D700 having Cha error with all cd cards
No manual with me …
Computer crashed. iPhone misplaced!!
M took a knock and is misaligned …
Fall has me limping and hand in plaster …
See you folks after the car gets repaired …
Wow, if there’s no local Camera store, I suggest you go see a local
Astrologer, looks like a severe case of
Unfortunate Planet Positions :shocked:
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Honestly Rayyan, I wish I could take at least
some of your present misfortune, such an amount of bad luck at the same time seems unfair for one single person to carry.
Unfortunately I have no experience with the CHA error message.
CHA error means
Error accessing memory card, or
Unable to create new folder, according to the Manual p. 413.
The Manual suggests you
Check that contacts are clean,
Delete files, or
Insert new memory card.
Others have already suggested this, and I know you have already tried all these things.
The scary part is that you say it happens with
all your cards.
Does the green access lamp on the back light briefly when the CF card is fully inserted, as it should acc. to the Manual p. 41 ?
Otherwise maybe a good blast of a dust blower or maybe even canned air on the contacts in the camera might help, though I guess you have no access to canned air right now.
Did you by any chance buy too big memory cards for your trip out in the wilderness ?
Here you can see the Approved memory cards for D700 acc. to the Manual
And here are the Approved memory cards for D700, acc. to Nikon’s Support Article No : 26795 Published on 12/09/2011.
So what’s left, I think I would take out the battery for the entire night and the next morning try a button driven format by the
Mode button on the Top Right, along with the
Delete button on the Back Upper Left.
They both have a red
Format stamp beside them meaning you should press
both buttons at the same time for about two seconds and when a blinking
“For” appears in the control panel you need to press both buttons
again for a second time.
(For security reasons we have to press both buttons twice to make sure a
Format is actually intended).
Personally I use to format cards via the SETUP MENU, that’s the only reason why I describe the
button possibility in detail here.
If one of the format methods doesn’t work, maybe the other method does.
Nah, I admit it’s not very likely. Still that’s what I would try if I were in your situation.
Btw., where are you, can I come by with a replacement camera
Are you in a dry desert, or in a humid rain forest, could it by any chance be too much humidity ?
Hope you will have a small miracle help you out.
Good luck, Rayyan
~Steen