Some FUJIFILM camera users are currently reporting data loss when using macOS systems. This is due to a file system issue that FUJIFILM is trying to resolve. An issue on FUJIFILM cameras currently has many of their users worried. If you produce a lot of files on your FUJIFILM camera’s SDXC card and use a macOS system to copy the files, you may run into the problem that not all files are being displayed. To be precise, if you capture more than 4096 files in one folder, the 4097th file and the ones following won’t be displayed when plugging in your memory card over an internal or external card reader. This may not seem like a problem concerning many, but for example, if you set the camera to capture both JPEGs and RAW files, each shutter release captures two files and thus limits the folder to only 2048 photos. While you rarely shoot 4096 clips on one single card, this issue can affect video files as well. It may become risky when the medium is incorrectly ejected, as these invisible files may be damaged or made inaccessible and therefore lost. The way macOS handles folders is the reason for this. As it is a UNIX-based operating system, folders are limited to 4096 files. Other operating systems, like Windows or the one used on FUJIFILM cameras, don’t have this limitation. On FUJIFILM models, you can theoretically store 9,999 files in a single folder. This issue by the way is present both...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 10 February, 2022