Thanks for all your responses. Actually he referred to SD specifically. He showed me that there are two longer pins that must enter first since they are used to power the card. If for any reason another pin reaches the contact first, the card is broken (or something like this).
But I am with you (all). I tried to download my pictures using the K20D USB connector (I never tried it in this camera) and I found it highly inconvenient. So maybe it is just a matter of being careful when removing and introducing the card and trying to do it only when strictly necessary. Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Enviado: vie,15 octubre, 2010 19:02 > Asunto: Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card? > > Hi Jaume. > I think the horror stories about damaging cards are related to CF, not SD. > I always use a card reader and I think the tiny USB connector on the camera > is >more fragile than the SD contacts. In fact, a friend of mine was able to >break >the USB connector on his K10D to the point that Pentax service had to replace >the whole board behind it, with a cost comparable to the value of that used >camera. I suggested him to forget the USB connector and use a card reader for >downloading, but he wanted the camera to be repaired... > Dario > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaume Lahuerta" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:50 PM > Subject: Transfer pictures: USB or card? > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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. > > > > > > ----- > > Nessun virus nel messaggio. > > Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com > > Versione: 10.0.1136 / Database dei virus: 422/3198 - Data di rilascio: >15/10/2010 > > > > > -- 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. > -- 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.
