Artifact caused by bad memory card?

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Got this strange effect and several others from my 5 year old Digital Rebel XTi. Swapped out the memory card and it hasn't happened since. Anybody else experience this. I was afraid my sensor was going bad, but so far so good with a different card.

 

[drmikeinpdx]

Yes, that's probably a bad memory card.

 

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Thanks for the reply. I'm new here and not very knowledgeable. Can you reformat a card that has "gone south"?

 

[Don Haines]

Thanks for the reply. I'm new here and not very knowledgeable. Can you reformat a card that has "gone south"?

Personally, I would not trust that card anymore.....

 

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Thanks for the reply. I'm new here and not very knowledgeable. Can you reformat a card that has "gone south"?

Personally, I would not trust that card anymore.....

+1

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Assuming its a good brand of memory card, the manufacturer will replace it.

You can do a erase of the card and reformat it, which should mark any bad cells, A full format in a computer might do the same.
Formatting in camera does not actually do anything, except change the FAT table to tell the controller that the card is empty and does not fix any issues. It is a good idea to format in camera after doing a full erase, because the camera creates the necessary folders.

 

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Thank you everyone for the help and advice!