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Lr4 / Canon 5D II / Tethered Capture / Images damaged in transfer

Aug 19, 2012 3:38 AM

I am shooting in tethered mode in Lightroom 4. approximately every 40 images the RAW (CR2) file gets damaged for some reason. Image on the card remains in normal conditions.

Would be great to figure out what the issues is.

 

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System: Windows 7 (x64), LR4 (4.1), Camera Raw 7.1

 

Thank you,

vh

684 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Keith_Reeder, Aug 19, 2012 9:30 AM
 
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  • Hal P Anderson
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    1. Hal P Anderson,
    Aug 19, 2012 5:16 AM   in reply to vhdk.co
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    vh,

     

    How long is your cable? USB is only supposed to work reliably over 5 metres (around 16 feet).

     

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    2. vhdk.co,
    Aug 19, 2012 5:31 AM   in reply to Hal P Anderson
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    Hal,

    USB cable is about 1.5m/5ft long, but your point brings up another thought. I am connected through a USB hub and not directly to the laptop. Will plug straight into computer and see if issue remains.

     

    vh

     
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    3. vhdk.co,
    Aug 19, 2012 8:50 AM   in reply to vhdk.co
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    Apparently this has nothing to do with transferring the file.

    An image that had been on the hard disk for a while now just got damaged while zooming in. The result is a shown above. Could this be a damaged hard drive?

     
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    4. DdeGannes,
    Aug 19, 2012 9:16 AM   in reply to vhdk.co
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    Could be many things including a failing hard drive or failing/bad RAM.

     
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    5. Keith_Reeder,
    Aug 19, 2012 9:30 AM   in reply to vhdk.co
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    Almost certainly a hardware issue - this kind of problem is generally tracked down to a failing hard drive (that's what caused it for me), problems with RAM, or a something wrong with the card, the reader, or (if the images are being downloaded straight from camera) a USB cable fault, but that seems to be ruled out here.

     
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