I've posted this a couple of times, but if it were an SD card it would be either be snapped in half or inside the dog...
http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/cfcardassnack.html Adam Maas wrote: >My experience is that CF is more fragile in actual practice than SD. >CF's can and will shed the metal sides on occasion, exposing the ircuit >board, especially when dropped or stepped on. SD's are rather tough in >actual fact, and able to survive a fair bit more abuse. > >-Adam > > > >P. J. Alling wrote: > > >>I have both a D and a Ds. So I use both cards. The shortcomings of CF >>cards mainly seem to be the mechanical connection. There's been much >>talk about pins breaking off on devices that accept them. If the CF >>socket is well designed and implemented, and you have 1/2 of a clue >>about what you're doing, that doesn't seem to be much of a problem. SD >>cards have a much more robust connection. On the other hand they are >>probably more fragile, but due to their size it would take an effort to >>snap one in half. My main complaint about the SD cards is their size. >>They are physically too small. If I'm in a hurry when using the *ist-D >>I can just drop a CF card in a pocket and pop an new one in the camera. >>Not really recommended but I'm not too worried about losing it. I would >>never do that with a SD card, it might disappear into the pocket lint. >> >>Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Comments made by Joe Tainter got me to spout off about the superiority of >>>SD cards over CF cards. After posting my comments I began to think about >>>what I said. Can anyone make a case for CF cards as being a better choice >>>than SD cards, apart from some CF cards having a greater capacity than the >>>current highest capacity SD cards? >>> >>> >>>Shel >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
