My wife presented me with a 16gb card that she had washed and dried...and it's not the first time! Each card worked fine after the wash and dry cycle. They are tougher than they look. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:42 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Aahz Maruch >> >> Howdy, >> >> Larry Colen "made" me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person >> decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on >> kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). >> >> So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD >> cards, and I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, >> particularly people with K-5/K-30. >> >> -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >> http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> "Red meat isn't bad for you, fuzzy green meat is bad for you." >> > > I've been using 4GB cards with the K-10D and 8GB cards with the K-20D. I'd > probably go with at least 16GB cards for a K-5. > > Tiger Direct has a retail store here, and I get almost all of my memory > cards from them. Prices on 16GB Class10 SDHC cards today are about what I > paid for 4GB & 8GB Class 4 cards ($12.99), and 32GB Class10 SDHC cards were > $22.99. > > I tend to fill the cards up & swap them out for the one in the battery grip > before downloading them to my computer. Because of that, I prefer to have > more small capacity cards on hand rather than fewer large capacity cards. > > That way, I will lose fewer images that way if I do manage to screw up a > card. > > OTOH, I found an SD card in the dryer a while back that I had apparently put > into my shirt pocket after downloading and it was still readable after > having gone through a wash & dry cycle (no bleach). > > So far, I've only ever had one card failure (the first 4GB CF card I bought > for my *ist-D) that did not involve destruction of the plastic case > > Will 32GB Class10 SDHC cards work with the K-20D? > > > -- > 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.
