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Hi Guys thought some whiz out there may be able to give some advice. Recently, last few shoots, I have noticed that my D300 (I have this set only to RAW format) produces one, the first image as a jpeg then all others are NEFs. Strange there is no piggy backing that is the first image doesn't have a jpeg counterpart just the first image recorded is jpeg then all others are recorded as NEFs. Anyone else noticed anything similar or have any ideas?
Update: Thought i'd check all settings once more AND try other cards besides the SanDisk Extreme 111 card i'd been using in the D300. Well shot a few shots and no cards showed this problem after 3 shots on each. Confounding! Help, please. I suppose not a big deal but i'd hate to have the monet shot and find it only to be in jpeg(it's a 5.08mb size).
cheers
marco

Marco
Are you saying that when you used different cards then none of them duplicated the problem?

That's right Matt. Seems it may be an intermittent problem Just really noticed it the last few shoots.
cheers
marco

I'm not sure I'm following what is happening. Is this correct:

* You have the camera set to raw only
* The first shot (on each card?) is stored as a JPEG
* All remaining shots are NEF

Is this correct? Is the JPEG a true JPEG?

What happens if you don't format the car?

I shoot raw+JPEG and I always get one of each.

Does the problem only occur with the 1 card? If so then it's a card problem.

ATJ - You are correct.
MAtt - I can't be sure. That is why i tried a couple of different cards, even the SanDisk Extreme i have been using with the D300. I even format the cards in camera at least 2 times.
Looks like i'll keep trying to see if i can reproduce the problem.
cheers
marco