D850 just started messing up photos

BasilDane

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We've shot thousands of shots on this camera flawlessly, this problem just started yesterday.
The right side of the image is broken up - I attached an example photo. It doesn't do it every time.

We shoot everything raw at full res. Any thoughts?

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nickt

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Does it show that way while still in the camera? It looks like a corrupted file. If it shows that band while still in the camera and you have tried a new card, then it does not look good for the camera. If its good in camera, then it could be the card or the equipment that you download with or your transfer software has developed a problem.
 

BasilDane

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Does it show that way while still in the camera? It looks like a corrupted file. If it shows that band while still in the camera and you have tried a new card, then it does not look good for the camera. If its good in camera, then it could be the card or the equipment that you download with or your transfer software has developed a problem.

Good point. I don't have the camera with me today, but I'll check that ASAP.
P.S. the files are uploaded with LightRoom.
 
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hark

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We've shot thousands of shots on this camera flawlessly, this problem just started yesterday.
The right side of the image is broken up - I attached an example photo. It doesn't do it every time.

We shoot everything raw at full res. Any thoughts?

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Does it show that way while still in the camera? It looks like a corrupted file. If it shows that band while still in the camera and you have tried a new card, then it does not look good for the camera. If its good in camera, then it could be the card or the equipment that you download with or your transfer software has developed a problem.

I've had 2-3 issues with either pink or green bands at the bottom (horizontal edge) of the image which would put it in the same place as yours. Nowhere near as wide as yours though. Mine didn't show up when viewing with Windows Gallery but were visible in Photoshop. I switched cards and haven't experienced it since. So I am leaning towards what Nick mentioned.
 

pforsell

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The first suspects would be the cables, the card reader and the card. Of course it can be the camera too, after all it's just a mass produced electronic device and all of them fail eventually. Some sooner, some later. My bet is that it's not the camera though.

This is a bit off topic, but if the culprit happens to be the card, then this is the rare occasion when shooting uncompressed raw trumps lossless compressed, since in uncompressed files only the corrupted byte is "broken" (or a few bytes), but in compressed files all the bytes after the "broken" one are garbage.
 
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