On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:02, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> >> When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the >> door on the camera open. >> >> This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. >> >> -Charles >> > Every time I do that, I remember stories I have read here about about the > card door being broken off because of some incident during the time the door > was left open. And I would rather be caught with no card in the camera (been > there, done that!) than to risk damage to the camera. >
That's a good point. When I take the card out of the camera, though... I just tip the camera sideways (still in the camera bag) to open the door. It's left cradled in the case so there is little opportunity for mishap. So far, so good, anyways! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
