Jens Bladt mused: > > Congrats Dave > >I see what you all mean about the CF card door. > >Bit of a pain,but i'll work out something > Open the door. Press the button. Tilt the camera to the right. > Pull it out, using the nail of your right thumb - enough to take it the rest > of the way with two fingers.
Sure. Now try that with a MicroDrive. On occasion you'll need to exert rather more effort than you'll be able to manage using the above procedure, and unless you're applying the force *exactly* in the direction needed to remove the media all you'll do is wedge things in a little harder. (I'm not sure where you'd apply pressure with the thumbnail, either; there's no ridge on the upper surface of a MicroDrive, and the camera body prevents you getting at the lower surface) I carry a special tool (basically a pair of oversized tweezers with a small lip at the end of the blades); other folks have added little extraction handles to their CF cards using some variety of adhesive tape. I'd be very cautious trying that with a MicroDrive; they're already thicker than a regular CF II card, and you don't want to end up with something that will be too thick for the available space. Make sure you use a thin tape if you try that, and check the corners regularly every time you go to re-insert it.