On 8/7/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't quite understand how you folks do this. I've been punching SD > cards into and out of cameras and readers (and Treo and other > devices) for 5 years now and none have gotten damaged yet. > > I even *use* the write protect switch now and then ... it's saved my > butt a couple of times when I got forgetful. :-) > > See if the card is still under warranty and get a new one. At $20 for > a 2G card, it's not what I'd call a huge loss. Back when a 32M card > was $150, yeah, I'd get annoyed... !
I remember buying a 2 meg CF card for my Kodak DSC-25 camera i bought back in 1997. It was over $200 Canadian. The camera had built in storage for 16 pictures. The shots at high res were 640x480 pixels. Dave > > G > > > > I did the same thing. I cut a piece of plastic off a plastic box > > and super glued it exactly where the tab is supposed to be. Didn't > > work. But Sandisk was willing to replace the card. (After I removed > > the glued on tab and photographed the card for them. Some > > retouching was necessary:-). > > > >> Well, I've been bitten by what I consider one of the cheapest and > >> stupidest designs in all computing. The write protect tab fell > >> off one > >> of my SD cards. I don't know where and I don't know when, (which > >> also > >> implies I don't know where the damned tab is either).. Does > >> anyone have > >> a suggestion on what to replace it with? Something that won't > >> ultimately get stuck in the camera or a card reader? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
