Uploading Pics

The method i use at the moment to upload my pics is to remove my CF card from my 40D and use a card reader to transfer to PC.
Will this method cause wear on the CF card or camera or is there a better way.
Any help would be appreciated.
Tony.

Everything causes wear and tear and one day your card might die because of it. Of course, the cards are rated at something like 100,000 or so insertions so the chances are that the card will be obsolete way before it wears out. Heck, I still have some 8k (yes, kilo) cards and they still work.

Thanks, I didn't know if USB or bluetooth would be a better option or what method most people use.

Thats the best method. I would think you'd need to do it a million times before wearing the card out. They are so cheap and growing in capacity at such a large rate anyway that you'll probably buy a new one in six months anyway.

Anke wrote in post #6094715
Thats the best method. I would think you'd need to do it a million times before wearing the card out. They are so cheap and growing in capacity at such a large rate anyway that you'll probably buy a new one in six months anyway.

I agree. I take my cards out and put them in a card reader. It is cheaper than the body of my camera.

I think i am more concerned about the wear on the pins inside the 40D

Mintam wrote in post #6094735
I think i am more concerned about the wear on the pins inside the 40D

As long as you don't force it, hit it with a hammer or put it in at stupid angles you'll be fine. Some pros go through cards in minutes and are always swapping, Canon has designed it to take this punishment. Just don't be too forceful.

I just looked up a Sandisk standard grade sec sheet and MTTF is 300,000 cycles.A-Open, one of the cheaper cards says minimum is 10,000 cycles. So even if you removed and inserted the card every day, it would take 30 years to hit the minimum for a cheap card.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

People have bent the pins in their camera slot.
I always give mine a very slight jiggle with slight pressure before pressing it in.

I think people have to be in a real rush or something and be forcing it in to bend the pins. CF seems like the best media as far as durability, looks much easier to me to put a SD card or other smaller card in backwards and break something.

I agree DStanic, but people have bent them.