Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/05

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Subject: RE: [Leica] For anyone who still thinks that digital isn't really...
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:13:59 -0600

> I have a professional photographer friend who has gone completely digital
> with the Canon D60.  She has had two important corporate jobs that were
> lost due to corrupt images on the card. The photos looked fine on the LCD
> in the field and were approved by the clients.  When she tried to
> download
> them into the computer, they were corrupt and irretrievable.  She's sent
> the camera back to Canon.  It looks like a back-up with digital is even
> more important than with film.
>
> Tina

Actually Tina, most of these kind of images are recoverable with the right
software - they may well have still been on the card...

(anyone ever shot a roll on their M then realised they forgot to put the
film in... or the leader didn't catch!)

tim

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