I've had two SD cards fail. On both the plastic housings split allowing
the write protect tab to fall out. The contacts seem to be relatively
robust under normal usage. The biggest hazard I've faced was having 6
of them, and the case they were stored in disappear out of my camera bag
during a shoot. I was working pretty bare bones and they were the only
thing of value in the bag of any value. When I bought them they cost
about $500.00. I replaced them for $75.00 with much higher specified cards.
On 10/15/2010 12:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
I always use a card reader. So far, I haven't had any damage to the contacts
(at least none that I'm aware of).
Jeffery
On Oct 15, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
Hi,
I always transfer pictures to my PC using its card reader. I can't remember why
I decided to do it this way, possibly because it is faster and doesn't eat the
camera's battery.
However, I have been in contact with a person specialized in recovery disks and
cards from hardware failures, and he showed me how fragile the contacts in the
memory cards are. Also he told me horror stories about cards being damaged only
by taking them in and out of the camera...all this scared me a bit, frankly.
So...how do you tranfer your pictures? Do you think that there is a risk in
removing frequently the card from the camera?
Thanks,
Jaume
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