Red Compact Flash Cards can not be detected.....

[Waynnie Mak]

i was shooting with Red One few days ago
for the first day, all four of my red cf cards are ok
shooted and copied footages to macbook pro at the same time while shooting
however on the next day
the red cf cards suddenly cant be detected by the camera
all things were done included reboot the camera, tried all four cards,
unmount several times.....
the signal of "media" in the camera LCD still showing a "cross"

please advise.....

 

[Scott Webster]

Check your CF module for a bent pin.

 

[Waynnie Mak]

what does it mean?
u mean the pin inside the red one is bent accidentally?

 

[Brent Carter]

Yes, a bent pin results when a CF card is inserted to a card reader/writer improperly.

BC

 

[Waynnie Mak]

but we checked already and the pin inside the slot of the red camera was ok....is there any reason why the red cannot detect the cf card except the bent pin? anyone experienced this problem...? many thanks.............=(

 

[Conrad Hunziker]

I had this happen on a shoot once. Even Jarred on the phone was stumped. Turns out the CF cards were too cold and the camera wouldnt recognize them. When the CF cards were warmer, it worked fine. Doesnt seem like that would be the typical failure of the cards, may have been the card reader on the camera. However, it never happened again after the cards/camera warmed up.