Ken Waller wrote: >> I've rarely met a user of SD cards who hasn't experienced some kind of >> failure. > > I've been using SD's for over 2 years, probably not shooting as much as you > Paul, but I've yet to experience an issue with them. > Might be an issue with your reader?
My issue is that they're too small & fiddly. (Though come to think of it, with several card readers I've tried I have to wiggle SD cards around quite a bit for them to be recognized.) I much prefer the larger form factor of CF cards. As Bill Robb has pointed out, CF card sockets *are* much more likely to be damaged by ham-fisted noobs. We had our Fuji print kiosk at the photo store damaged that way. I am told that Pentax did a lot of repairs on ist-D's for this problem. But with a high quality socket (and a high end camera aimed at more experienced photographers) this could be lessened or eliminated. I appreciate that Pentax saves themselves headaches with the SD card format, but occasionally I like a manufacture to build a product in *my* best interest, rather than theirs. -- 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.
