files inside the card? It doesn’t happen to all the photos, it’s just a random number of files in the card that are replicated (#4). They have exactly the same name, size, date, etc.

The worst part is that these replicated files replace some original files… see how it jumps from file AAA_1460 to AAA_1513. You can confirm the facts in this print screen:
http://i.pbase.com/o6/65/596965/1/144468654.okl6iNqG.PrintScreen1.jpg

During the shooting everything seems fine when I check the photos with the camera, but when I copy the card files to the PC, I face the same problem again…

My camera is a Nikon D700 and the card is a San Disk CF ExtremePro 16GB.

I have other San Disk cards that work fine in my camera, but I prefer this 16GB one!

Does this issue have been reported before?

Thanks for all the help!

Ricardo

Interesting topic I use the 16GB sandisk without troubles and I never updated my firmware maybe out of laziness. Good to know about this topic though. Firmware updating does not solve your problem Gareth?

i organise by date in lightroom for my pics, and put all my work pics in one folder anyway.

it is obvious to import each client job into a separate folder titled "Jeffries Wedding" etc. and backup to an external folder of the same name at the same time. This is what I will do when I have paying clients.

But I have been keeping the original folders as a backup on my external, and it was nice to have 9999 files in each folder, not some random amount.

Gareth said:
am i restricted to always shooting less that 1000 pics on the same card if i don't want random semi filled directories?

Yes.

If it bothers you, you might make a new directory for every event you shoot. There's a button/function/setting for that somewhere. That's what pros do, apparently.

That or organise your pictures by date in your photo software.

well i have to say that it does seem to be doing what you are talking about.

however, it says that when d6 is set to off file numbering is set to 0001 when.... a new memory card is inserted in the camera.

well, i can see how each time i remove the card and put it in my reader, upon reinsertion the card goes back to 0001. but it doesn't, it keeps numbering as before, but makes a new folder.

i agree with what you are saying and it makes no sense.

did you find a way aroung this?

am i restricted to always shooting less that 1000 pics on the same card if i don't want random semi filled directories?

what a pain in the ars3.

I'm talking about the files as well. My D300 has the same behaviour, but I didn't see it until I switched from 4GB to 8GB cards, and then it really threw me for a loop.

For whatever reason, the camera will consider a directory as "full" if it has 999 photos (as opposed to files, in case of NEF+JPEG) in it. It doesn't matter what numbers those photos have, just how many there are in the directory.

I assume you're shooting raw, so you normally can't fit 999 photos on a 16GB card, but can on a 32GB card. (I shoot JPEG, so I saw this at 8GB.)

On your 16GB card, you might shoot say 800 pictures before filling the card up. So you get dsc_0001 to dsc_0800. Then you switch to an empty 16GB card and carry on. There are no photos on this card, so no "full" directories, so you get dsc_0801 to dsc_1600 in the same directory name. And if you never get more than 999 pictures to a card, this continues up to dsc_9999 and then a new directory gets created.

But what if you switch to your 32GB card at dsc_1600? Now you can get say 1600 pictures on a card, which is more than 999. So you shoot away, and at dsc_2599 you have 999 pictures in your directory. At which point the camera decides the directory's full, and creates a new one. But it doesn't reset the picture number, so you get a new directory which starts with dsc_2600.

From page 300 of the manual (I realise it's a bit buried): "Note that a new folder is created automatically if a photograph is taken when the current folder contains 999 photographs." It's not clear from the manual, but that always applies, regardless of any settings.

Hope this helps.

the manual is talking about folders named 999. i am talking about files named less than 9999 (1000 vs 10 000).

When using my old 16GB card (same card sandisk extreme) I have no trouble. the files are named up to 9999, then a new folder is created and continues.

on the new card, it does not get to the end of a 9999 sequence before making a new folder. however, the file names continue. so I have more than one folder with the same 9999 file sequence.

as I said, it is annoying, but not the end of the world.

The D700 is good for 64GB cards as of firmware 1.02. Before that it's rated for 32GB cards I believe.

The camera will only create up to 999 photos in a directory before creating a new one. You're probably getting more because you run out of space and swap cards before reaching that 999 picture limit. Check page 300 of the manual (the description of custom setting d6).

I am having some issues with my d700 and my new 32GB sandisk extreme (60mb/s) card.

I know d700 is only really rated up to 16GB.

My card does everything fine, but it make too many folders. Instead of putting the usual 9999 files in a folder it is putting about 3000, then making a new folder and putting more etc etc.

eg;

_DSC2132-_DSC5234 in d700107 then _DSC5235-_DSC7462 in d700108 etc.

my question is, will a firmware update fix this and does anyone else have this issue?

I can change the file naming and just put everything in one folder,which is OK. But I would like a firmware update that makes the d700 OK with card up to 64GB.