It is not just microdrives that stick. I have several compactflash cards
from Lexar and Sandisk, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB and some pop right out when I
press the eject button and at least one barely comes out and without the
post-it tab that I use is a bitch to get out. You can't just tip the
camera and it will fall out. You have to pull it out but with the
post-it tab it is no problem. So what I assume is happening is that
there is a specification with a tolerance range of how wide and thick a
CF card can be and a spec with a tolerance range for the size of the
*istD slot and between the size of the *istD slot and the CF spec some
(and possibly a lot) CF cards stick in the slot and others don't. Those
that don't pop right out. Those that do are annoying.
Larry
Rob, I wasn't saying that you have to do as I did every time! That was
merely to indicate, IMO, how effective the eject design is in getting
the card out of the slot. In fact, I did say that tilting the camera
slightly down would be the best way. That's what I do when the camera
is around my neck: lift it up, hold the strap out of the way with a
spare finger, open the door and eject the card. It ain't that hard!
Maybe the problem really arises with microdrives? How close to a CF
card are they in size (obviously, I have never used one and never
tried one in the *ist-D)?
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: *istD-flaws
On 30 Jan 2005 at 11:15, John Coyle wrote:
The first is really a non-issue with the *ist-D!
Test performed just now:
Lay the camera on the desk, lens mount down, no lens, so the body is
perfectly horizontal.
Ensure the strap isn't obstructing the card door.
Open the card door.
Push the card eject button.
Retrieve the card from where it landed - 10 cm. away from the camera!
LOL, you don't own any Microdrives obviously (not that mine
actually comes out
without a fight)
The fact that the door can't simply opened to provide clear access
the card for
secure removal it is a negative in my books. There are many
instance that I
find myself in where I can't provide the ideal conditions that
changing the
card in a *ist D requires. For instance I often can't find a desk
when I'm in
the midst of a surging crowd, or on a dance floor, or chasing a
parade, or in a
huddle at the races or up on the fence at a motorsport event. I
have a tab on
my cards to assist in their removal (both are stiff in any *ist D
slot) but the
tab can also foul the CF door and my CF card case.
I had no problems changing cards in these sorts of conditions with
my previous
CF based body. So what I'm trying to say is that it is a problem
for some
users, we aren't simply whingers this aspect of design is poor and
I hope that
they address it next round. It's fact nothing else, it doens't
stop the camera
from producing excellent images but it can be a PITA in some
instances.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
