Does anybody's Wildview do this?
07-15-2007, 07:37 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Does anybody's Wildview do this?
My Wildview .3 sometimes will not save pics to the SD card.
It will show maybe 18 pics taken, but when I try to view the pics, it says card is empty.
The card IS NOT LOCKED.
It does this about evrey other time I put it out.
It is pretty frustrating to see that it has taken 25 pics and to get home and none were saved to the card.
The camera is 2 or 3 years old. I bought it when Wildviews forst came out. It is cheap and has a limiled flash range but it would be nice if the thing worked.
Didn't have any problems until now.
It will show maybe 18 pics taken, but when I try to view the pics, it says card is empty.
The card IS NOT LOCKED.
It does this about evrey other time I put it out.
It is pretty frustrating to see that it has taken 25 pics and to get home and none were saved to the card.
The camera is 2 or 3 years old. I bought it when Wildviews forst came out. It is cheap and has a limiled flash range but it would be nice if the thing worked.
Didn't have any problems until now.
07-16-2007, 10:35 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: st. louis missouri.
Posts: 810
RE: Does anybody's Wildview do this?
i have a .3 and its a pain it quits working for a few hours and i take it home and it works so then its not out for a week this week i put it out when it wasnt working i hope it turned on like it did b4.
07-17-2007, 04:02 AM
#4
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Posts: 129
RE: Does anybody's Wildview do this?
Same thing happens to us with our .3MP Wildview. It only works right about 75% of the time. You get what you pay for I guess. We pull the card out before powering it down and still lose pictures sometimes. When it works it's OK.
07-19-2007, 08:12 PM
#6
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 158
RE: Does anybody's Wildview do this?
Never move the switch from on to off or from off to on without stopping it on test and waiting for the test message to show up on the LCD This may take several minutes if you have the board really screwed up.
Put new batteries in the unit and a new SD card. Switch to test and wait until it says test, then move the switch to on.
Same method when you turn it off. NEVER TAKE THE CARD OUT WITH THE UNIT POWERED UP. Your SD card stands a 50/50 chance of being locked up. Same way with your computer. Never pull the card out of the reader without shuting it down on your computer and waiting for the "safe" message.
I have four 0.3 MP units and they work great if you use them exactly as they are supposed to be used. I made the same mistakes and have locked them up and ruined SD cards before.
Put new batteries in the unit and a new SD card. Switch to test and wait until it says test, then move the switch to on.
Same method when you turn it off. NEVER TAKE THE CARD OUT WITH THE UNIT POWERED UP. Your SD card stands a 50/50 chance of being locked up. Same way with your computer. Never pull the card out of the reader without shuting it down on your computer and waiting for the "safe" message.
I have four 0.3 MP units and they work great if you use them exactly as they are supposed to be used. I made the same mistakes and have locked them up and ruined SD cards before.
07-20-2007, 06:26 PM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 139
RE: Does anybody's Wildview do this?
I have two .3's and two 3.0's.... i definately prefer the 3.0 to the .3... MUCH better flash range and picture quality. I always make sure i hit TEST before turning it to OFF or PIR, and i haven't had a problem yet... I have all four camera's out right now and to my knowledge all four are working properly. I think Gobl's advice nailed it perfectly, i can't think of anything else other than what they said!!!
