Nope. It's a matter of the tab being in place to block the appropriate part of that opening where it resides. It doesn't turn anything on or off. It just closes a window. If it's not there, you have to glue something over the window to unlock the card. Paul
On Jul 12, 2011, at 4:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > I think it depends on which position the lock tab is in when it falls out. > > From: "P. J. Alling" >> I speak from experience if the tab is gone the card is locked. If >> you;d like I have a two Gig SanDisk Extreme card I'll let you have >> for half the cost of a new one, only missing the write enable/protect >> tab. >> >> On 7/11/2011 11:54 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >>> I think the opposite is true. If the locking tab is gone, you >>> cannot lock the card. Anybody? >>> >>> On Jul 11, 2011, at 17:03 , P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>>> Sure you don't have to worry about it, the camera thinks the card >>>> is locked and won't write to it, nor will any properly designed >>>> card reader. I wish I could get large capacity MMC cards which >>>> are just SD cards without a lock tab. But there is no such thing >>>> as a large capacity MMC card... > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3759 - Release Date: 07/11/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
