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HELP!! SD Card Tech Question #6405000
12/21/18 01:08 PM
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I'm having trouble with my Stealth game cam's, in that when I pull the card to read it, I put in a different one to continue. Many times when next I check, the card is BLANK! I'm careful to make sure I reset the function afterwards. Any ideas? Someone suggested that the little white sliding switch thingy on the side might have something to do with it, but nobody can tell me exactly what the switch is for.
After reading the card I delete any pics that I don't want, and so far, when those cards go back in, the previous pic's are still there. Fresh Batt's put in a couple of months ago and have used nowhere near the capacity of any cards. I'm using the 30 second Video mode.

Thanks in advance, and I appreciate any help given.

Last edited by BigBob; 12/21/18 01:11 PM.

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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405012
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The switch makes the card read or write in one position and read only in the other position. It is read and write in the position toward the connector end. That is where it needs to be.

I have stealth cameras and have no problem changing cards but I always transfer any pictures that I want to keep to the computer and delete everything from the card before I use it again.

I back all the way out to where DCIM shows on the screen and then right click and Delete.


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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405013
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The switch is essentially a lock that is supposed to make the card go into Read Only mode.

I would test your camera with different cards to figure out who is actually the problem.

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405018
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Is it the same cards not working all the time? Some cameras are picky about the brand of card they use. Some older cameras also can't handle the bigger capacity cards.

You may want to try formatting the card completely rather than leaving pics/videos on the card each time.

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405025
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I use a library 'puter and can't leave the pics on there, wouldn't know how anyway. Somebody said I could use one of those stick thingy's to store them but they said the way I'm doing it is OK. I'm making sure the switch is forward to the contact end. I am a low tech square peg in a new world of round holes for sure! LOL I wish I had my Rotary phone back too, there is no way to satisfyingly slam hang up on somebody with a cellie..


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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405087
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If you would like to save pics and can't save them to the hard drive you could save them to a flash drive or upload them to a cloud photo service. A couple things I have made a habit of are formatting the card every time I put it in the camera and checking the capacity (making sure it says 00000/16000 or whatever your number is depending on card size). Reformatting will usually ensure the new pics will save but it will wipe the old pics off your card so you want top make sure you have them saved somewhere before you do that.

Edit: I just reread your post and saw you are using 30 seconds videos. That will use a LOT of space on your card. Are you certain it's not full?

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405101
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That is a weird issue. I would do some experimenting to try to eliminate issues, like others have said:
-can the issue be connected with certain card, brands, sizes etc?
-does it only happen when you insert a card with pics on it vs. a blank card?
-have you tried re-formatting a card in the camera to see if it helps? That fixes a lot of issues, which is why most cam manufacturers recommend it “for best results.”

If you want to off-load pics using a library computer, you could use either a flash drive (aka jump drive, USB stick) like you mentioned, or an online file storage service like Google Photos.

I love Google Photos. It’s free, stores my photos online and I can access them from any computer or smartphone with my email and password. Uploading your photos from a library computer would be a snap too.

Good luck.


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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405109
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Every time you put an SD card in any trail camera, select "delete all" or "format" your card. This will delete anything incompatable on your card with that particular trail camera, and ready that card to accept new data files (pics) from that camera. Of course this means you must transfer any wanted prior files ahead of time to save them for future viewing on another device, ie computer or external storage drive. Follow this policy and you should have no issues. SD cards are a poor way to store long term images. They are merely a short term transfer tool.


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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405126
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Any kind of removeable media is unreliable for long term storage. I've lost so many files on everything from 3.5 floppies to microsd carfds as eventually something gets corrupted and ruins everything.

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: DGorman] #6405185
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Yeppers, only 175 trips at most on an 8GB card, caused by an errant twig in the wind, and usually only a couple of dozen.
Have no clue what formatting is, and so far I've not had a problem with stuff already on the card, I think.
Will pay close attention to that switch position.

Last edited by BigBob; 12/21/18 05:04 PM.

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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405203
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If you have a smartphone, you can get a reader that will plug into your phone so you can read the cards. Do tests with the camera at your house so your not wasting time running back to the library or putting the camera out in the field with no footage.

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405218
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Good idea, I have an O'bama phone and it's certainly smarter than I am, but I'll have to check to see if that would work.


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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405240
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There are some standalone card readers are out there now that I think about it.

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405250
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Its usually because the card hasn't been formatted. I have a wild game card reader that deletes the pics and formats the card after you have looked at them. Before that I used a camera to view pics and delete them but as long as I put the card back in the same camera I didn't have issues, put it in a different camera and it would say no file when I checked them. So now I format everything and have no problem. I run 15 cams and interchange cards without issue as long as they have been formatted

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405264
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The wildgame card reader is around $60 and in my opinion we'll worth it. I usually view in the field then clean the card and put it back in camera

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405266
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Your SD card maybe to large, I keep my SD cards below 8 MB


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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405283
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Stealth Cam will handle up to 32 gb cards. Don't try the SDXC cards that offer higher capacity, only newer models will accept them.
My new phone was giving me all kinds of problems with my cards recently, I had to stop looking at them on my phone because it would tell me the card was corrupted, but it was my phone that was corrupting them. You may have a funky Stealth Cam, I have found them to have a lot of issues.

Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405369
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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405382
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I have a bunch of different camera and card brands...

One thing I have noticed for me is I now only use good quality batteries (Energizer Lithium are my first choice)...

Cheap batteries and cold temp's will play havoc on performance...

After formatting a card in a camera you probably will not need to format it again as long as you use it in the same camera (even if you delete the pictures).

In my Browning cameras I use the Browning cards and have found them to be outstanding!

I have also found all my Bushnell cards once formatted in a Bushnell camera they will work in any Bush cam... I mark them so I know what card goes with what camera...


Another thing to try is formatting on your computer to "FAT32"... I have had excellent results doing this to my coverts and stealth cams...


The white "switch" will lock the card .... Have it locked and you will not be able to delete or add files... Make sure the lock is in the up position (un lock)



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Re: HELP!! SD Card Tech Question [Re: BigBob] #6405385
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Nothing more frustrating than having a big whitetail track in front of your camera along with all of the anticipation that goes along with it only to find your camera didn't trigger. Happens to me more often than I'd like to admit.

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