Re: IstD vs IstDS

[Herb Chong]

a given vendor's cards all have about the same failure rate, regardless of 
size. that means that the more cards you have, the more likely you will have 
a failure. conversely, if you have a failure on a large card, it will be 
more destructive only if it disables the card completely. soft failures 
where a single image is corrupted is more likely. OTOH, inserting and 
removing a card is about the same probability of damage no matter what kind 
of card or capacity.

Herb....
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Subject: Re: IstD vs IstDS


I shoot RAW exclusively and use 1 gig CF cards. I don't mind switching 
cards after 72 frames. I figure if something goes wrong with a card, at 
least I won't lose too much. I've never had a card problem, but I'm not 
certain that I never will. However, I will invest in some 2 gig cards when 
the price drops.