> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:08 AM Subject: EOS Re: Digital Camera Reliability
> At 12:25 PM 7/9/2004 +0200, EOS-Digest wrote: > >In his latest mailing, David Cardinal, the editor of DigitalPro Shooter, > >makes the statement that Digital SLRs are less reliable than Film. > > > >Have any of the heavier shooters on this list found this? > > I don't shoot digital personally, but at least once a week I get an e-mail > from someone who shot all day with his large-capacity gig+ card only to get > home and find there was nothing to download and frantic efforts with data > recovery software weren't proving profitable. > > The worst thing that ever happened to _me_ with film was mis-loading a roll > of 35mm and realizing that I had to have gone past 36. Fortunately a > football game has four quarters and learning to check the rewind knob > periodically meant that was a one-time error. > > On the other hand, I'd guess a stick shift is more reliable than an > automatic transmission since it has fewer moving parts and simpler design, > but when was the last time your auto transmission failed? So, what does > <less reliable> really mean, and is the incidence statistically significant? > > -- - > > regards, > Henry Posner > Director of Corporate Communications > B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc. > http://www.bhphotovideo.com > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
