File Error With Two Cameras

Hi, I bought a sony cybershot s680...used it 5 months and I started getting file error and my pics were gone. It finally just quit!

So I bought a samsung...have had it a month and I get file error on that one too. Picture gone.

We do foreclosure cleanouts, and cannot afford to lose ANY pics as they require certain pics in able for us to get paid.

I cant afford an expensive camera right now. We were looking at the nikon coolpix, or the canon powershot. But in reading, these have the same problem.

What camera can I buy that will not have this problem? Or is there one. LOL

brenieeb-
I moved your post and made it into its own thread. I hope you don't mind. You weren't going to get much attention buried inside that other discussion.

That is strange that you've had a "file error" with two different cameras. I have used tons of digital cameras and never had a camera completely fail on my like that. A file error might actually be a memory card problem and not a camera problem. Did you ever try a different memory card? Did you reformat the memory card in the camera after you downloaded the photos?

It really sounds to me like you've just had some bad luck. You shouldn't need an expensive camera and I would be amazed if this happened to you again. Let me know about the memory card questions above. I think Canon compact cameras are the best because they have the best iage quality. But I don't think you should have any camera fail the way that you've described.

Hope that helps-

I was thinking memory card, too. Did you format them?
The cameras should have a warranty longer than the time you used them.