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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: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:53:46 -0400
Probably the latter.  My wife is on my case all the time because I 
almost never print any of our personal photos of kids and grandkids.

Chuck Norcutt

ScottGee1 wrote:

> Fun!  Nailed to a tree.  Yeah, that's a common problem.  LOL!!
> 
> They missed the most brutal test of all -- formatting a card in one
> camera, writing some pix to it then inadvertently using that card in a
> different model camera from the same manufacturer.  Don't ask me how I
> know about this . . .
> 
> The other interesting factoid to emerge from that article is "Around
> eight out of 10 digital pictures are thought to never make it into
> printed form at all."  Wonder if that's based on the tendency to shoot
> a lot more pix because "they don't cost anything" or if people are
> satisfied by seeing pix on screens -- ranging from LCDs on the backs
> of cams to computer displays to televisions and projectors.
> 
> ScottGee1
> 
> On 9/14/06, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>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
> 
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