read/write error on smart media, advice please

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I have a fuji finepix 2800 camera, its been great till earlier this year.
I suddenly started to get errors after I had taken a photo..and the photo
could not be displayed on the viewer ( or subsequently downloaded to the
pc) and the viewer said read error. This happened while I was away on
holiday
Camera is about 2 years old, I tried both new batteries and a brand new
smart media card , still had the same problem.
Could this have been an effect of the heat while I was away? ( I was in
Death Valley for some of the time and it was hot!) Is it likely to have
been dust in the card slot? More likely to be a fault in the camera than
the media cards?

I have been told I can get a cleaner kit for the slot and the cards, does
anyone have any experience of these please?

Lots of questions, I know, but I am loath to spend out for a new camera,
without trying to find out what has caused the problem on this one. Any
advice appreciated

thanks in advance

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Tickettyboo wrote:
> I have a fuji finepix 2800 camera, its been great till earlier this
> year. I suddenly started to get errors after I had taken a photo..and
> the photo could not be displayed on the viewer ( or subsequently
> downloaded to the pc) and the viewer said read error. This happened
> while I was away on holiday
> Camera is about 2 years old, I tried both new batteries and a brand
> new smart media card , still had the same problem.
> Could this have been an effect of the heat while I was away? ( I was
> in Death Valley for some of the time and it was hot!) Is it likely to
> have been dust in the card slot? More likely to be a fault in the
> camera than the media cards?
>
> I have been told I can get a cleaner kit for the slot and the cards,
> does anyone have any experience of these please?
>
> Lots of questions, I know, but I am loath to spend out for a new
> camera, without trying to find out what has caused the problem on
> this one. Any advice appreciated

Use a different set of freshly charged batteries.

Try reformatting the card in your camera. If you are using a card reader,
run DiskCheck and see if any errors occur when reading the card when it is
outside the camera.

I doubt very much that dirty contacts are causing a problem.
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"Tickettyboo" <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote in message
news:2u25amF245inpU1@uni-berlin.de...
>I have a fuji finepix 2800 camera, its been great till earlier this year.
> I suddenly started to get errors after I had taken a photo..and the photo
> could not be displayed on the viewer ( or subsequently downloaded to the
> pc) and the viewer said read error. This happened while I was away on
> holiday
> Camera is about 2 years old, I tried both new batteries and a brand new
> smart media card , still had the same problem.
> Could this have been an effect of the heat while I was away? ( I was in
> Death Valley for some of the time and it was hot!) Is it likely to have
> been dust in the card slot? More likely to be a fault in the camera than
> the media cards?
>
> I have been told I can get a cleaner kit for the slot and the cards, does
> anyone have any experience of these please?
>
> Lots of questions, I know, but I am loath to spend out for a new camera,
> without trying to find out what has caused the problem on this one. Any
> advice appreciated
>
> thanks in advance
>
> --
> Ticketty᧧
>

You may well have accumulated some dirt in the slot in 2 years. Try blowing
it out with canned air. I haven't used any special cleaners in a camera
slot, but I have had need to blow out some dirt.

 

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:59:01 +0100, "Tickettyboo"
<tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote:

>I have a fuji finepix 2800 camera, its been great till earlier this year.
>I suddenly started to get errors after I had taken a photo..and the photo
>could not be displayed on the viewer ( or subsequently downloaded to the
>pc) and the viewer said read error. This happened while I was away on
>holiday
>Camera is about 2 years old, I tried both new batteries and a brand new
>smart media card , still had the same problem.
>Could this have been an effect of the heat while I was away? ( I was in
>Death Valley for some of the time and it was hot!) Is it likely to have
>been dust in the card slot? More likely to be a fault in the camera than
>the media cards?
>
>I have been told I can get a cleaner kit for the slot and the cards, does
>anyone have any experience of these please?
>
>Lots of questions, I know, but I am loath to spend out for a new camera,
>without trying to find out what has caused the problem on this one. Any
>advice appreciated
>
>thanks in advance

I suspect an electronic failure. Send it in for repair.

Pj

 

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In news:bkfsn0d6lkqqoplictov7eb5fugmn7s6pe@4ax.com,
PJX whispered softly in my ear ....:
>> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:59:01 +0100, "Tickettyboo"
>> <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a fuji finepix 2800 camera, its been great till earlier this
>>> year. I suddenly started to get errors after I had taken a
>>> photo
<snip>
>> I suspect an electronic failure. Send it in for repair.

Thanks to you all for replying, I will ring Fujji and see how much it will
cost to repair it, maybe I'll get a new one and pass this one on ( when
repaired) to my daughter

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