[jaysfly]

Hello out there.

I have a new A720 IS camera. Purchased a 1GB card from Best Buy. took a lot of pictures 200+ then screen came up with "Memory card error. Could not see any of the pictures or take any more. Bought a new card at Radio Shack, SanDisk, 2GB, took 166 picture. Used a Key Span card reader connected to a Mac Dual 867 MHz PowerPC G4, 1MB L3 cache per processor. Has 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM memory. After importing the 166 pictures was only able to open 61 because the rest were "corrupted" or had an "unidentifiable jpeg marker".

Also nothing transfers or imports from the first card. It has the Letters SD, and DANE-ELEC on the face of the card.

Is this a problem with the card? or the camera? Can I save any of the pictures? It was a wonderful week at Mammoth and I will not have the opportunity again.

I am not an experienced digital camera trouble shooter. Lots of the directions are "Greek" to me. Would appreciate simple step by step help. Thanks to any and all who have a suggestion and help. Jaysfly:

[PopPicker]

Sound to me, after you've had problems with two cards that it's the camera.

[jaysfly]

Some have said it is because I took too many pictures in a row and then when finished turned off the power. I spoke to at least 10 different people who gave me 10 different reasons that Might be the problem and was told to try more pictures with a different card. Then to call the company for the insurance I purchased and see what they might do if it happens again. I finally out of fatigue purchased Photo Recovery. Was able to recover about half of one card. The second card I was able to get all of the pictures by having them read and printed at Costco. I can't open about half on my computer but I can get a print of what I want. I am going to start today to use a new card and see what happens. Basically all the companies I dealt with wanted to try and prove they weren't responsible. Oh well, thats life. Thanks for replying much appreciated. Jaysfly