I never had a problem with my CF cards (or microdrives), but that's probably because most of the time I was using a PCMCIA (or CardBus) adapter (with very good alignment enforced before any contact pins were engaged), rather than simply using an external card reader.
SD cards have fewer contacts, and the contacts themselves are far better supported, so they are less likely to have contact problems. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 07:35:46PM +0200, eckinator wrote: > Same here. I recall CF cards and microdrives being a bigger pain and > requiring more care but SD's been trouble-free thus far. And guess how > happy I was when SDHC cards became affordable and gave me an excuse to > replace my old USB 1.1 SD reader =) > > 2010/10/15 Jack Davis <[email protected]>: > > Use only SD and always with a card reader. Never a hint of a problem. > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Transfer pictures: USB or card? > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 9:50 AM > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
