{"id":34206,"date":"2022-09-07T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=34206"},"modified":"2022-09-06T21:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:06:47","slug":"write-error-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/write-error-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Write Error? No!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Working with my Lumix LX7 last month, I made a variety of photos of St. Lawrence & Atlantic 394 coming down from the border crossing at Norton, Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I first attempted to download the SD card from the Lumix, I noticed a serious problem with several of my files. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portions of the files suffered from corrupted data, with large portions of the image area scrambled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when I viewed the photos in camera, there was no sign of this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Normally, I take the SD card out of the Lumix and used a card reader to couple the card to my MacBook Pro. Then I download the files using a program called ‘Image Capture version 8.0’. Once downloaded, I then upload select images into Lightroom. This saves the files which creates a secondary backup, while allowing me to organize the photos and make scaled and corrected copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a bit of fussing, I decided that what I had suffered wasn’t a write error to the card (which is a very serious problem), but rather a card read error. In otherwords all the information was safely stored my SD card and it was getting corrupted during the downloading process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What, I ended up doing was using Lightroom to download the card directly. Then I used Lightroom to output my originals in DNG format which I stored in a folder along with the rest of my August Lumix files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, I show the corrupted files as I original saw them (scaled for internet), then the unadjusted DNG files (scaled); and finally my adjusted DNG files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lesson: don’t panic if you suffer from corrupted files. Your data may still be recoverable. [Just don’t erase or format the card.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corrupted file from my initial download using a card reader an Image Capture 8.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unaltered file uploaded using Lightroom and exported in DNG format for archiving then converted to JPG for internet display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adjusted DNG file using Adobe Lightroom, scaled and exported as a JPG for internet display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Corrupted file from my initial download using a card reader an Image Capture 8.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unaltered file uploaded using Lightroom and exported in DNG format for archiving then converted to JPG for internet display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adjusted DNG file using Adobe Lightroom, scaled and exported as a JPG for internet display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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