Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:57:30 -0700
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SD cards can split apart, bending the inside guts as it's pushed in.
Lots of fun!
S.d.

On Aug 13, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:

> The readers for CF cards, being multi-pin, are easier to damage, as
> are the the in-camera connections.  If you bend or snap a pin,
> everything is ruined.  I have had a reader that broke and caused me
> considerable grief, but I eventually recovered the files.  SD cards
> have a sliding contact and there are no fine parts that can get bent
> or break.
> 
> Marty
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 10:39 PM, J. Newell <john.o.newell at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>> CF cards have faster write speeds but are physically larger and tend to 
>> be more expensive than SD cards. Not relevant for most users, they also 
>> have a higher potential capacity.
>> For the fumble-fingered, they're harder to drop. ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> As a non-technical impression, I read tons of posts about problems with 
>> SD cards and don't remember the last time I read about a CF card problem, 
>> but that's just impression, not science.
>> 
>> 
>> John Newell
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:34:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
>> 
>> Question on the type of memory card used...
>> 
>> Is there any advantage to a CF card relative to a SD card? Vice versa?
>> 
>> Yes, I realize one card is smaller than the other... but I wonder why
>> Nikon ( for one) uses CF cards in some cameras, and SD cards in 
>> others.....
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> Red735i at earthlink.net
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
>> Of A.
>> Lal
>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:54 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
>> 
>> 
>>> I have also looked into the D700, which seems to be unfortunately very
>>> hard to find in dealers shelves, outside of the >occasional demo.
>> 
>> Rumours are that the D700 is no longer being made and will be replaced by 
>> a
>> 24MP FF model later this month.
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000)
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Message from john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell) ([Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000)
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