Nonsense, CompactFlash cards are among the most rugged things in
photography.
Didn't you ever read about the photojournalist that the World Trade
Center fell on? His CF card was the only thing undamaged and it held
all his photos.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0111/images/biggartgear.jpg&imgrefurl=http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0111/biggart_intro.htm&h=305&w=400&sz=28&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=whxNHoO_wvvNRM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcompactflash%2B%2522world%2Btrade%2522%26svnum%3D100%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
..or the reports of no photos lost after running a CF card through a
washing machine?
http://thefuntimesguide.com/2006/09/memory_cards.php
Mr. Bill
Javier Perez wrote:
Sides the cards are quite fragile.
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