I've often dreaded that scenario. The idea of using a few 128M cards during the trip would provide a hedge against drive failure. With moving parts, I've always assumed a drive has more potential to fail than a solid state memory card. Not sure this is true, but that is what it seems to me.
Maybe there is failure/reliability data on the web for cards, drives. Just last night I was imagining a camera that had room for two redundant cards each of which was written with the same data. Storage is (relatively) inexpensive and card slots are small, so this seems doable. Even worse than losing your own memories would be to lose a wedding client's memories. I'm so glad that your story had a happy ending. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of captgww Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EOS Digital So, after a seven week wait my new while waiting I bought another rechargeable battery on ebay. If the price is not approximately $45, the battery is not a Canon brand. I also purchased an IBM 1 GB MicroDrive. Yup, no more film costs, processing, etc. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
