Let me remind people of how robust a CF card can be. My current dog as a puppy decided to play catch with this, he was chewing on it when I got it away from him. A SD card would not have survived this CF card still works.
http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/cfcardassnack.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had the plastic dividers fall off two SanDisk Extreme III cards. Never > had a problem with CF during four years of use. I've heard stories about bent > pins but have neveer run across anyone who actually experienced that. On the > other hand, I've rarely met a user of SD cards who hasn't experienced some > kind of failure. Most common seems to be the locking tab falling off. I had > that happen to an Extreme III card as well. I haven't had any breakage > problems with Transcend cards, but I did have one that just quit working > after a few hours of use. I want my CF cards back! > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> I still hate SD cards as well. The little plastic bars that separate >>> the contacts tend to start coming apart. And when one of them gets >>> in the way of the contact, the card won't read. I've had to remove >>> some to access my files. I would be willing to make the camera >>> larger if that means I could go back to CF cards. >>> >> Wow, are these name-brand cards you're talking about here? >> >> I've been using SD cards since getting my DS back in... 2004? And >> I've never had one come apart the way you describe. >> >> 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. >> >> >> -Charles >> >> -- >> Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Minneapolis, MN >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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.
