On 10/14/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I got my *istD roughly a year ago, I've just noticed I am approaching > the 4,000 count. Say, I gave my camera to a friend once and, say, I had > to spend some 100 shots on request of my co-worked. Anyway, it is > roughly 10 shots every day - this is *huge* for me.
I've noticed the same thing. For me, film photography was very event-oriented: I couldn't just "waste" film on taking photos of my dinner, for example -- it had to be of a special occasion. Even now, I take the most photos while on vacation, but every now and then I make a very good-looking roast chicken and then must share with everyone. I have taken more photos in the past two years with the istD than I have in the rest of my previous life with various other cameras. > > > But on the other hand, the new cameras are using SD cards so chances > > are, the CF is obsolete technology anyway. > > Yes, may be... May be not. But who cares. I have my two 1 GB Sand Disk > cards and I hope they would serve me well for a long time. Why would > they stop doing so? No reason -- I was just thinking that if I ever had to buy a DS or DL, I would have to re-purchase all my camera memory, is all. > > > I *think* that the other thing about CF cards vs the storage device, > > is "less moving parts" (I am not sure that applies to an 8GB card, but > > it applies to the cards I have right now). I could -- and have -- > > drop/ped a CF card but would hate to be that clumsy around a storage > > device. > > That's a valid point. Without pun or offense - have you *lost* any cards? I have twice lost the *contents* of a card through sloppy work management: both times I thought I had transferred the card to a portable storage unit, and deleted the card without bothering to check whether it was true or not. This was back in the days of 2MP cameras and 128MB cards, so it only stings a little. A friend of mine once lost all his cards in his cardkeeper: he had them in the pocket of his trunks and went swimming. They're no doubt still at the bottom of the great barrier reef. He had been downloading regularly, so I don't think he lost the whole trip, just the day. > Well, naturally I am going to be taking extra special care of my PD7X > when on travel. But, G-d forbid, on same note I could drop my camera... This is not true for me -- I am one of those who prefer to work with a camera strap around my neck.
