There was also a case where a remote camera was setup to shoot a bridge
demolition. They got the camera a little too close and while it
dutifully recorded the explosion on the CF card the camera itself was
destroyed by flying debris. But the CF card survived to show the image
of the start of the explosion.
But that's ruggedness and not really the kind of longevity I'm talking
about. I want to know if it will survive 100 years sitting quietly on
the shelf.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Wish I could find it but someone did a test a few years ago between a
> CF and a microdisk that included dropping, freezing, heating and
> other tortures. Eventually they nailed them to a tree.
>
> Found it:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3939333.stm
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>
>>One thing I know absolutely nothing about is the expected life of an
>>image on a CF card which is just sitting on the shelf. I don't
>>know if
>>it's essentially unlimited or if all those little magnetic bits
>>eventually dwindle away to nothingness.
>
>
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