Dropped my CF card!!

[J___]

as the title stated :( on concrete floor.... nothign seems wrong with it and still works. but does it affect the cf card? is it broken?
have u guys had experiences with dropping the cards? thnx!

[Ikinaa]

as the title stated :( on concrete floor.... nothign seems wrong with it and still works. but does it affect the cf card? is it broken?
have u guys had experiences with dropping the cards? thnx!

I use CF-Cards (not the micro-drives, only solid-state) (from Sandisk and no-names) for over three years now, my earliest work as good as on the first day. I guess I've already dropped all of them, already had them in my back-pocket. I guess you can't kill them.

I think there are even CFs that survived the WTC (http://www.skfriends.com/wtc-biggart-album.htm) and the pictures could still be read... so dropping one on a concrete floor...

[aam1234]

BBC did tests on CF cards, the only thing that damaged them was a hammer (IIRC). These guys are tough! so don't worry about it.

[DReb-MO]

...is it broken? have u guys had experiences with dropping the cards? thnx!


Yer kiddin right?

[FlipsidE]

With the exception of the microdrives, there are no moving parts inside a CF card. I would assume there's nothing in there that's easily breakable. I think you're fine.

FlipsidE

[aam1234]

Here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm) is the BBC report I was referring to.

[PJ]

These baby's are tough.
I can't find the link but there was a guy that had his camera set up too close to a bridge that was going to be demolished by and explosion. He actually got a pic of his cam being blown to bits. The CF card survived.

[Morden]

These baby's are tough.
I can't find the link but there was a guy that had his camera set up too close to a bridge that was going to be demolished by and explosion. He actually got a pic of his cam being blown to bits.

I can't find it either, but it is a great "action" photo! :)

[Kenski]

CF cards are solid state and have NO moving parts. what you have to worry about is breaking a solder joint and since these are point together by robots with very tight clearances, there are little to no room for error so you could throw these off a building and they will still work.. Wasn't there a link of a photographer shooting a destruction of a bridge where the camera was destroyed and the CF card lived to walk again?? These cards are WELL built. Since there is little room for movement inside the case of the CF itself, it lives again! :) Just like your brain in your skull..

[ScottE]

I've even had microdrives survive being dropped to the ground from waist height.

The only card/microdrive I have ever had fail was a Lexar CF card that stopped working in cold weather conditions. I think it was around -20 C. Fortunately I had a microdrive that continued to work. This was unexpected because I was using the CF card because I thought the microdrive would have problems in the cold. The Lexar CF card worked again the next time I tried it in warmer conditions, but I still don't trust it and never use it for anything important.

I now have a Sandisk Extreme CF card for winter use, but it hasn't got that cold here yet.

[SSonnentag]

Here are the bridge blast photos... http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html

[pcasciola]

That is a pretty impressive article, although it does seem a bit like Sandisk may have staged it based on the other camera that just happened to be taking pictures of the camera that got destroyed.

I think I'm confident enough to go run over my 1Gb Sandisk with my 6,000 pound Ford dually if that'll make you feel any better.

[Adam Hicks]

They say the Sandisk Extreme (which I use) has been tested to some pretty crazy tolerances, heat, cold, shock, etc.

If I have to drop ANYTHING in my camera kit, I hope it's just a CF card!!!

If I ever drop my 100-400L, I'll certainly weep like a baby.

[Persian-Rice]

I guess as long as you dont step on it and give it a little heel squeeze, it should be fine, CF cards are really solid things.

[J___]

phew! thats good to hear! i was pretty sure it would be ok since there's no moving parts. but i just wanted to make sure, since it's still under warranty :twisted:


when i read my CF card on the comptuer it's split into different folders, 123canon, 124canon, and canonmsc. depending on the number of pictures i take, the more/less folders there are. but whats determines the number of pictures in these folders? sometimes there are 4 in 1 folder, other times there are hundreds. then dont seem to follow a specific order....

[J___]

The formal group shots were a disaster. Nobody was standing. Everyone was laying on the floor, crumpled in pain.

what i dont get it...?

[Jesper]

NEVER DROP YOUR CF CARD!!!!

The formal group shots were a disaster. Nobody was standing. Everyone was laying on the floor, crumpled in pain. I don't know what I'll tell the B&G.

:shock: :lol: :lol:

[Jesper]

The formal group shots were a disaster. Nobody was standing. Everyone was laying on the floor, crumpled in pain.

what i dont get it...?

It's a joke............ :roll:

[photamat]

I once took a few test photos in best buy to test the digital rebel and put the CF card in my pant pocket. Went home and forgot to take the CF out of my pocket. The pants went to washer and subsequently to a dryer. Out it came sparkling clean and smelling fresh. All the photos were in tact and the CF card worked perfectly well. I guess this is how you was your digital negatives. :D

[Perfect_10]

I once took a few test photos in best buy to test the digital rebel and put the CF card in my pant pocket. Went home and forgot to take the CF out of my pocket. The pants went to washer and subsequently to a dryer. Out it came sparkling clean and smelling fresh. All the photos were in tact and the CF card worked perfectly well. I guess this is how you was your digital negatives. :D

done the same .. came out nice and clean .. label was a little faded, but it still works fine

[Liang]

I handle my CF card badly. Drop many times, get wet few times. Still working now. No problem at all.

[CyberDyneSystems]

One of my Viking CF cards was dropped in the ocean.. it bounced off the concrete sea wall first and landed in about 4 inches of salt water!

I washed it with distilled water and let it dry for a week.

A year later it still works...

[J___]

One of my Viking CF cards was dropped in the ocean.. it bounced off the concrete sea wall first and landed in about 4 inches of salt water!

I washed it with distilled water and let it dry for a week.

A year later it still works...

:shock: :shock: :shock:
wow! salt eats the circuits! im surpirsed...

[Perfect_10]

One of my Viking CF cards was dropped in the ocean.. it bounced off the concrete sea wall first and landed in about 4 inches of salt water!

I washed it with distilled water and let it dry for a week.

A year later it still works...

:shock: :shock: :shock:
wow! salt eats the circuits! im surpirsed...

I bet it can't get in the tiny holes .. so no damage done

[Jon]

when i read my CF card on the comptuer it's split into different folders, 123canon, 124canon, and canonmsc. depending on the number of pictures i take, the more/less folders there are. but whats determines the number of pictures in these folders? sometimes there are 4 in 1 folder, other times there are hundreds. then dont seem to follow a specific order....

There should be a max of 100 photos in each folder (123CANON\IMG_2301.JPG - IMG_2400.JPG for example). The first 2 digits in the IMG_ file name will echo the last two digits of the folder's name. If you change cards in mid-folder, the new card will start numbering where the old one left off (assuming continuous, not reset, numbering), so you may have fewer than 100 in any given folder on any given card. You shouldn't have more than 100 though.

[J___]

oh ic.

but sometimes one the first folder has 4, while the rest preceeding it have maxed out pictures in them.... and i used the same card

wouldnt it make sense to max out the first folder b4 the camera records in the next?? weird

[neutral]

...is it broken? have u guys had experiences with dropping the cards? thnx!


Yer kiddin right?

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[CyberDyneSystems]

Neutral..

I take DReb's meaning to be more supportive.. ie: "Yes.. we all drop our CF cards at some point"

So.. to paraphrase your words of caution with less "colorful language"

No need to get testy :) :wink:

[DReb-MO]

Neutral..

I take DReb's meaning to be more supportive.. ie: "Yes.. we all drop our CF cards at some point"

So.. to paraphrase your words of caution with less "colorful language"

No need to get testy :) :wink:

That's correct. Dropped mine from time to time and have "never" had an issue with a CF card. Would love to have seen the post from Neutral. Maybe next time

[Jon]

oh ic.

but sometimes one the first folder has 4, while the rest preceeding it have maxed out pictures in them.... and i used the same card

wouldnt it make sense to max out the first folder b4 the camera records in the next?? weird

If you're set to continuous numbering and you just filled up the card with \DCIM\122CANON\IMG_2296.JPG, then put in an empty card the first picture on that new card will be \DCIM\122CANON\IMG_2297.JPG. You've already taken the preceding 96 photos and downloaded them (or left them on another card) and it doesn't want you to get duplicate numbers. Remember, the camera's actually a bear of very little brain, and the easiest way for it to know when a folder's full is to start a new one when the last image taken ended in 00. After \DCIM\122CANON\IMG_2300.JPG it'll start a new folder with \DCIM\123CANON\IMG2301.JPG, which will accept 100 frames. Of course if you go swapping cards wildly, you can get some very random sequences, but there'll always be 100 of fewer frames in a folder. I had one card with \DCIM\147CANON\IMG_4736.JPG - IMG_4753.JPG, then \DCIM\153CANON\IMG_5328.JPG was the next one (or numbers to that effect). I'd pulled the card for one reason or another IIRC it was a MicroDrive and I was going to be at some altitude).

If you've chosen the "Reset numbering" option, every new card will start at \DCIM\100CANON\IMG_0101.JPG.