On 22 Jan 2004 at 19:49, John Francis wrote: > As for damage: as long as you don't drop the camera while the drive is > spinning, and avoid pounding the card with a hammer, you should be OK. > All the regular motorsports shooters I know use nothing but microdrives > (probably because, until recently, they were *much* cheaper than CF), > and these guys don't baby their cameras like we do.
I've heard of microdrives suffering damage during removal and handling too, best handled by the edges gently. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998