SD card !! ??

[ShropshireLad]

The little slide piece to protect the card has broken off (and gone missing somewhere) so that the card now thinks it is locked and can't take any photos, is there a way to overcome the problem.

 

[Winslowe]

The little slide piece to protect the card has broken off (and gone missing somewhere) so that the card now thinks it is locked and can't take any photos, is there a way to overcome the problem.

I would replace it with a new one.

 

[rob-nikon]

I would replace it with a new one.

unless it’s a really expensive and very fast UHS-II SD card I’d replace it to. If it is an expensive card I’d contact the manufacturer to see if it was covered under warranty.

 

[ShropshireLad]

I will be replacing it but I need to take some photos tonight!

 

[f/1.2]

I will be replacing it but I need to take some photos tonight!

Pretty every supermarket sells sd cards if you need one in a hurry or Argos, Curry’s etc.

 

[Sky]

As it's an emergency, you could always put a piece of sellotape over it.

I've used this trick many times on all sorts of devices from video cassettes, floppy disks and on an SD card in a card reader.

However, I have never put a card in a camera like this as there is a good chance it could get stuck.

As the others have said, 'buy another one'.

Good luck.

 

[ShropshireLad]

I thought there may have been a menu setting for it ..... but ..... Thanks the tape idea worked, took me a while to find someone who had sellotape as I'm away in the quiet of the Welsh hills.

 

[hunnymonster]

Never leave the house without a minimum of 3 cards... Old enough to remember when the camera could "wipe" the card by fritzing the FAT on it...

You could recover it at home but out in the field, you had the choice of format (and lose everything to that point) or don't take any more pics.

Plus cards can and do go bad (even mechanically for SD) - for the sake of a one-off tenner (for a backup card) the trip is saved