NEX6 SD card problem

[Inchiquin]

I know one or two of you have a NEX6. I wondered if you had come across the same problem as me. I've always found it a little tricky to insert the SD card. It's difficult to get it in exactly the right position to slide in without wiggling it around a bit. Well recently I found that my SD card would no longer go into the card reader and on investigation I found that the two layers of plastic at the corner of the card had separated slightly. I think this must have been due to a few years of wiggling to get it into the NEX6. So I'm being extra careful now with the new card.

 

Alan

[Ed Rooney]

 

Those are the cards I have and I do have to be careful lining them up to plug them back into the camera.

[John Mitchell]

Hi Alan. I still have my trusty NEX6 as well as the later a6000 and have never had the type of problem that you describe even though I tend to keep memory cards longer than I should. What brand of card were you using?

[Inchiquin]

3 hours ago, John Mitchell said:

Hi Alan. I still have my trusty NEX6 as well as the later a6000 and have never had the type of problem that you describe even though I tend to keep memory cards longer than I should. What brand of card were you using?

 

I can't remember exactly and I appear to have thrown it away now, but it was a 16GB SanDisk and would have been either an Ultra or an Extreme.

[John Mitchell]

7 hours ago, Inchiquin said:

 

I can't remember exactly and I appear to have thrown it away now, but it was a 16GB SanDisk and would have been either an Ultra or an Extreme.

 

I have always used Kingston cards with the NEX-6 and haven't had any problems with them. They seem to go into the card slot with minimum wiggling, but the process can be a bit fiddly. I recently bought a pair of 32 GB SanDisk cards, which so far I've only put into the a6000, which is almost as fiddly. So far so good... 🤞

[Inchiquin]

2 hours ago, John Mitchell said:

 

I have always used Kingston cards with the NEX-6 and haven't had any problems with them. They seem to go into the card slot with minimum wiggling, but the process can be a bit fiddly. I recently bought a pair of 32 GB SanDisk cards, which so far I've only put into the a6000, which is almost as fiddly. So far so good... 🤞

 

 

I've always used SanDisk in all my cameras and recorders as I've always found them 100% reliable. I replaced the damaged one with a 32GB but it still takes me 10-15 secs to line it up accurately in the NEX6 so that I can slot it in without risking damage.

 

Alan

[Allan Bell]

Another vote for SanDisk in my Sony cameras. Never had any trouble that I can remember.

 

Big BUT, once in the camera they tend to stay there as I download images to computer via the multi cord then leave the camera attached to charge the battery.

 

Allan

 

[MDM]

Sony Tough SD cards are the hard men of the SD card world. They are quite a bit more expensive than the normal cards of course but they do feel very solid. 

Edited September 25, 2023 by MDM

[John Mitchell]

5 hours ago, Allan Bell said:

Another vote for SanDisk in my Sony cameras. Never had any trouble that I can remember.

 

Big BUT, once in the camera they tend to stay there as I download images to computer via the multi cord then leave the camera attached to charge the battery.

 

Allan

 

 

 Great minds think alike. I used to take cards out and upload images using a reader. Now I leave them in the camera and use a USB cord. Kingston cards are inexpensive (at least they used to be), but I've never had one fail. I've got some that over are ten years old that work fine.