D700 card format error/issue

Alastair Dean

New member
Hi All!
I am looking for some advice please before I go completely nuts!
My D700 was packed away safely after our last trip to the US back in October '17. I followed the same process that I always do - removed card and batteries etc etc.
Today I put a newly charged battery into the grip ready to capture the action at my 7 year olds birthday party.
The camera showed 'for' on the display so I assumed it was a card that hadn't been used for a while and needed formatting so I proceeded to format it.
Still the same message shows - so this time I format it using the menus (previously I used the 2 button combo)
Still the same :-(
I tried a different card and the same kept happening.
10 cards later and the same message appears - the cards are readable in my D200 so I'm fearing the worst for the D700.

Has anyone encountered the same issue and been able to fix it ?

Many thanks in advance
Alastair
 

Alastair Dean

New member
Hi,
The camera won't let me take a photo.
The 'for' message appears as soon as the card is inserted (turned on or off) and remains there the whole time.
If I attempt to enter the playback screen the message is displayed The card is not formatted. Format the card.

I contemplated buying a new card but it seemed unlikely that 10 cards would all be corrupted and they work in my old D200 body.

I've checked for any obvious signs of damage e.g. bent pins and all seems to be ok.
I'm hoping it's not the end of the road!

Thanks for your help
Alastair
 

Fred Kingston

Senior Member
One last test... just to be sure... If you take the card out of that camera... You should get a [-E-] in the lcd display... Turn the camera ON and you should see a Red disk Icon with the word "DEMO" next to it in the back after a good shutter actuation... IOW... if the camera fires then the issue is definitely in the card socket, and not the camera somewhere else...
 

Alastair Dean

New member
Hi Fred,
Demo image successfully taken so problem must be with the card slot.

I'll attempt to contact a repair facility tomorrow morning.

Thanks again
Alastair
 

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
Sorry to hear about you problem. I never had that happen with my D700 nor with my D810. That doesn't mean it will never happen. These tiny little pins is the reason that I somewhat prefer the SD cards, no pins to bend or break. Now maybe there are drawbacks to SD cards, but I never had any problem with any of them.

I hope the repair isn't too expensive. The D700 is just a wonderful camera without too many pixels to brag about, but it still produces wonderful images, specially for portraits.
 
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