On 11/2/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > Well, I didn't have to wait long. While out shooting today
> > with the camera set for both raw and large JPEG's I shut the
> > camera off prematurely. I thought the OFF switch was a soft
> > switch and that the camera wouldn't power down until any I/O
> > activity was completed. Apparently not so for the 5D.
>
> Does anybody else find this to be rather disturbing? Was this
> just a one-time quirk of the 5D or is this a normal
> design-flaw--you know, like prematuraly opening the CF door
> while it is still writing?
>
> I shudder to think that it would be this easy to corrupt a CF
> card. No Canon-bashing, just highly concerned as I prematuraly
> shut-off my cameras or open the CF doors while file writing
> maybe once a month.
>
> AG
"Disturbing" is putting it mildly. I wonder how many photos I would
have lost if the E-1 worked this way. I didn't realize any major
digital camera lacked file capture safeguards. It's what you get used
to I guess. I'm glad to know of it at least.
Joel W.
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