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[OM] Re: CF longevity, was: Re: Film vs. Analog - interesting read

Subject: [OM] Re: CF longevity, was: Re: Film vs. Analog - interesting read
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:09:55 -0700
Wish I could find it but someone did a test a few years ago between a  
CF and a microdisk that included dropping, freezing, heating and  
other tortures. Eventually they nailed them to a tree.

Found it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm

Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA


On Sep 14, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> One thing I know absolutely nothing about is the expected life of an
> image on a CF card which is just sitting on the shelf.  I don't  
> know if
> it's essentially unlimited or if all those little magnetic bits
> eventually dwindle away to nothingness.


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