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Canon 7D Partial Video Corruption
I’ve been shooting over 30 short introductions for a client to use for their media. This has happened twice so far and that is what ever is moving the most in frame, a locked off shot with someone talking, the face is corrupt for only about two seconds then it clears back up. But that corruption covered the whole face. I recently upgraded to the latest firmware and was wondering if that has anything to do with it? On another shoot I also filmed a car driving into frame and the same thing happened, corruption only over the moving car for about two seconds. All this happened after the upgrade.
Any ideas?
Thank You.
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9 Replies
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Have upgraded, no sign of corruption. What cards are you using?
Al
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Promaster CF, two 8GB, two 16GB.
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Professional or Performance?
Also, if the cards are at fault, as I understand it, the Promasters have a lifetime warranty. Perhaps you should return one and see if it’s the card?
I’ve read so many horror stories of card failures, and I have had bad luck with Lexmark for example, that I’ve found Sandisk Extreme Pro’s to be bullet proof, so I stay with them now. I’ve never experienced a card failure with them, and that was not true with Lexmark.
Good luck.
Al
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Awesome. Thank you very much. I’m going to contact Promaster and get with them.
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And always roll tape with a backup camera. That’s what my 500D is for. flash cards aren’t really reliable enough for “mission critical” applications (like one-time only shoots).
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I shoot plenty of ‘one time shoots’ with cards. I don’t worry about cards at all since Sandisk. I would never shoot a backup ‘a’ with tape, absurd. If i’m concerned, I step up to an xf105/305 with dual cf card slots, and mirroring.
But i’m not saying that his problem might not be the camera. Start with the most likely failure point.
Al
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“roll tape” is a figure of speech. I thought that was obvious.
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I’m not sure if you’re doing it already, a card reformat ensures a clean slate (card), helps reduce glitches.
I usually do it before any major shoot. Important to do it in the device (camera).
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That’s true, and something we didn’t ask about. If you aren’t doing that, that could be the root cause of your problems. We sort of assumed you weren’t doing that.
Al
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