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«Card Error» message on Olympus OM-D E-M5

Mar 25, 2013

Hi

I have just taken delivery of a new Olympus OM-D-E-5. I inserted a new Sandisk SHDC Ultra Class 10 30MB/s card to find «Card Error» displayed on the screen. I carefully checked with the seller of the card before purchase, that it was compatible with the camera. The card does not generate this message in another camera, and the card from the other camera does not generate this message when inserted into the Olympus.

I have been advised that I should format the card whilst in the Olympus but when I attempt to do so, this process does not seem to work. With the card installed, I select Menu>Preliminary & basic shooting options>card setup>Format>Yes (This results in a message Caution erasing all)select Yes>results in ‘busy’. but then this display lasts only a couple of seconds then reverts to the default Menu display. The above error message is once more displayed.

Any suggestions please, simple terms preferred!!

Many Thanks

Try formatting it somwhere else first, on PC for instance.

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Re: «Card Error» message on Olympus OM-D E-M5

PuzzledDave wrote:

Hi

I have just taken delivery of a new Olympus OM-D-E-5. I inserted a new Sandisk SHDC Ultra Class 10 30MB/s card to find «Card Error» displayed on the screen. I carefully checked with the seller of the card before purchase, that it was compatible with the camera. The card does not generate this message in another camera, and the card from the other camera does not generate this message when inserted into the Olympus.

This has happened to me once or twice, and with cards I have been using with the E-M5 all along. Turning the camera off then back on in addition to removing, then reinserting the card and trying to format again has worked for me each time.

True story:

I’ve bought this card on eBay time ago

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200889103665?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

and I’ve never managed this card to work. I’ve tried everything: format in-camera, format in-computer using different option including standard windows utility, command prompt, special formatting software and so on. I even tried to format this card on computer with Ubunty OC.

Messages were different, but result was identical — no go.

I’ve got my money back and ordered the same card from Newegg for 2 more bucks, and miracle happened.

My practical advice: GET YOUR MONEY BACK if it is possible.

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Inkheart wrote:

Try formatting it somwhere else first, on PC for instance.

Yes, but use the «official» format program from here…..

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Often it takes a juggle of PC format, other camera format to get a «difficult» card recognised in a camera.

Weird things happen to cards at times, a friend has one that spontaneously set a write protect bit (was in an E-M5) and it cannot be deleted, written to, formatted — it’s basically dead in the water to all intervention.

Get it replaced or refunded is the simplest way to recover if the «official» format does not fix it.

Regards….. Guy

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PuzzledDave wrote:

Hi

I have just taken delivery of a new Olympus OM-D-E-5. I inserted a new Sandisk SHDC Ultra Class 10 30MB/s card to find «Card Error» displayed on the screen. I carefully checked with the seller of the card before purchase, that it was compatible with the camera. The card does not generate this message in another camera, and the card from the other camera does not generate this message when inserted into the Olympus.

I have been advised that I should format the card whilst in the Olympus but when I attempt to do so, this process does not seem to work. With the card installed, I select Menu>Preliminary & basic shooting options>card setup>Format>Yes (This results in a message Caution erasing all)select Yes>results in ‘busy’. but then this display lasts only a couple of seconds then reverts to the default Menu display. The above error message is once more displayed.

Any suggestions please, simple terms preferred!!

Many Thanks

Folks

Thanks for your replies. I e-mailed my card supplier but before I received a reply I installed the latest firmware update from Olympus and that appears to have cured the problem, in that I no longer receive the error message and the images are captured.

I then received a reply from the card retailer, full of apologies and asking that I return the card to them. I have tested both new cards and they are both OK.

Best Regards — Dave

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LMNCT wrote:

I have found that some of my older cards (which I always format…never just delete) have begun to set themselves to ‘write protect’.  At first I could not figure out what was going on and then I realized that the slide switch was moving freely and that was the cause.  After the use of a toothpick and some Duco cement, the switches no longer move.  I very carefully glued them in the open position.   I suspect that all cards may develope this habit as they age.

Yes, all cards can develop this loose side switch, except of a new card.

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Guy Parsons wrote:

Inkheart wrote:

Try formatting it somwhere else first, on PC for instance.

Yes, but use the «official» format program from here…..

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Often it takes a juggle of PC format, other camera format to get a «difficult» card recognised in a camera.

Weird things happen to cards at times, a friend has one that spontaneously set a write protect bit (was in an E-M5) and it cannot be deleted, written to, formatted — it’s basically dead in the water to all intervention.

Get it replaced or refunded is the simplest way to recover if the «official» format does not fix it.

Regards….. Guy

I too have a card that cannot be used in the E-M5 but works fine in the G1.  I tried the «official» format program & it still does not work.

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Re: «Card Error» message on Olympus OM-D E-M5

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Re: About formatting….

Guy Parsons wrote:

Inkheart wrote:

Try formatting it somwhere else first, on PC for instance.

Yes, but use the «official» format program from here…..

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Often it takes a juggle of PC format, other camera format to get a «difficult» card recognised in a camera.

Weird things happen to cards at times, a friend has one that spontaneously set a write protect bit (was in an E-M5) and it cannot be deleted, written to, formatted — it’s basically dead in the water to all intervention.

Get it replaced or refunded is the simplest way to recover if the «official» format does not fix it.

Regards….. Guy

I know this is old, but the memory cards have a small lock button on the side, similar to what floppy disks had a bazillion years ago. Just check to see if you turned it off by mistake.

Re: About formatting….

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Jan 17, 2017

I think we are experiencing the «Panasonic fussy card problem» on our Olympus bodies. My opinion is this is due to the specification tolerance accepted by the bodies.

Example with made up numbers. Say that one of the specifications is 10+/-2, so a card in the range of 8-12 should work. However the camera might only accept a range of 9-11. So a card that delivers a 12 will fail.

I’ve had cards that worked in multiple devices yet fail in Panasonic or Olympus cameras. For me the most reliable cards were from Panasonic but they now only make cards for their professional video cameras.

The least compatible were Sony and Kingston though my various Nikon bodies worked with all brands. Never had a single error or lost image. Well except for one bad 64GB Kingston which they replaced, it didn’t work in anything though the replacement has given years of use in my wife’s Fuji and Panasonic cameras.

The person who recommended formatting in a computer is right on as modern computers will invoke TRIM as part of the formatting process, remapping bad memory blocks.

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4 year old thread but the problem seems to be stalking the EM-1 mk ii lately.

But, it could be a lot worse. The DJI Phantom cameras are notoriously picky about cards. Even ones with seemingly good specs get «sd card error». And these are cards that have demonstrated recording 4K video so no slouches in the spec department.

Overall, I think MFT cameras are quite good when it comes to accepting a wide range of sd cards.

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Re: «Card Error» message on Olympus OM-D E-M5

I had exactly the same issue with my VR-340. I tried formatting both through the GUI and Command Line, I tried FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT. Apparently some Olympus camera’s don’t like it if you format the card on a windows machine:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/crm/oneoffpages/ask_oly/crm_ask_oly_01_11.asp

«Memory cards should be formatted to maintain top performance. They should only be formatted using the camera — never format using a computer as it may render the card unreadable by the camera.»

The issue seems to be related to how windows partitions the drive, to fix it;

1. Run cmd.exe as Administrator

2. Type «Diskpart» and press Enter

3. Type «List Disk» and press Enter

4. Once you’ve identified the correct disk type «Select Disk X» where X is the disk number and press Enter

5. Type «List Partition» and press Enter

6. There should only be one partition, type «Select Partition X» where X is the Partition number and press Enter

7. Type «Delete Partition» and press Enter

8. Type Exit and transfer the SD card to the Camera

9. Format the card with the camera (may take a few tries) and it should work fine.

Re: «Card Error» message on Olympus OM-D E-M5

Windows will NOT automatically partition a memory card.

The alert from camera companies regarding not formatting in a computer is ONLY because people will occasionally choose the wrong format, NOT due to any issue with the operating system. Well, Apple will throw some junk files on the card that following up with an in-camera format will clear off.

If cameras didn’t use a standard format then the computer couldn’t read the pictures off the card.

To ensure the correct format:

1. format any card that is the same size in the camera

2. insert that card into the computer’s card reader

3. right click on the card in file manager

4. choose Format

5. note the formatting info in the top of the Format window

6. format the problem card in the computer, choosing the settings from step 5 — uncheck quick format as you want the whole card to be checked for bad cells and these cells to be mapped as unavailable. Formatting in the camera will NOT remap the bad cells.

7. format the card in the camera which actually only recreates the file structure, it doesn’t truly format the card.

If the card continues to fail, it is either defective or incompatible with your camera.

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