Are any of the pins inside the CF socket bent or shorted?
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
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On 4/28/2013 7:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> That camera appears to need a bit of firmware rework. "Internal
> Storage Full" appears to be a mighty strange error message for a card
> that's inserted wrong end first and that can't possibly have any of
> its electrical contacts engaged. I wonder what the message is with
> no card inserted and if it can somehow tell the difference?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/27/2013 6:36 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 4/27/2013 5:20 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> I was talking to a woman the other day - she had a Canon
>>> something or other, one of those fixed lens, long zoom pseudo-SLR
>>> compacts. She asked me what this weird piece of plastic was
>>> around the front half of the lens. It didn't seem to do anything,
>>> got in the way and kept coming off. Was it a protective cover?
>>> No, Lea, it's the lens hood mounted in reverse. "Er, what's a
>>> lens hood?"
>>
>> We've had house guests, a couple from Canada for 6 days and now a
>> friend from Maine for 5. So I'm behind on the list again, and we
>> were out at an interesting botanical garden yesterday.
>>
>> Sensibly under an arbor, one woman, probably mother, was trying to
>> take a pic of another, likely her daughter, and clearly having
>> trouble. I offered to take their pic together. She said thanks, but
>> she kept getting an error message, which she showed me, 'Internal
>> Storage Full'.
>>
>> I asked about the card. She was unsure if she had it in, and handed
>> me the camera. It didn't take long to find the problem; the card
>> was inserted wrong end in. The designers of SD cards made it
>> impossible to put in with the contacts on the wrong side, but not
>> wrong end in. Of course, it wouldn't latch in, but the door would
>> close over it ...
>>
>> With the card in correctly, I took a snap of them together and went
>> on my merry way, followed by encomiums wafting on the breeze.
>>
>> I saw them a few times as we wandered, happily taking snaps of the
>> gardens. I felt good. :-)
>>
>>
>> Tech Support Moose
>>
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