2006-12-29 20:55:27 · 7 answers · asked by s_fbal12 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
yes they can. I wouldn't use one for storage of precious pictures, and I'd make sure you back up to CD as soon as you can. All digital media can degrade. I had a 256MB Compact Flash that simply died, and I lost dozens of pictures.
Secure Digital (SD) is pretty reliable
2006-12-29 21:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by The Landlord 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my shop we use the same card until it dies or we loose it. I have seen XD and SmartMedia cards die. It is debatable as to whether this is normal wear-and-tear considering we are constantly using them and taking them in and out of cameras all day.
At any rate - their rate of failure is very very small and when they do fail it is likely do to some sort of abuse. In most cases when the cards fail they completely stop working.
Corrupted images are from batteries dying before the camera has finished saving all the data (which doesn't happen too often now that manufacturers have designed all sorts of counter measures to prevent this) or the cards being taken out while storing images. Despite the unlikelyhood of either of these things happening - they do still happen.
2007-01-02 16:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon. once you 'delete' something, you do no longer certainly do away with it from the media, you tell the media that the gap the place it is may be overwritten. as long as you do no longer write any new advice over what you 'deleted' then it is straight forward adequate to come back with uncomplicated 'restoration' utility. in case you write over part of the advice (and you assert you have used the cardboard on account that, so this may be the case), then it is plenty harder. some utility will attempt to 'reconstruct' the lacking records from what hasn't been overwritten, even if if it is totally hit & pass over. to sidestep this in destiny, be certain you have a back-up of all your photos in the previous you re-format a card, and in case you delete something by potential of accident then do no longer USE THAT CARD returned till you have recovered what you like from it. in case you in basic terms have one card, for sure you would be wanting yet another so which you do no longer might desire to apply the only with the deleted photos; SanDisk's extreme III selection of enjoying cards are no longer in basic terms a number of the suited, yet they contain (particularly good) unfastened restoration utility too! basically be certain you detect the main inexpensive expenditures on line, because of the fact they're particularly costly in shops... and sidestep eBay, because of the fact it is flooded with counterfeit memory.
2016-12-31 06:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing last forever. There are a few options for making your photos safe. One is back it up to another hard disk. Or Disc. Now I prefer to print out hard copies. Still the best backup. The other is to store it virtually in one of the many internet sites. I use Photomax. Check it out at http://www.geocities.com/lcming/Digitalphotography
2007-01-01 02:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not so much that they 'wear out' as if they were old shoes, but, as another answer says, they can become corrupt and unreadable. I agree you should not store your pictures on memory cards.
2006-12-29 21:44:37 · answer #5 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometime just back up everthing
2006-12-30 02:42:54 · answer #6 · answered by Orangie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-12-29 20:56:39 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋