Nikon D7000 missing or corrupted images on SD cards
Asked 5/4/2012
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My Nikon D7000 has intermittently failed to save images correctly. I’ve had corrupted files near the end of a card before, and during a recent 3-day shoot one card appears to have recorded nothing from about 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., even though playback seemed normal at the time. The cards are always formatted in-camera, and other images on the same card before and after that period were fine. Recovery software did not find the missing files. What could cause this on a D7000, and is there a known fix?
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One of my friends who (like I) have a D7000 have had problems where images on the SD-card in the first slot got corrupted. He bought a new SD card and had the same problem. When talking to Nikon he was told to upgrade the firmware to version A 1.02, B 1.03. He tried that and has had no problems since.
You can find the A 1.02, B 1.03 firmware here: http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17542
To check which firmware you have:
- Open the camera's menu
- Go to the "Setup" menu (the one with a small wrench depicted next to it, no 4. from the top)
- Select the menu item "Firmware version" (the last menu item)
Now, you can see the current firmware version. If it is not A 1.02, B 1.03 you should try to upgrade the camera's firmware.
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A known cause on the D7000 is older camera firmware. One reported fix from Nikon support was updating the camera to firmware version A 1.02 / B 1.03, after which the SD-card corruption problem stopped.
To check your version on the D7000:
- Open Menu
- Go to Setup (wrench icon)
- Select Firmware version
If your camera is running an older version, update the firmware from Nikon’s support site and then test the camera with freshly formatted cards.
Since the missing images were not found by recovery software, they may never have been written properly, which points more to a write/firmware issue than simple deletion. Also continue using reputable SD cards and formatting them in-camera, as you already do.
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