How to Fix your DSLR's SD Card Slot

[@rebekahdonovan601]

I am so glad I decided to look up this issue! Didn't even notice the card had a tiny fragment missing, followed your steps and out it fell. So quick and easy to fix something that has been bugging me for months, so thanks!

[@EricCarre]

OMG - I have to admit, I was VERY skeptical, that something so bad could be so simple to fix. You just saved me a ton of money, I did EXACTLY what you suggested, and sure enough, a piece of plastic (probably from a cheap sd card) dropped out, in fact, it almost fell straight into my eye. I tested out my card slot right after, and I am in business again ! Thank you

[@Photillustrator]

That's so good to hear. Happy it worked for you.

[@juliemackinder672]

I can’t tell you how delighted I am to have seen this! Last night I was sure my camera was broken. Found your video this morning and turned my camera over and out fell the culprit. So simple. Thank you so much. I would never have thought of doing that. My card still works though 🥳

[@Photillustrator]

That's awesome!

[@JohnH242]

Same thing happened to me. Thanks so much!

[@fvaken1]

Just had the same problem with my 7D MII, Luckely found your video within 5 mins.Hold it upside down and already something fell out. It works again!! Thank for this golden tip !

[@Photillustrator]

That's fantastic. You're welcome!

[@Thjfizo]

I have spent more than 3 years with the card stuck inside the camera for fear of breaking it. Thanks to your video I was encouraged and fixed it. Thank you!!!. I am crying with joy.

[@Photillustrator]

Glad it helped!

[@evo6370]

Thanks a lot for sharing! I was desperate that the camera was not reading my card. Removing the plastic piece was also for me the solution. Happy Sunday.

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome! Happy it helped.

[@j_judahh]

I literally did exactly what you said to do on this video and it fixed my issue... thanks a lot you save me some money.

[@Photillustrator]

Perfect! Happy I could help.

​@@Photillustrator wow I did the same and it worked! Thank you

[@prashantrane5522]

Thank you kind sir. Saw the broken piece in the SD slot. Held it upside down, few shakes, few gentle taps and it came out on its own. Have a great day!

[@roxannefran]

THANK YOU JASON! I'm doing my shooting on a shoestring budget. Thinking the only camera I have, an M50, was toast, and how will I afford a costly repair? Gave my camera a shake and out it came! Dude, you killed it. many thanks!

[@Photillustrator]

That's so awesome. Happy shooting!

[@TimRea]

Brill - putting the camera on a tripod worked a treat (plus some rigerous shaking) - thanks for taking the time to post!

[@Photillustrator]

Shaking is the key

[@mohammedalikamara4698]

I am so grateful and appreciative. Similar thing happened to me yesterday. Thanks to your video, I have fixed my Mark III camera today. I really owe you a great debt of gratitude.

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome! Happy I could help.

[@danieldriensky6184]

OH MY GOD! Thank you! I had a card slot that was working but would stop recording saying the card was too slow. I did research of all kinds of see if the card was defective, even thought about sending the NEW camera in to be fixed. Came across your video, and sure enough A TINY PIECE OF THE SD CARD HAD BROKEN AND WAS BLOCKING A PIN! Works perfect again! Thank you!

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome! Happy to help.

[@DolDolKong]

OMG thank you so much. I almost ordered a new camera and came across this video. This fixed the problem. You saved me $$$! THANK YOU!

[@SimonLeibe]

I love you bro. You've just fixed my new camera whose sd card slot was broken

[@ChaseAviation]

Unreal. You just saved me... at least $500. Thought for sure a pin was bent or something. Just a tiny shard of an SD card. THANKS!

[@Photillustrator]

Happy I could help.

[@woodstocktc]

wow all love and kudos to you. couldnt even see that something was jammed but opening the slot, holding the camera with the slot open towards the ground and giving it a gentle nudge did the trick. i couldnt even see anythign falling out, but the SD card slot works again as intended now. cheers

[@darrencolton7718]

I LOVE YOU!!! ...Same issue & I was ready to spend time, $$ & lots of energy to ship it off to Canon in Eastern Canada...I stopped & prayed to God & then got the idea to find a KZbin video... & in the 1st video this guy took a part his camera which discouraged me even more, as NO way I was going to attempt that! But then I saw you here with even the SAME 6D camera as I have & so I did exactly what you said; except that I fiddled around with the paper-clip & then gave it a hard tap while upside down on the tripod (as you suggested); & sure enough something fell out! I said out loud "NO WAY!!!" & now it's working thanks God & for you!!! :) :) THANKS AGAIN FOR POSTING THIS!!! - Darren

[@LaurenJones-c7p]

I’m so glad I decided to search KZbin one more time before taking my Canon 80D to the shop for this same reason and sure enough I had a piece of SD card stuck inside the slot and I wiggled a paper clip inside and the piece fell right out and fixed the issue!! So THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[@Photillustrator]

Glad I could help!

[@Angelo1156]

Thank you so much. Your tip worked perfectly. I just bought a EOS Mark 111. I had it for 2 days then my card would not go in all the way. I wanted to cry. Then I saw your tip and tried it. After about a 15 min set up. 5 mins later It worked. I saved the card and the broken piece. You are the man. Thanks, I love you.

[@Photillustrator]

Glad it helped!

[@harrykessler9219]

Yep, exactly what happened to my SanDisk card I've used for several years. Broken chip fell out with a little encouragement. Thanks so much!

[@jeliason753]

Perfect! I turned my camera upside down and out fell the plastic piece...no digging around in the slot. Thank you!

[@Photillustrator]

Wow! Cool! Happy it was so easy for you.

[@gemarierosemahusay9773]

Hey! I just want to let you know that I had been sweating for over an hour trying to fix the same issue until I saw this vid of yours. I got that broken piece out of may camera card slot in less than 5 minutes. Phew! Thank you so much. This is really easy and HELPFUL! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@deonvdmerwetube]

The SD card in my 5D Mark III wouldn't eject. After watching your video I found a minute piece of plastic (probably a piece from another card) jamming the release mechanism. Once I located it, it came out quite easily and everything is working fine now. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for saving me a lot of frustration and tons of momey. From far away...South Africa :)

[@zekejezek6716]

Thank you for making this video. I just bought this camera not too long ago and this happened to me. at first it didnt go in either and i keep forcing it and blowing on in. It came in and the camera couldn't read the card. I found this video and i realized that the card broked off and stuck in the card slot. Got it out using your method, but the camera still couldnt read the card still. I looks closer to the prongs inside the slot and found one that is pushing down due to the broken piece of the card. I took a small paper clip, bend the tip of it half way and use a steady hand to bend it back up. Thanks goodness it work again!

[@Photillustrator]

That's awesome! Happy you got it working. Happy shooting.

[@TheeRoysFamily]

Who would have thought this would save someone's life four yrs later ....I love you man you the best...this actually saved my life am greatful 🤗God bless

[@kionbristow7268]

You saved me Bro. This lil tip worked for me. I was about to put my canon in the shop until I found your vid. I fixed my camera in like 3 mins. Thanks for the help.

[@Photillustrator]

So Awesome! Go have a drink on me with the money you saved. LOL

[@rmdp360media7]

Pretty slick. I had the same issue. Your advice kept me from going crazy as tho why SD Cards wouldn't go in and out easily into my brand new camera!

[@Photillustrator]

Sweet! Happy it helped.

[@rmdp360media7]

@@Photillustrator UPDATE: so the card goes in easily now. however, when I turned the camera on, I got the notification that "Card's lock activated" - My lock was off, I tried 2 cards. So, I had to go back in. Using a tiny Allen Wrench turned upside down, I "scrubbed" at the area where the lock detect is located. BAM! That worked. So not only did the card insert and exit difficulties get fixed, the issue with fake lock detection got fixed too. Don't ask me how one was related to the other, I never had gotten the lock card notification, until I got that little piece out of the bottom. Strange huh?

[@MariaMartinez-gg6sr]

Thanks millions time.... Saved my canon 6d.. Just 4 mo. Of use... U can imagine... I went to sleep watching ur video... Yeah I fall asleep..after I learned what to do.. Hubby helped me.. We saved some hundreds$$... Blessings .. Always...!!! Maria.. Happy photographer...!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Photillustrator]

So Awesome you didn't have to spend $$$ getting it fixed. Happy Photographing!

[@QuantumKitty]

OMG!!! This solved my memory card issues temporarily it only works with a little cardboard in there but hey it works!!! Thank you so much you are camera saver! Literally!

[@Photillustrator]

You bet! Happy you got it to work.

[@fxd4113]

Such a good video a lot more help was given here than contacted canon themselves

[@hvanderknoop]

Brilliant thanks you made my weekend! I had exactly the same issue! Even before putting the camera on the tripod, the small plastic corner that broke off fell out! I only have ordered new SD card to replace the broken one.

[@turalmammadov4264]

You saved my year (whatever that means). Thank you so much. I haven’t been using the camera (Nikon by the way) for such a long time. Just grateful!

[@turalmammadov4264]

Alternative to the tripod, just lay down on a bed/sofa and grab your flashlight with teeth (I just used my phone’s light put laid in my lips). THANKS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome! Happy you figured it out.

[@TheMrJoeMac]

This worked great. I didn't realize thre was something in the slot till I saw your video. I was looking up "sd card slot not working" . Soon as I saw what you did, I got a flash light and sure enough there was part of a broken sd card in there. I put it on my tripod and got it out pretty easy. Thanks.

[@Photillustrator]

That's Awesome! Happy it worked out for you. 🙂

[@bhaskar_bordoloi]

Stay blessed buddy. You saved me a lot of time and money with this simple video. I have been trying to get this issue fixed for so damn long but I was not making progress. You sir are amazing. ♥️

[@mahirrahman3428]

Is it safe to take cards in and out after shoots? Or should i Transfer files using a AV cable

[@Pimpadeus]

Oh my GOD: that's brilliant!! i've been waiting for science to catch up with the state of my memory card so that I didn't ruin my camera in a fit of "repair rage". so I just decided to look it up again this morning ((because it's been about six months since I tried)). I already feel like this is going to be exactly what I needed to do. I'll let you know how it works out ! thank you so much !! CHEERS! Sixstringspaceboy 🤘🏻👽👍🏻

[@blj1190]

This was the easiest and best fix of all of them that I looked at your 1 tip was amazing have a photoshoot tomorrow and thought I was doomed. Thank you so much for posting this tip.

[@YogaMeetsFitness]

I have been struggling for days for the same issue!!! Thank you so much! you saved my camera!! 👍 what a tip!! 👏

[@Photillustrator]

You bet.

[@Oldstockz]

Yo! It was a bit more tricky with my Sony a7iii but hell yeah this video made me look and whip out a paperclip and it worked. Thanks man!

[@thevelahomestead201]

This was such a great video! I thought it was broken and I don't think I would have noticed that little piece missing if you hadn't mentioned it! Now my card slot works again! Thanks :)

[@Photillustrator]

You're very welcome

[@BillFarrell]

You are a Life Saver. Had this Issue but your tip was so helpful. All sorted now.

[@Photillustrator]

Great to hear!

[@ritujha9309]

Thanks a lot,after this problem i was not using my camera for last three months and it just took 30 sec to take out the piece, and after that same sd card is again working fine. My broken piece was really really tiny but was preventing the memory card to reinsert. Thanks a lot again

[@thisischaniece]

The top comment alone helped me with the issue. Just needed to lightly tap my camera with it upside down with the slot open, and nothing came out but it still worked!

[@Photillustrator]

As long as it works, right?

[@fromerito]

A few moments ago was going to start a photoshoot with my wife when I realized that the same thing got stuck on the card slot cause card won't insert. Thank you for this. Thank you this much!

[@Photillustrator]

You're very welcome!

[@claudepelletier-fader9089]

that actually worked. Thank you so much... that was the exact problem I had...

[@Photillustrator]

Happy it helped

[@thehappysnapper1157]

Well, well, well …. I had this exact problem and your fix worked!!! Thank you 🙏 A tiny fragment of black plastic dropped out and, on closer inspection, I noticed a small chip on the corner of the SD card. The slot now works perfectly and I’ll be ordering new cards today 😉

[@Photillustrator]

That was exactly my experience too. Happy it helped

[@akelworme8922]

This man need a trophy 🏆 I was soo frustrated 🔥 Thanks a lot, God bless!

[@aquietlife3243]

Thank you very much for this! I was going nuts, almost crying on the money I was about to get out to fix this😂... I put my camera upside down on my tripod and used the blade of a tiny knife to get that piece out!

[@sr.willisdepp]

Oooooh my god, you saved me, I actually think that my camara needed something more, thank you very much!!!!!

[@romainissa]

bro you saved my life ! i had the same issue with my Canon C70, thank you very much !

[@Photillustrator]

Glad it helped!

[@REMTheeArtist]

The only video that helped me!! Thank you so much. You saved me an unnecessary trip to the repair shop.

[@brunillovet4318]

This is genius, thank you so much. And blindingly obvious once we had figured it out - thank you

[@Photillustrator]

you are welcome

[@astral_brain]

Awesome! I had this exact problem on my Pentax K5 and by turning the camera upside down and poking around with a toothpick a small plastic piece fell out and the problem was fixed. In my case though, the card was locked inside the slot so the first part of the solution was fabricating a thin rod with a hook at the tip to slide in and unlock the latch.

[@harmonygerber9619]

OMG!!!!! YOU SAVED MY BUTT, DUDE!!!!!!! Thank you sooooo much for posting this video! Canon would’ve taken a week to fix this and probably charge me half the amount that I paid for the camera lol you are truly a lifesaver

[@jaydenwilson5775]

Mate! Awesome video. This worked straight away! Thanks so much!

[@Photillustrator]

You're welcome. Happy it helped.

[@koryhasbrouck9423]

Thank you! I hadn't even noticed a piece came off my SD card

[@Photillustrator]

Happy it helped

[@AriGoldwag]

thank you so much. same problem. same fix, though I did need to poke around first before it tumbled down...

[@Photillustrator]

Glad it helped.

[@untamedkiwi3217]

Life saver!!! My SD hadnt broken off in it. But it must have had something in there as I hit my camera on my palm a couple of times then the SD card went back in fine!

[@Photillustrator]

That's odd, but great that it works now!

[@arielrubio7512]

Thank you so much , at first I didn’t believe that it chipped but it did chip on the other end of the SD card which got stuck into the slot !! Make sure you guys double check everything , the piece that’s in the slot can blend into it so make sure you have a flashlight and something to pick it out

[@chinookarchphoto]

Perfecto! Saw the piece and the upside down suggestion eventually did the trick. Nice to not stick a paper clip up there and scrap something important up. Thanks!!!

[@Photillustrator]

Great!

[@Marcblur]

Hey, thinks for this video. I used one of those flat plastic dental picks because it would be too soft to scratch the metal pins. It revived my old Fuji camera and the card pops back in no problem.

[@Photillustrator]

Sweet!

[@mydayinuy]

WOW! I thought my much-loved 8 year old Panasonic point-and-shoot was going to be forever limited to ~70MB of memory! I didn't have a paper clip handy, so used a small plastic zip tie...just wailed it around inside the downward-facing slot. I wasn't aware of anything coming out, but lo and behold the SD card snicked back in like "What's the worry, bro?" Thank you so much!

Thank you very much your video has helped me. I have not seen the broken piece of the card come out ??

[@travishinkle5578]

Thank you! You just saved me a lot of annoying time! I JUST bought the 5D Mark IV and the SD cards weren't staying locked in. I looked in and found a piece of an old SD card that broke off and was hiding in there! SD cards lock into place now!!

[@Photillustrator]

That's awesome! Happy the video helped. Good luck creating Awesome Pictures.

[@theseaandthesky2107]

Thanks chap. Exact same problem, now fixed :)

[@Photillustrator]

Happy it worked for you.

[@shotsofrebel4497]

Thank you for this sir. Didn't notice that small pice, that tiny fragment messed up my shoot yesterday,

[@praveenwazza5556]

Dude thank you so much for this video, I was so scared when my SD card wasn't going in, I checked the slot and there was tiny bit of plastic stuck inside, I just turned the camera upside down and viola it came out! You're a saviour 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@Photillustrator]

That's awesome! Happy I could help.

[@amitraj9548]

Thanks a lot. This tiny piece was stuck on my door and was not closing properly due to which my camera was continuously switching on and off, thanks for the insight that some thing like this can happen as well, kudos to this video I was able to find that broken piece and fix it. 🙂

[@Photillustrator]

You're welcome!

[@balajig2794]

I did the same and got small piece from SD slot.now my camera is working fine.thanks a lot.

[@KristynAlexis]

The piece came out but its now not recognizing my card :( bummer. Thanks for the help!

[@khodomo9373]

Thank you dude, it works perfectly! At first I was a bit skeptical, on the verge to send it to back to be repaired. Then looking closely into the it, I saw a small piece of a blue sd card that was stuck at the bottom of the slot. Really, the key thing is GRAVITY! I was lying down on the floor and from beneath the slot, I pushed the blue small piece with a small screwdriver and miraculously the next moment the tiny blue piece of sd card, suddenly fall out! :)

[@TheBediteam]

thank you! this exactly worked for my Nikon d40. just put it sideways, and gave it a love tap. thanks!

[@Photillustrator]

Love tap. Perfect!

[@ariannapepper6625]

This rid me of my devastation! I have a Nikon and it work just as well though I didn't have a tripod so there I was laying on my bed with my phone on my forehead with the flashlight on and holding the camera above my head! Lol Thanks so much!

[@Photillustrator]

That would have made for a great video. You're welcome!

[@nancyloaz]

You are a life saver!!!!

[@dorinelichti2239]

It worked!! Great idea to put on the tripod on it's side. Piece fell out with a little flick of my paper clip!!!

[@Photillustrator]

Perfect. Happy it worked for you.

[@leafeater5453]

Thank you! Saved me so much messing around!

[@Photillustrator]

Glad I could help!

[@handsum636]

It has worked for me 💯. Thanks

[@tronghieunguyen3986]

OMG, u saved my life. This problem happened with my eos R. Fortunately, all I had to do was just turning the camera verticaly and the fragment fell out immediately LOL

[@Photillustrator]

That's awesome!

[@MatthewBrooksimages]

Yo exact same thing, tilted the camera all the way on the side and was under it and the small piece just fell on me. Wow you are a wizard

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome Sauce! Happy it worked for you.

[@antoniosamora9009]

I have been frothing at the mouth for the last couple hours trying to get the SD card slot to work and trying to get a little piece out of my canon t5i. Even was desperate enough to shake the darned thing lightly with the hatch open and pointed down but nothing. I watch your video... held it up like that for 30 seconds, open the hatch, and the damned broken part of the card fell right out. Gravity really does work wonders.

[@pukl]

Thank you very much!!! That was helpful for me! My 700D's sd slot now works perfectly fine!

[@zdravkomosnak5970]

Thank you very much! I had same problem. I turned card slot toward ground and after some shaking and hiting camera a small piece of plastic came out.

[@Photillustrator]

Good Deal. Happy it worked out for you.

[@TheOvalle314]

Thank you from Germany!!!

[@Photillustrator]

You are welcome from Texas

[@danschulz7519]

Thanks a bunch, which is what you saved me.

[@jonathonespinoza853]

Here's another tip. Use you phones camera with the light on. The light is super close to the lens so its easier to look at the screen than try,to look with the light and eye. Little trick I learned working on cars

[@Photillustrator]

Great tip Jonathon... Thanks for sharing!!!

[@hunter3441]

The same thing happened to my Cannon Elph 360 HD. I turned it upside down and had to shake it but a small piece of plastic fell out and now it works!!!

[@Photillustrator]

Cool. Happy Shooting.

[@kristenkoyi]

THANK YOU! You are a TRUE life saver. I am forever grateful!!! Such an easy fix for such a common problem that has the potential to be extremely expensive.

[@Photillustrator]

You're very welcome. Happy it helped.

[@hela_mbl9973]

thanks a lot for this video I followed the steps and Fixed the issue :D

[@Photillustrator]

Glad I could help.

[@joseacd01]

Worked for me i had this problem and solved i bought a canon t2i used for $60 bucks i saw your video problem solved thank you so much👍👍👍👍

[@Photillustrator]

That's great! Happy it worked for you.

[@ChristianLamptey]

Thanks it worked like a charm. In my case, I had more than one piece of plastic hidden in there

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome! Happy Shooting.

[@chahal_s]

Thanks so much did the trick!

[@k.m.0918]

Thank you so much for this, saved me a lot of messing about with insurance arranging a repair! 😊

[@Photillustrator]

Happy it helped.

[@johnpaulosantos7710]

Thanks, mate! This worked!

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome!

[@davidaebooth]

Thank you very much, it worked fine with my Nikon D90, mine must have been easy I just turned my camera over and tapped it on the bottom with my hand, hay presto it fell out, thanks again.

[@mathieuboyer1003]

Wow ! Exact same thing happen to me, I shook it and the damm piece fell out. Thanks !

[@EYEGLOWProductions]

Tis was great, I didnt notice a piece missing but I flipped the camera and tapped it a bit and the piece fell out. Easy fix.

[@linbartone]

Wow - what an easy fix...! Thanks...!

[@lorihall3793]

Your awesome!!!! That's what it was all I did was tip it on its side give it a couple light smacks and voila!! The piece came out!!! Thank you !!!!!

[@timfehl6230]

Thank you for you tip. Using the tripod gave me the precise angle and elevation to remove the pieces that jammed the slot. I let gravity do the work as you suggested, but did require some finagling to get the piece to drop. The pins or contacts are very delicate so it requires a delicate touch so as not to damage them, but I did find there is adequate space below the pins that the pieces will fall between. For larger or longer pieces, they can slide diagonally between the pins. You may have to learn to become a contortionist as you adjust your body’s orientation to the job. Most important is patience and care. Don’t rush the job. I used a sewing needle, a pen light and the tripod to do the job. Would prefer micro tweezers and lighted magnification, but had to do with what I had. Anyway, my comment was to thank you for the tripod tip, but I hope my tips can help someone else. Cheers.

[@TheSuphan]

Thank you very much. I am lucky because found your clip before I break my Compact Canon ELPH 110 HS.

[@Photillustrator]

Happy it helped!

[@LittlePoet]

wow, you just fixed my 90D...where do I send the check...

[@Photillustrator]

Happy it worked for you 😉

[@LaurenSpeed]

This really helped me! Thanks!

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome. Happy it helped.

[@LauraBrijde]

It worked! Thank you!

[@Photillustrator]

Awesome. Happy I could help.