Originally Posted by
sstorkel
Pray that the camera doesn't corrupt the filesystem either. I have a buddy who is a semi-pro photographer. After having a camera corrupt one of his larger cards, causing him to lose important even photos from several events, he now uses multiple smaller cards and swaps cards after each event (if not more frequently).
I used to worry about that. Ten years and 30,000 photos later without a single problem I happily put all my eggs in one basket. There are services available to recover most images from a corrupted memory card - expensive, but in a pinch the images are not all lost by any means. In the past I would take my card to a Target photo lab and back them up on a CD/DVD to send to my wife back home for viewing while I am on the road. Target ditched the labs several years ago. Finding a new friend in a coffee house to burn a disk for a free latte is probably not too difficult these days. Or transferring to a thumb drive for backup. I spend zero time worrying or praying about the card tho. Modern high-end cards are pretty tough, so long as you follow protocol when disconnecting from any MAC/PC/TV. Don't just yank the data cable to disconnect. That's begging for problems.