Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/14

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Subject: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:34:53 -0700
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I have managed to kill at least two card readers by bending their CF
pins, although I have never have a dead CF card yet.

I use SD more often, and at least two physically broke like others
have described, and have failure of a card may be after 2-3 years of
use. Then I just threw them out.

I do not have a camera that allows both choices. It's either or.

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
wrote:
> That's been my experience as well. I prefer SD cards.
>
> As for read/write speeds, they're quite equivalent. SD cards were faster 
> for a couple of years, but CF cards seem to have caught up. For similar 
> size and performance though CF cards seem to be more expensive, probably 
> because SD sales are many times that of CF cards.
>
>
> On 2011-08-14, at 2:56 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>
>> I've had a lot of problems with CF cards and readers, but never with
>> SD. ?Sample size is low, but my bad luck has always been with CF.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:07 AM, J. Newell <john.o.newell at comcast.net> 
>> wrote:
>>> In theory, that's right, but how often do you read reports of 
>>> bent/broken pins? In contrast, reports of physical/electrical failures 
>>> in SD card cameras and readers are surprisingly common.
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 9:38:19 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
>>>
>>> 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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>
>
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com
>
>
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