Lost pictures? This has happened to me about 6 times already. I shoot at least 10 pictures. See them on the playback later. Go to load them on my computer and they disappear! Put the SD card back in the camera and they are gone. I've called Panasonic, they told me to try another SD card, did and the same thing happened 2 more times. But I never know when it will happen! I shot 30 pictures in the ealier evening, all there. Later at night shot 15 more, they were in the playback, and then disappeared. Anyone else experience this, it's making me crazy!!!! I love the quality of the pictures, but the fact that I never know what I may lose makes this a worthless camera! Lost pictures? This has happened to me about 6 times already. I shoot at least 10 pictures. See them on the playback later. Go to load them on my computer and they disappear! Put the SD card... » Read More Lost pictures? This has happened to me about 6 times already. I shoot at least 10 pictures. See them on the playback later. Go to load them on my computer and they disappear! Put the SD card back in the camera and they are gone. I've called Panasonic, they told me to try another SD card, did and the same thing happened 2 more times. But I never know when it will happen! I shot 30 pictures in the ealier evening, all there. Later at night shot 15 more, they were in the playback, and then disappeared. Anyone else experience this, it's making me crazy!!!! I love the quality of the pictures, but the fact that I never know what I may lose makes this a worthless camera! « Show Less
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I know this sounds crazy, but what do you have to turn the camera to to download to the computer?
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I have had the same problem. We just travelled abroad for a big family get-together, and took pictures of the some memorable moments at the occaision. I would have "playback" all the pictures multiple times. One fine day I tried to see what was in the camera, after I came back to the US...guess what..No Pictures. As Adrienne mentioned..It drove me crazy too. I have not had an occaision to lose them again yet..Anybody have any ideas of recovering them....Is it the camera or the SD card..Any Ideas...The card I am using is the SD Ultra II card..2gb..bought at Costco. Any familiarities here.... I have had the same problem. We just travelled abroad for a big family get-together, and took pictures of the some memorable moments at the occaision. I would have "playback" all the pictures multiple times. One fine day I tried to see what was in the camera, after I came back to the US...guess what..No Pictures. As Adrienne mentioned..It drove me crazy too. I have not had an occaision to lose them again yet..Anybody have any ideas of recovering them....Is it the camera or the SD card..Any Ideas...The card I am using is the SD Ultra II card..2gb..bought at... » Read More I have had the same problem. We just travelled abroad for a big family get-together, and took pictures of the some memorable moments at the occaision. I would have "playback" all the pictures multiple times. One fine day I tried to see what was in the camera, after I came back to the US...guess what..No Pictures. As Adrienne mentioned..It drove me crazy too. I have not had an occaision to lose them again yet..Anybody have any ideas of recovering them....Is it the camera or the SD card..Any Ideas...The card I am using is the SD Ultra II card..2gb..bought at Costco. Any familiarities here.... « Show Less
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I have had this camera for almost 2 months, and I have taken easily 1000 pics. I have never had a problem with losing pics or uploading them. I can view all of them on the camera without problems as well. There must be something wrong with the camera itself. I've used 4 different SD cards and haven't had a single problem.
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My sister "lost" all of her pictures off a Sandisk Compact Flash card, but I was able to retrieve over 600 with less than 5% of the photos being corrupted. I used Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery (version 1.2) freeware. The software was spyware free and available at download(dot)com It was slow, but very successful, in my opinion. One of the big keys to my success was that I told my sister to immediately stop using the CF card and to not attempt to format it.
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I bought two of these cameras and they recorded in 5 minute intervals. In other words, they recorded five minutes, closed the file, and continued with another file. I tried different SD cards to see if that was the cause. I tried 16 Gb and 4 GB cards to see if the card mattered. I preferred a camera that would record a file continuously, so I did not investigate further.
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I have always unloaded my pictures via my camera card into my computer. I tried previously and it did not recognize the card. The other day I started the process of learning to connect via WIFI. I created the "camera name" and went to the Canon website. I eventually became frustrated and decided to try inserting my card again into my laptop. This time it worked. So I was able to unload all my pictures the way I was used to doing. Maybe this would be another option for you to try??
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I believe you will need to "format" the memory card, or try purchasing a new memory card to try to use. You know how to erase images, so erase ALL images both on the memory card and on the internal memory which can hold 5-10 pictures. Try a new memory card (or borrow one from another unit or application) and attempt to use it. I've had memory cards fail and need replacing. Good luck.
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And my experience - I've purchased like 5 of them in the last year, 1 of them (8 GB) failed after a few weeks, all pictures/videos lost. So many people complain here the same. They have a big percentage of lemons. If you do buy one of these, be sure to backup the entire card as often as possible - at least on a daily basis, or whenever you take new photos/videos.I have also been using for so many years Sandisk, and never had a problem with them. They are a bit more expensive, but I guess you get what you pay for.
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Yes. That said, you have multiple LCD panal choices...1) black screen that comes alive after you've taken the shot...only live for a few seconds2) always on with no extra data...just the picture last taken3) always on with specific data, a few different options, and the last picture takenI just did this to make sure of my answer.
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I do not have any idea why that happens. I would think if you send your question to the party that made the sd card you could get an answer.
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Same problem, always Busy after taking the picture.I have the same card, the 16gb class 6 Trascend SDHC card, in fact I bought two of these and one of 8 GB same brand, I have 3 cards SandDisk Extreme that I use with my (now) old S2IS, I test with every card, and I have always the same Busy message after taking the picture. I am very sad, because that doesn't happen with the S2IS, same cards. I would say that it is not a Card problem but I don't know how to fix it. I tryed avoidig to use it the Auto mode, and the Busy dissapear in some othe modes, I can't figure out what is happening. I hope somebody out there help me. Thanks. Eduardo., Same problem, always Busy after taking the picture.I have the same card, the 16gb class 6 Trascend SDHC card, in fact I bought two of these and one of 8 GB same brand, I have 3 cards SandDisk Extreme that I use with my (now) old S2IS, I test with every card, and I have always the same Busy message after taking the picture. I am very sad, because that doesn't happen with the S2IS, same cards. I would say that it is not a Card problem but I don't know how to fix it. I tryed avoidig to use it the Auto mode, and the Busy dissapear in some othe modes, I can't figure out what is happening.... » Read More Same problem, always Busy after taking the picture.I have the same card, the 16gb class 6 Trascend SDHC card, in fact I bought two of these and one of 8 GB same brand, I have 3 cards SandDisk Extreme that I use with my (now) old S2IS, I test with every card, and I have always the same Busy message after taking the picture. I am very sad, because that doesn't happen with the S2IS, same cards. I would say that it is not a Card problem but I don't know how to fix it. I tryed avoidig to use it the Auto mode, and the Busy dissapear in some othe modes, I can't figure out what is happening. I hope somebody out there help me. Thanks. Eduardo., « Show Less
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K., I am sorry, we have used the SD card to dump still shots onto instead of taking up the limited space... we have not used it for video. Typically we shoot our segments, put them to an editing program within a week and clear the memory to optimize its limited space. Sorry I could not be of more help. You may consider going to Canon's help site to see if they have a resolution.
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its got an eight gig sd card you can record continuously on the eight gig but once the thing is full of the last few days either change the Card or reformat it nothing has happened you reformat it something has happened you just get another card and keep that one .
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Also, I just noticed this in the product manual:Page # 25, under "5. Shoot" section:- The indicator will blink red while the image is recorded to the memory card.- The image will appear on the screen for about two seconds.- You can take the second picture even while an image is displayed by pressing the shutter button again.I'm not sure if you have tried taking a second picture during this message being displayed on the screen. However, my class 6 SDHC card, as mentioned in my earlier post, somehow manages to reduce the amount of time this busy message is being displayed on the screen. Good luck! Also, I just noticed this in the product manual:Page # 25, under "5. Shoot" section:- The indicator will blink red while the image is recorded to the memory card.- The image will appear on the screen for about two seconds.- You can take the second picture even while an image is displayed by pressing the shutter button again.I'm not sure if you have tried taking a second picture during this message being displayed on the screen. However, my class 6 SDHC card, as mentioned in my earlier post, somehow manages to reduce the amount of... » Read More Also, I just noticed this in the product manual:Page # 25, under "5. Shoot" section:- The indicator will blink red while the image is recorded to the memory card.- The image will appear on the screen for about two seconds.- You can take the second picture even while an image is displayed by pressing the shutter button again.I'm not sure if you have tried taking a second picture during this message being displayed on the screen. However, my class 6 SDHC card, as mentioned in my earlier post, somehow manages to reduce the amount of time this busy message is being displayed on the screen. Good luck! « Show Less
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Yes!!! I have this problem as well! It's so upsetting because this is supposed to be a high quality camera. And I don't feel like spending $500 for a second camera. Have you found the solution for this? If you look at my YouTube channel: APurposeDeep, you can see that my first 2 videos were recorded with it and the quality is very poor :(
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Please test the camera with a regular SDHC or SDXC card and try testing a different MicroSD card. If the problem continues we recommend you use the below link to setup warrantied service for the camera. www.panasonic.com/repair
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Thanks very much for the info., Les. I actually returned my camera when even Panasonic tech support couldn't fix the problem, but I later learned it was not a defective camera. I'll be buying it again in the near future as I think it's a great camera, and I'll be saving your message in an attempt to figure it all out. Also, too bad there's no flash button on the camera and that you have to go to the menu to fiddle with it. That's weird! (and too bad it doesn't pop up automatically, like my Sony) THANKS AGAIN! Jeffroar
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Wow, sounds like the cam is at least _partially_ to blame if it gets that hosed over any memory card that does anything less than short out connections.You may have done this but just in case:-Are any of the pins in the CF slot on your camera bent? The SD adapter might have done that.-Is there any global reset for your camera? The controller in it is likely confused, but not _broken_ per se.
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I am having a problem with 32GB class 10 card, where it just stops recording. Also I was only getting a few days of use. Having to clear files every other day is not acceptable. So I switched to 16GB class 4 card and it seems to have worked. I have just started using it, but it is recording 6 days and counting... so I hope that fixed it. If not I am selling this one. I do enjoy having a camera in the car. This one does a good job except for this possible issue. However If I upgrade I will get one with front and rear camera.... you can get hit from the rear just as easy from the rear. However this was a low cost effective device worth trying. I am having a problem with 32GB class 10 card, where it just stops recording. Also I was only getting a few days of use. Having to clear files every other day is not acceptable. So I switched to 16GB class 4 card and it seems to have worked. I have just started using it, but it is recording 6 days and counting... so I hope that fixed it. If not I am selling this one. I do enjoy having a camera in the car. This one does a good job except for this possible issue. However If I upgrade I will get one with front and rear camera.... you can get hit from the rear just as easy from the rear.... » Read More I am having a problem with 32GB class 10 card, where it just stops recording. Also I was only getting a few days of use. Having to clear files every other day is not acceptable. So I switched to 16GB class 4 card and it seems to have worked. I have just started using it, but it is recording 6 days and counting... so I hope that fixed it. If not I am selling this one. I do enjoy having a camera in the car. This one does a good job except for this possible issue. However If I upgrade I will get one with front and rear camera.... you can get hit from the rear just as easy from the rear. However this was a low cost effective device worth trying. « Show Less
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I'm no digital geek, but try a different memory card, or maybe a different kind of card reader. I had the same thing happen to me with a Nikon D300, and once I switched the card, it was all right. Worth a try, anyway. BruceS