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How's this for a Compact Flash Card Marketing photo op? An article at CNet News tells the story of how the camera that took this photo did not survive the explosion, yet the CF card within did! The photographer, Don Frazier, luckily survived because he wasn't close to the camera when it snapped the picture. "Earlier this month, 50-year-old Frazier was assigned by the Southeast Missourian newspaper to take photos of the dismantling of a section of a highway bridge along the Mississippi River. He set up three digital cameras, about 240 feet away from the bridge, on the Missouri side of the river in Cape Girardeau, Mo. That was too close, as two of the cameras were damaged and a third was totally destroyed--but not before capturing images of the bridge's final moments.
The 256MB SanDisk CompactFlash card used in the camera survived the blast and stored the images until Frazier could later download them to his PC. The cards are solid-state media, which means that the circuits are made of solid materials and have no moving parts.
"After looking at the camera, I was amazed that the card worked," Frazier said. "The card was literally blown out of the camera and was sitting a foot away from what was left of the camera."
Honestly, if it were me, I wouldn't be celebrating or gloating about how my CF card survived an explosion...but rather I would be calling to see if my 3 digital camera warranties cover explosions.
JJB
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