Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Typical" flash technology has ~10,000 to 100,000 read/write cycles, depending on the manufacturer. The hardware controller is smart enough to "spread out" the bits as not to unduly bang on just a few cells. Other things will stop working before then. They do make great archival storage units. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:22 AM, H. Ball Arche <h_arche at yahoo.com> wrote: > > This has probably come up before so I apologize for needing a reiteration, > but how long can an SD card hold its data without deteriorating? > > A 2 gig card will hold more pictures than the amount of film I'd shoot on a > given day, and now definitely costs less, but what are it archival > properties? > > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com