Re: [Thinkpad] Nikon Coolpix 5.1 megapixel camera

The potential risk is about the same with all 11 memory card formats. You
had errors. But any memory card can have similar types of errors... It can
be the reader, but it is usually errors recorded by the chip, or damage from
dropping, shaking, heat, or other impact.

All it really means is do NOT use any memory card to store important data.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Alex Austin <circuitsoft.alex@gmail.com>
wrote:

> An xD picture card is a NAND flash chip /without/ an on-card
> controller. I think that makes it much more sensitive to the reader,
> since one controller does not stay with the flash chip.
>
> If you try enough readers, you'll probably find one that works just
> fine /for her particular camera./
>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Aryeh Goretsky (home)
> <goretsky@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > My mother has an Olympus digital camera of some sort which uses the
> less-
> > common xD-Picture Card flash RAM media. I tried removing the card and
> > reading it with different readers on several different computers, and
> after
> > each time performing read operations, there were problems seeing the
> card
> > in the camera.
> >
> > I do not know if this was due to the particular cards she used, my card
> > readers or something else. Unfortunately, given situational
> constraints,
> > I was unable to investigate the problem further. The cards were
> repairable
> > using an inexpensive data recovery program from the guy who writes IDA
> Pro.
> >
> > In her case, the solution was to always use the manufacturer's
> proprietary
> > USB sync cable and software.
> >
> >
> > I have never had a similar problem with a camera that used CompactFlash
> or
> > SD/SDHC cards.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Aryeh Goretsky
> >
> >
> > At 05:42 AM 4/14/2008, you wrote:
> >
> > >Message: 5
> > >Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:59:41 -0300
> >
> > >From: Frank K-F <ferko@attglobal.net>
> >
> > >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Nikon Coolpix 5.1 megapixel camera
> > >To: David Reid <dwreid@hiwaay.net>
> > >Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
> > >Message-ID: <4802C89D.8070108@attglobal.net>
> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> > >
> >
> > [...snip...]
> >
> >
> > >One comment I'd like to add. All this talk about hooking a camera to
> > >the computer to down load is really superfluous. If you have an open
> > >USB port, SANDISK and others have flash card readers that work better.
> > >Or you might consider PC-Card Adapters (they come in various flavors),
> > >that, again work better ... and you won't have to load tons of
> > >bloatware, most of which is of very limited function, to
> > >import/"process" your images.
> > >
> > > From the peanut gallery,
> > >Frank K-F
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
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