Originally posted by crazymarc Just another idea: When i look at the golden contacts of the card i hardly see any sign of contact to the connectors in the camera. usually there are little scars from the connectors on the golden contacts. Probably this is another reason for memory card errors some of the other forum users have....
Would be nice if you check your cards and post short reply :-)
My Sandisks Extreme 8 GB cards do not show any wear on the contacts, despite I am moving them near constantly between camera and card reader. My older Extreme 2 GB cards show just slight signs of wear. I cannot compare that to cheaper cards, as I have been using Sandisks Ultras and Extremes for the last three years exclusively
In my own experience all memory card problems I had in the past were due to poor card quality. Since I dumped cheap cards, these three years ago, I have not had a single problem. I mean, even Sandisks Extreme are cheap, when you compare it to the cost of film/development and printing, of a similar number of shots of just one useage cycle... There is really no economic sense in using cheap cards.
Ben