the connector is good for a few thousand insertions while the CF card connector is good for about 100,000. i get back home with camera and i want my finished images to be ready in a certain amount of time. background time is wasted time.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Anyone had this happen on *ist-D? > The speed of USB 1.1 is fine if you are prepared to attend to other tasks > during down-loads but what's this about too much ware? The connector on the > *ist D must be crap, I don't have a card reader for my Oly E-10 and I've > probably connected and disconnected the cameras mini-USB connector over 100 > times, it's still going strong and always error free.

