I'd say that if you could get the CF card into the slot backwards, without using a sufficient amount of force to destroy the slot, it was incorrectly designed to begin with. I have a card reader with a type II slot where you could possibly incorrectly insert a type one card, (though it doesn't come close to seating), but I can't put it in backwards.
John Celio wrote: >> When Pentax said they were swtiching to SD cards, I did my own >> investigating on them and learned about the lock that will prevent the >> user erasing anything important. I heard that CF cards were headed in >> that direction, but never have seen a CF card with a lock on it to prevent >> erasure. I have lots of CF cards for my *ist D and Optio 230 Pentax. Too >> bad Pentax didn't allow a dual use system like, I believe, Canon did >> with one of there EOS dslrs. >> > > This is just an educated guess, but I think a major reason most cameras now > use SD cards (other than the smaller size compared to CF) is the number of > warranty repairs they had to do on those little pins in the CF slot. At the > camera shop I worked at, we got dozens of people coming in with bent pins > because they put the card in the wrong way. We always made a point of > showing people how to do it when they first bought a camera, but it still > happened. Most people with this problem bought their cameras on the > internet, though. > > Many digital neophytes have problems remembering how to insert CF cards, > even when the card has a little arrow on it, or the camera has a diagram > showing the proper orientation. Older folks with poor vision have the worst > time with it, I found (no offense to older folks here, I'm just reporting an > observation). > > Bent pins are a nightmare, because you have to support the customer for > something they did from not following the instructions. It's not a > manufacturing defect, but the customer will usually piss and moan like it > is. > > I think that was a big motivating factor for the switch to SD. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
