Hi All, Has anyone had any (bad) experience with static zapping their CF (or any other media for that matter) images or some high powered x-ray/metal detector corrupting their images? I too am always afraid of losing all my digital images. With film at least after processing has the safety of a more primitive storage basis which is a bit more permanent in my eyes.
Jack --- ginormus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
