[pct-l] memory cards

[Denis Stanton]

On 20/07/2008, at 4:51 AM, Dusty Wallace wrote:

> Has anyone ever had problems with memory cards? Using a Sony camera  
> and had
> picts on memory card look at them in Redding and drove back to WA  
> for two
> days, taking my time. Could heat have damaged it or what could have  
> caused
> this???

Yes, memory cards can fail. With most micro-electronics heat is the  
main enemy.  And possibly moisture. I haven't had a problem myself,  
but my son, who does more hiking and photography than me, reports  
problems with the cheaper brand I was buying.  He trusts SanDisk and  
Kingston (YMMV, of course).

Are you using the same reader?  I don't know which card type you have,  
but with SD cards there are driver incompatibilities, particularly if  
you get above 2GB.  There is a chance that your card is ok, you are  
just trying an incompatible card reader.

Denis Stanton
denisstanton at mac.com