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Compact Flash Card Problem
I'm need some help with my compact flash cards in my 5 cuddebacks. All are the 1.3mp cameras. I've had them and used them for quite a while and get literally hundreds of pictures per week (generally on each camera)so I'm used to using them for a while. Some of the cameras have been sent back to the company for repair for one reason or another and have had the board replaced, etc. Anyway, about the last 8 compact flash cards I've bought all give me Error....CamError messages after they try to take the first picture. I've tried not formatting them (if I'm correct, I never did format any of the old ones. I think the camera just took over from the start). I've tried formatting them on my computer at home. I've tried formatting them with the cuddeback itself. Still, every time I set the camera up, I get the error after it tried to take the first picture and then I get nothing stored internally or on the card. The most used cards are san disk (which is also the most used cards that actually work) but some are different brands. I have tried to store pictures from the computer andthey did save on the card. I know on the cuddeback, it creates a folder labeled DCIM with a folder inside it labeled Cuddy100. I've even tried to drag these folders from my desktop into the cards and fool the camera that way, but still no luck. I'm at my wits end and where I work, it's very difficult to get in touch with the company and the few times I've tried, they are apparently helping others and I can't get through. My hours are such that I can't get in touch with them after work and I sure hate to burn a leave day trying to find out what's going on. Can anyone on here help with this issue or maybe find out what's going on? Maybe some of you have had the same problem and already know the solution. Any ideas will help (I think). Thanks in advance for the advice.
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RE: Compact Flash Card Problem
I think its a card problem - not the cuddy
I had a card that this happened to - and I would get "CAM ERROR" - I never got the card to work again with the camera. I don't know for sure - but I suspect that if you remove the card when a picture is transferring it messes up the card somehow. The one I had messed up - would work as an external disk on my card reader - but never again in the camera. I bought new cards - and had no problem again. Im very careful not to remove the disks if the screen is scrolling anything. I've never had to format a Compact Flash Disk. Sorry I cannot offer more advice. I'd advise getting a hold of a service rep and asking them what causes it. They must be familiar with the issue if its happened to both you and me. FH |
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What brand CF card are producing the Cam Error? The reason I ask is I used a San Disk brand when I first got my camera. I wanted to purchase an extra card, and was told some brands don't work in a Cuddeback. I was able to talk to a guy at Cuddeback about it, and he confirmed to stay away from a few brands. He did mention Kodak and the regular San Disk(not the ultra)work good. He did mention a couple to stay away from like PNY for example. I was going to buy PNY because it was cheaper then the others. By the way I went with the Kodak card and it works great. Just popped it in and it formatted itself. Same can be said about the San Disk. Hope you fix your problem.
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I'm using Lexar 1 Gig CFC in my Leafriver and it says to make sure the camera is in the off position when Inserting or removing Cards to protect the cards.
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Most of the flash cards that I own that work are SanDisk. The ones that don't right now are 1-Mr. Flash, 1-Viking, and 6-SanDisk. I actually took off a couple of hours from work today and tried numerous times to call the service dept at Non Typical but every time it either rang off the wall and then I got a busy signal or a busy signal right off the bat. I sure would like to hear their take on this. If I ever figure out what's going on, I'll be sure to let you guys know just in case it ever happens to your or to actually prevent it from happening to someone else. Sadly, it's cost me a lot of pictures rightwhen I am really needing to see what's going on. Our muzzleloader season starts 10/28. I would take out the good card, replace it and then move on. The next week, I'd come back and find Error-CamError and no pictures. When I usually get 200 or more pictures from each of my cameras, I didn't get any for a week. Multiply that by 5 cameras and that's over 1,000 pictures I didn't get to see what was happening (which by the way is why I bought the cameras and cards in the first...so that I could see what was happening while I wasn't there)Then, my stupid self realized what was happening and took out the old cards, and was going to look at them and then get them back in the cameras but got busy withthe farming and forgot so the following week, all I got was Camera Full (they hold about 31 pictures internally). So, another week of not getting to see what I really need to be seeing. It's just fun seeing what's going on anyway. I remember when I didn't have these things and was totally unaware of the deer (especially the bigger bucks) that I had on my property over a weeks time. I would never see them because they were only there in the wee hours of the morning before light. I've been taking pictures of the same 3-legged buck for at least 3 years now. It's been really fun to watch how his wierd rack has changed from year to year. We (my wife actually) found one of his sheds last fall. He ran around in front of me for probably 30 minutes last rifle season from probably 35 to 150 yards and me sitting there with my .300 mag. I just couldn't shoot him. Heck, I was cheering for him the whole time hoping he would catch the doe he was chasing. Life has to be pretty tough out there with only 3 legs. I'm always happy when season is over and I get new pictures of him so that I know he made it another year. He's not has healthy looking this year despite even better food so I think he's feeling the age (kind of like me). If you guys figure anything out about what's wrong please let me know. Thanks
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tycteach, did you change batteries while the Card was in the unit?
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It may have been possible on maybe one of the cards but certainly not all 8 of them. I've done that before, though, with the other cards I'm sure and had no bad results. They continue to work.
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Welcome to Cuddeback Digital scouting cameras
 Wait for the Intro and then click on Info at the top, then click on Owners Manuals. I'm not saying you don't know what you're doing, but this might help you?Go over it again. |
RE: Compact Flash Card Problem
I've been there and already done that hoping that maybe they'd updated the manuals that came with the units but mine are the 1.3mp cameras and they don't have that manual there. I do still have theinstruction manualsthat came with the cameras and have gone over and over them step by step and read them over and over again not to mention that I've had this model of camera for several years and used them extensively and am still having the same problems. I would think that whatever I was doing to the new cards, I would be doing the same with the old cards and the old ones work every time. I'm thinking maybe the new cards got ruined somehow going through the mail (maybex-rays or magnetism or something). I'm going to go to walmart and buy a new card and try it and see if it does the same thing.That will probably tell me ifit's the cards or the cameras. I just can't imagine all 5 cameras going nuts the same way all at the same time and still working correctly with the old cards. Thanks for the help though.
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ORIGINAL: tycteach Most of the flash cards that I own that work are SanDisk. The ones that don't right now are 1-Mr. Flash, 1-Viking, and 6-SanDisk. I actually took off a couple of hours from work today and tried numerous times to call the service dept at Non Typical but every time it either rang off the wall and then I got a busy signal or a busy signal right off the bat. I sure would like to hear their take on this. If I ever figure out what's going on, I'll be sure to let you guys know just in case it ever happens to your or to actually prevent it from happening to someone else. Sadly, it's cost me a lot of pictures rightwhen I am really needing to see what's going on. Our muzzleloader season starts 10/28. I would take out the good card, replace it and then move on. The next week, I'd come back and find Error-CamError and no pictures. When I usually get 200 or more pictures from each of my cameras, I didn't get any for a week. Multiply that by 5 cameras and that's over 1,000 pictures I didn't get to see what was happening (which by the way is why I bought the cameras and cards in the first...so that I could see what was happening while I wasn't there)Then, my stupid self realized what was happening and took out the old cards, and was going to look at them and then get them back in the cameras but got busy withthe farming and forgot so the following week, all I got was Camera Full (they hold about 31 pictures internally). So, another week of not getting to see what I really need to be seeing. It's just fun seeing what's going on anyway. I remember when I didn't have these things and was totally unaware of the deer (especially the bigger bucks) that I had on my property over a weeks time. I would never see them because they were only there in the wee hours of the morning before light. I've been taking pictures of the same 3-legged buck for at least 3 years now. It's been really fun to watch how his wierd rack has changed from year to year. We (my wife actually) found one of his sheds last fall. He ran around in front of me for probably 30 minutes last rifle season from probably 35 to 150 yards and me sitting there with my .300 mag. I just couldn't shoot him. Heck, I was cheering for him the whole time hoping he would catch the doe he was chasing. Life has to be pretty tough out there with only 3 legs. I'm always happy when season is over and I get new pictures of him so that I know he made it another year. He's not has healthy looking this year despite even better food so I think he's feeling the age (kind of like me). If you guys figure anything out about what's wrong please let me know. Thanks |
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tycteach, try the Lexar 256 or 512.
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They are all just SanDisk. Not the Ultra. But I've just competed some other tests to see what might be going on. I've formated one of the new cards, a card I usually use in my digital camera, and a card I normally use in the cuddeback that works all on the computer. I tried each one back in the normal digital camera and the cuddeback. Both the ones that normally worked, still worked in both the cuddeback and the normal digital camera. The new card that had been giving me Error--CamError in the cuddeback, continued to do the same in the cuddeback and when placed in my normal digital camera, I got a Card Error. It's not looking good for the new cards. I'm getting more and more convinced that they got juiced somehow coming through the mail. The only thing I have left to do that will convince me is to go to WalMart and buy a new card and try it in my normal digital camera and the cuddeback. If it works, I'll be convinced that it's the cards. If it doesn't, well, something really wierd is happening. I'll let you know when I perform the test. I probably won't get to try it until at least this coming Monday as I have to go to bed now because I have to get up early for work tomorrow and as soon as I get home tomorrow, I'm heading to the farm to get some farm work done for the weekend. I won't be back home until late Sunday night. Thanks for all the help, guys. I think we're going to whip this problem after all.
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I'm glad you said Lexar because that's the other type card that has been working already in my cuddebacks.I had forgotten the name and the other 4 cameras are out at the farm right now that have some of the Lexar cards in them. I sure hope they are taking some pictures of a really big buck that has come onto the property. I'm trying to go to all 256mb cards but still have a few 128mb in use. All the new cards that aren't working (6 of them) that I just got are SanDisk 256mb. We're going to solve this mystery I can just tell. I think we've made progress tonight. Thanks for all the help. I'll let you know if the new card I buy works. If so, I think the problem is solved.
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ORIGINAL: tycteach I'm glad you said Lexar because that's the other type card that has been working already in my cuddebacks.I had forgotten the name and the other 4 cameras are out at the farm right now that have some of the Lexar cards in them. I sure hope they are taking some pictures of a really big buck that has come onto the property. I'm trying to go to all 256mb cards but still have a few 128mb in use. All the new cards that aren't working (6 of them) that I just got are SanDisk 256mb. We're going to solve this mystery I can just tell. I think we've made progress tonight. Thanks for all the help. I'll let you know if the new card I buy works. If so, I think the problem is solved. |
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I got a PNY 1g ($14.00)and DaneElec 512mb (8.75)off ebay.(thats including shipping). I just put them in my cam and took 7 or 8 pics with each and they are working perfectly. I'm going to test it out this week and see how many pics I get up at the camp.
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I have a Cuddeback 3.0 dig and have been using it for two seasons now. I have/use three of the Lexar 256mb cards, change the card out weekly, leaving the cam in the woods.
This cam has taken over 10,000 pics with few problems but I do occasionally get the Cam Error thing. When it does occur, I can't get the camera to do anything so I pop a battery out/in,then disarm the camera, and change the card. It happened last week after the cam had taken only 7 photos. No additional photos were takenafter #7duringaweek where I usually get 200-300 pics at a very active location. As this problem is only occasional I never thought much about it until I read this thread and saw where others were having the same trouble with more frequency. Has anything been determined about the problem, is it the cards or the camera? Human/pilot error? I have my cards numbered so the first thing I intend to do is note which card is in the camera if/when the problem occurs again then not use that cardagain until after the season is over. If it is a particular card that is causingthe problem,I can eliminate it once I learn which one. Are these cards warantied from Lexar or the retail outlet? Is there a possibility that something we are doing such as changing batteries with a card in is causing the problem? I can't remember if I have the card in or out when I change batteries but never gave that much thought. Does it help or hurt to reformat a card? When or how often should a card be reformatted? Davex1 |
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