Happy Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I have a nice Canon EOS. the other day I noticed the small red light flickering--back of the camera, lower right hand quadrant--next to the wheel. According to the manual, this light flickers when it's writing to the card. Right now it flickers all the time. I've cleaned half the photos off the card in hopes that would help. No change. Is this a sign the card is going bad or that my beloved camera is having issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I don't know but hope you find an answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I would try getting a brand new card since that would be a much cheaper solution than fixing the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 It could be your card is failing. They do have a lifespan, and I've had them start to play up after just a few months and that's the mid and higher range San disk cards. Is your camera writing images to the card at all? You've not suddenly taken up sports photography? Deleting individual images also can cause the card to fail over time, it's much better to download all images to a computer and format the card to erase it. You could also try formatting your current card and see if it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 A failing card is much cheaper to replace than potential camera repairs. We do tend to delete images--I'll look into reformatting the card to see if that helps. Thank you for all the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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