On Thu 09 Jun 2022 at 03:31:30 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On Thursday, 9 June 2022 00:34:28 EDT David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 08 Jun 2022 at 14:04:44 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 8 June 2022 08:33:56 EDT rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Or exchange the memory card (if you have an appropriate card reader > > > > for (one of) your computer(s))? > > > > > > I do. but dragging the card out of the camera's, all of them, is > > > betting Murphy is on vacation, the power surges seem to like to > > > trash the cards. > > Turn the camera off first? > > > I don't think thats enough, Cannon, Nikon and Olympus (I have one of > each) seem to power the card even when the mechanicals are turned off, so > removing the battery first might be safe. All 3 have to be turned on > before digikam can access them, but the card contacts are so buried I > can't verify socket power. The Cannon is the only one that hasn't > destroyed its original card and its usb socket is both fast and > dependable, the usb socket is worn out on the other two. Its also the > only one with a removable to recharge lithium battery. The other 2 have > a quad of AA's in them. That remove to recharge is a pita, as the > recharge takes 8 hours. And no one stocks that battery so you can have a > ready spare. The cannon takes the best pix, but that rules it out for use > by a wedding photog unless he's carrying a second, fully charged backup. > Thats all immaterial to this though.
That's remarkable. Do the cameras have real on/off switches, or are they just soft? That said, my mobiles have never given me problems with removing their cards, even though their on/off switches are soft. Cheers, David.