Lexar 40X CF Card

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About the only time you hear about a product is when something goes wrong.

So, I would like to tell about something good.

I was getting ready to leave for work one morning and before I went out the
door I checked the capture counter on my D100. It read -E- and I patted my
pocket to see if my Lexar 512mb 40X Compact Flash Memory card was there. It
wasn't there and then I had to think about the last place I saw it. Then to
my horror I remembered that I had put it in my shirt pocket (I wear a
uniform and the shirt pockets have flaps), and I had washed that shirt the
night before.

I went to the garage, opened the dryer and pulled out the shirt. My CF card
was still in the pocket. Fearing the worst and not wanting to take a chance
on harming the camera, I put the CF card in my computer. The CF card was
immediately recognized. Then I put it the camera and up popped -519- which
is the normal number of captures for the quality that I keep the camera on.

Lexar makes a good product...

Brian
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"SkyPilot" <skypilotnospam@writeme.com> wrote in message
news:1j3ks0tl9rceeu9d84598l4hnrm9h8e915@4ax.com...
> About the only time you hear about a product is when something goes wrong.
>
> So, I would like to tell about something good.
>
> I was getting ready to leave for work one morning and before I went out
the
> door I checked the capture counter on my D100. It read -E- and I patted
my
> pocket to see if my Lexar 512mb 40X Compact Flash Memory card was there.
It
> wasn't there and then I had to think about the last place I saw it. Then
to
> my horror I remembered that I had put it in my shirt pocket (I wear a
> uniform and the shirt pockets have flaps), and I had washed that shirt the
> night before.
>
> I went to the garage, opened the dryer and pulled out the shirt. My CF
card
> was still in the pocket. Fearing the worst and not wanting to take a
chance
> on harming the camera, I put the CF card in my computer. The CF card was
> immediately recognized. Then I put it the camera and up popped -519-
which
> is the normal number of captures for the quality that I keep the camera
on.
>
> Lexar makes a good product...
>
> Brian


I hate to be the pessimist, Brian, but you're not out of the woods yet. The
problem that you have started is called corrosion. It doesn't happen
overnight.

Clyde Torres

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I washed a Palm Pilot a year ago. It didn't fare well, but the SD card is
still in service.
Damned cargo pockets!

"SkyPilot" <skypilotnospam@writeme.com> wrote in message
news:1j3ks0tl9rceeu9d84598l4hnrm9h8e915@4ax.com...
> About the only time you hear about a product is when something goes wrong.
>
> So, I would like to tell about something good.
>
> I was getting ready to leave for work one morning and before I went out
> the
> door I checked the capture counter on my D100. It read -E- and I patted
> my
> pocket to see if my Lexar 512mb 40X Compact Flash Memory card was there.
> It
> wasn't there and then I had to think about the last place I saw it. Then
> to
> my horror I remembered that I had put it in my shirt pocket (I wear a
> uniform and the shirt pockets have flaps), and I had washed that shirt the
> night before.
>
> I went to the garage, opened the dryer and pulled out the shirt. My CF
> card
> was still in the pocket. Fearing the worst and not wanting to take a
> chance
> on harming the camera, I put the CF card in my computer. The CF card was
> immediately recognized. Then I put it the camera and up popped -519-
> which
> is the normal number of captures for the quality that I keep the camera
> on.
>
> Lexar makes a good product...
>
> Brian
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Brian J. Rueger | Hampton Div. of Fire & Rescue | "Who dares
> wins"
> Lt./Paramedic | Fire Communications Officer | Hampton, VA.
> B.S. Comm/I/SEL Pilot | MSgt, USAF (Ret.) 49199 | NREMT-P
> Check out my home page: http://members.cox.net/brueger
> Some of my photography: http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/34185.html
> "Life's too short to drink LITE beer!"
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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"SkyPilot" <skypilotnospam@writeme.com> wrote in message
news:1j3ks0tl9rceeu9d84598l4hnrm9h8e915@4ax.com...
> About the only time you hear about a product is when something goes wrong.
>
> So, I would like to tell about something good.
>
> I was getting ready to leave for work one morning and before I went out
the
> door I checked the capture counter on my D100. It read -E- and I patted
my
> pocket to see if my Lexar 512mb 40X Compact Flash Memory card was there.
It
> wasn't there and then I had to think about the last place I saw it. Then
to
> my horror I remembered that I had put it in my shirt pocket (I wear a
> uniform and the shirt pockets have flaps), and I had washed that shirt the
> night before.
>
> I went to the garage, opened the dryer and pulled out the shirt. My CF
card
> was still in the pocket. Fearing the worst and not wanting to take a
chance
> on harming the camera, I put the CF card in my computer. The CF card was
> immediately recognized. Then I put it the camera and up popped -519-
which
> is the normal number of captures for the quality that I keep the camera
on.
>
> Lexar makes a good product...

Are you sure it's Lexar?

I's say it's really your washing machine company that makes a good product!

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Kibo informs me that "Clyde Torres" <clyde_torres@hotmale.com> stated
that:

[washed CF card]

>I hate to be the pessimist, Brian, but you're not out of the woods yet. The
>problem that you have started is called corrosion. It doesn't happen
>overnight.

True. The solution is to 'bake' the card in a dry, warm (not hot!)
environment for a few days to drive out the moisture. Putting it in a
small box with some dessicant sachets (eg; from pill bottles or
equipment boxes) & in front of a heater should do the job nicely.

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SkyPilot wrote:
> About the only time you hear about a product is when something goes wrong.
>
> So, I would like to tell about something good.
>
> I was getting ready to leave for work one morning and before I went out the
> door I checked the capture counter on my D100. It read -E- and I patted my
> pocket to see if my Lexar 512mb 40X Compact Flash Memory card was there. It
> wasn't there and then I had to think about the last place I saw it. Then to
> my horror I remembered that I had put it in my shirt pocket (I wear a
> uniform and the shirt pockets have flaps), and I had washed that shirt the
> night before.
>
> I went to the garage, opened the dryer and pulled out the shirt. My CF card
> was still in the pocket. Fearing the worst and not wanting to take a chance
> on harming the camera, I put the CF card in my computer. The CF card was
> immediately recognized. Then I put it the camera and up popped -519- which
> is the normal number of captures for the quality that I keep the camera on.
>
> Lexar makes a good product...
>
> Brian


..... maybe if you had used enzyme soak cycle things would've turn out
different?

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