----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Robinson" Subject: Re: The psychology of fanbois
> > After fixing a camera and a card reader which each had their CF pins > bent from having a card shoved in less-than-perfectly, I can say that > I'd rather repair a $20 card than a $900 camera though. IMO, CF is > far less "robust" than SD in the hands of the average user. This has been discussed at some length in the past. Any lab operator you care to talk to probably has some sort of horror story relating to bent pins in CF slots. The lab I used to run averaged 4 readers per year down due to damaged pins. SD carda are a much better interface, albeit not a perfect one, as the contacts can still be damaged. You have to be a lot clumsier to do it though. I prefer the size of CF cards, but I don't miss the interface. I never saw a damaged SD card in all my years in the lab business, nor have I ever experiened a problem with my own SD cards. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
