On 11 Jul 2005 at 18:13, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: > - 9 larger contacts contacts are a lot more reliable than 50 smaller > ones > - 9 larger soldering tabs on a PCB are a lot more reliable than 50 much > smaller ones, this is true both in the camera and in the card > - contact surface on an SD card is easier to clean > - it's a more difficult to damage a camera by mishandling a SD card > - water doesn't go inside SD cards > - SD is smaller so less prone to suffer damage from twisting
And SD cards are far more prone to damage through natural static discharge due to their exposed electrical contacts. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
