Nikon Coolpix shows “file contains no image data” for photos on SD card
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My Nikon Coolpix S9500 has started showing “file contains no image data” for many photos that are still on the camera. I’m using a 128GB SD card that has previously had intermittent read issues, where the camera sometimes can’t read the card until I power it off and on. After restarting the camera, around 1200 photos suddenly showed this error. Some older images still appear normally, but newer photos and videos taken around the same time now also seem affected. What should I do, and does this point to a bad SD card or a camera/card-slot problem?
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Odyssey
1y ago
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I have a 128gb SD card which has caused problems but only minor, with the card randomly not being able to be read but turning the camera off and on fixes it.
There is no such thing as a "minor" memory card issue. If a memory card malfunctions in any way, and a proper reformatting (which will erase any existing data on the card) doesn't completely solve the issue, it's time to replace it. If it does the same malfunction more than once, it's already past time to replace it
That being said, the issue could be your camera's interface with the card, not the card itself. Test the card using something other than your camera and see if the images can be read. Be aware that reformatting the card will erase all images and any other data stored on the card.
Originally by Michael C. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
Michael C
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This most likely indicates a storage problem, and it should be treated as serious. There really isn’t such a thing as a “minor” memory-card fault: if a card intermittently fails to read, it may already be corrupting data.
What to do now:
- Stop shooting on that card immediately.
- Test the card in another device or a computer/card reader to see whether the files can be read there.
- Do not reformat the card until you’ve tried to recover or copy anything important, because formatting will erase data.
If the files read normally on another device, the issue may be the camera’s card interface rather than the card itself. If the card shows the same problems elsewhere, the card is likely failing and should be replaced.
If a full reformat later does not completely eliminate the issue, or if the same problem happens again even once, retire the card. In general, repeated read errors mean it’s already time to replace the card and avoid trusting important photos to it.
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