Re: IstD vs IstDS

[Herb Chong]

that CF cards are more failure prone isn't the issue. the issue is that 
every CF card, regardless of size, has the most danger of failure during 
insertion, and the more you have to insert into anything, the more likely 
something will go wrong. last i heard, it wasn't possible to change the card 
type in a *istD, so that means the fewer insertions, the better, given that 
direct cable connection is both much slower and has a connector that is at 
least as failure prone.

Herb...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: IstD vs IstDS


I suspect Rob's point is that if the socket that the card is going into is 
poor, the possibility of bending a pin due to a crooked insertion is that 
much greater.
I know it has been a PITA for us, including one glorious incident where a 
customer managed to short something with their CF card and let all the 
smoke out of our countertop unit.