Ejected CFast card while recording

[torevollan]

Hello, While recording a very long scene in 4K 422 I needed to eject a card, and I mistakenly interpreted the blinking light as an indication of a full card, while it of course - as I now know - indicates recording. I think Canon or Sony has or has had a camera where lights blinking idicating a full card. Well, whatever the reason - the card is now not possible to read from a computer. We can see that it is almost full215 GB of a 256 GB card. But we can´t access the footage, unfortunately. Is it possible to recover this material? First of all, do you have a suggestion to how to access the files? kind regards, Tore Vollan

[Andreas Berkl]

Dear Tore,

there is a good chance if you put the compromised card into the camera again. The camera will try to recover the clip.

Best regards

[torevollan]

Dear Andreas, Thank you so much for your reply. I have now tested the suggested solution, but unfortunately, the camera only suggests to format the card, not to repair the damage. This might have been different if I had put it into the camera again directly after the mishap. But we now have a card that is not accessible with the computer via the card reader. The computer recognizes that there is something there, and gives us the amount of material in GB. But no access. Do you have an advice to us on how we can get this material out from the CFast-card? Kind regards, Tore Vollan DoP

[Andreas Berkl]

Dear Tore,

please get in touch with digitalworkflow@arri.de directly.

Thanks, Andreas

[torevollan]

Thank you! Will do.