Care for CF Cards

[rascey]

I remember reading somewhere in the instructions, for my first Digital camera that used a CF card, to use the usb cable to download rather than taking the card in and out. The chances of bending or damaging a pin was higher the more the card was removed. We have a Canon 1000D at work that has just needed a service after the pins were bent and it wasnt a cheap invoice.

[ZedEx]

But the 1000D writes to SD, and the only real way one can bend the pins in this case would be forcefully inserting the card the wrong way round.

I remember reading somewhere in the instructions, for my first Digital camera that used a CF card, to use the usb cable to download rather than taking the card in and out. The chances of bending or damaging a pin was higher the more the card was removed. We have a Canon 1000D at work that has just needed a service after the pins were bent and it wasnt a cheap invoice.