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DNHayashida
27th of October 2003 (Mon), 11:41
I was taking some pictures of a basketball tournament and started to reach the capacity of my CF card, so I took a spare out of my camera bag and put it in my pocket. I ended up not using the spare card and forgot I had it in my pocket. It ended up going through the washing machine and dryer.

Just in case it was still wet inside I let it dry out for three days, then put it in my camera (a G2). The camera remained blank when I switch it on. No power up, no flicker - nothing at all. Okay, I really killed my CF card...

But when I tried to download a good CF card through the camera, Zoombrowser says no images on CF card. The images display fine on the camera in Review Mode. The pictures transfer fine with a CF card reader. When I go back to the camera it still says "No images on CF card".

So, a little advice - If you kill or damage a CF card DO NOT PUT IT IN YOUR CAMERA!!

Darryl Hayashida

DNHayashida
28th of October 2003 (Tue), 15:33
I reset the camera by taking out the battery and leaving it out overnight. Once powered up it downloads pictures ok again. I will not put the bad CF card in the camera anymore!
Darryl Hayashida