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

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Subject: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:04:34 -0500
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On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov
<s.dimitrov at charter.net>wrote:

> SD cards can split apart, bending the inside guts as it's pushed in.
> Lots of fun!
>

Yes, I've had this happen twice, both times with 16 gig SD cards.




> 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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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000)
Message from john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell) ([Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000)