Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, On my case I only have 2 Lexar Cards 8 Gb and I've never had a problem, of course I do an use not proffessional as you, I don't know what's can be happen if I do a hard use... Saludos Lluis El 21/09/2010, a las 0:49, Tina Manley escribi?: > I use the same cards over and over again and have never had a > problem with > any of them. All of mine are either SanDisk or Transcend - from 2 > to 16 GB. > Sometimes I reformat them two or three times a day - always in the > camera. > I've had a couple that have been washed and dried in my pants pocket > and > they still work fine. The only card I have ever had fail was a > Lexar so I > don't buy those anymore. > > Tina > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Sonny, >>> >>> OK, I'll byte. >>> >> >> >> That's fine, and I'll agree the theoretical life is amazing, and I >> don't >> doubt that the stuff will hold on to the information. Probably if >> you >> leave >> the sd card in situ in the camera, and pipe the info out through >> the usb, >> it >> will have near eternal life. >> >> But what happens in real life, for me at least, is that I shoot for >> a day, >> maybe 50-100 shots, (sometimes only ten shots for a Friday Flower) >> pull out >> the card, and stick it into a reader slot. I take down the pix, >> and stick >> the card back into my computer. >> >> Remember, for my M8, on an 8 gig card, I have in excess of 1000 >> pictures >> at >> full rez in raw. I might delete a few here and there, but I don't >> quit >> until I have the card at about 850, maybe 900 shots. >> >> Now, there's wear and tear on the contacts, the plastic case of the >> SD card >> is not exactly bulletproof, and I'm loading the card into two >> different >> computers and a camera. >> >> No white paper can convince me that trash don't happen in these >> real life >> circumstances. >> >> The cards are cheap enough that I retire them after I fill one. I >> don't >> reformat anymore. I once did, but I got burned twice. Once the >> card was >> corrupted, and the other time it fell in half. bad glue. That was >> two >> times too many. >> >> Thanks for the papers. They are interesting. Maybe the engineers >> need to >> also be photographers. >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/rf67m >>> >>> I think SD cards should be quite reliable, anecdotal evidence aside. >> Maybe >>> one should expect an 80 year lifetime? >>> >>> I liked http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html - the >>> math >>> department run amok takes 50+ years to destroy a flash device? >>> >>> John >>> >>> PS >>> >>> I think about this every time I type "wr" in a Cisco switch or >>> router and >>> write something out to the dreaded FLASH. >>> >>> On 9/19/2010 10:52 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Daniel Tan<taniel.dan at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I was under the impression that in some circles, it's standard >>>> practice >>>>> to >>>>> format your card each time you clear it (ie, download onto your >>>>> computer). >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Well yes. but when you overwrite the media too many times, you >>>> run the >>>> risk of leaving digital debris. I personally would not reformat >>>> more >> than >>>> three times. >>>> >>>> I'll probably be proven wrong by someone who can cite technical >>>> stuff >> and >>>> have never had a problem because they are speaking theoretically. >>>> >>>> I only speak from experience. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information