Compact flash media stress test

[diana]

I ran across this webpage from TechTV and thought I'd share it

here.<P>

 

Who knew that compact flash was do durable?<P>

 

<A

HREF="http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/products/story/0,24330,3419550

,00.html">Is Your Removable Media Tough Enough?</a><P>

 

Includes...<P>

 

The ol' freezer test<P>

 

The black setting in the toaster oven<P>

 

Water torture<P>

 

Share your tales of durable (or not so durable) compact flash media

cards here.

[david_clark10]

Fun and games till someone tries it with Microdrive LOL!

[andry_hermawan]

Hi Diana,

I've never tested any, but I have an experience with my cheap compact flash 512 MB. Last thanksgiving, I went to Mt Rainier in WA, it was snowing, so very cold, freezing at noon and windy, I took a lot of shots, but in the middle of shooting, suddenly the LCD said "this card can not be used..." something like that, my d100 was like frozen, not responding, so i turned it off, and turned back on, then it worked fine, but then happened again, so turned it off and on again, worked again, and so on until about 7 times....

luckily, there was only 1 picture that messed up, the snow landscape pic somehow mixed with city pic that I took a day before...i found it right away cause i always checked.so the pic was 3/4 snow, and 1/4 city pic, on LCD or PC.

so i guess it was the weather and cheap compact flash could not work well, it was $113 for 512 MB shipped, from ebay. I have 2. It writes pretty fast, and i still use it all the time and not worry anymore.

I still think my compact flash are pretty though....

happy holidays....