Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On this card thing... On Mar 25, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Eric wrote: > B.D.: >> ... but I still >> think those inconveniences and risks are far, far outweighed by >> the risks of >> having a full 8 gig card go south on you. Then Eric added: > Personally, I think the odds are better of bending a pin or > misplacing a > card if you're swapping out cards frequently. I have nothing to > back this > up. Just a gut hunch. More than a hunch in my case. I've been shooting digital - originally very limited - since about 1999. I have not shot a roll of film since April 2003, and I make my living from this. I have never lost a single image due to card failure. I credit this luck to the fact that I do always buy the largest card I can get/afford and leave it in the camera, period. Since all of my pro cameras have used CF, it is my opinion that schmutz - dirt - that gets into the very tiny CF pin holes is sufficient many times to render the card flakey. If one leaves it in the camera, there is essentially no chance of that happening. Having said that: I generally shoot less than 200-250 shots per short assignment, and bring a laptop and Video/Photo iPod with me on longer shoots. I also use - gasp! - highest quality jpegs, not raw or tiff. Also, the RD-1 requires you to take its SD? card out to retrieve images. OK, but it's one of the reasons I have not bought one yet. Yes, the SD cards don't have the tiny little CF card holes, and that probably helps a lot. YMMV, Will von Dauster