[Leica] Canon and Lexar users

[mcyclwritr at comcast.net (mcyclwritr@comcast.net)]

After I picked up a SanDisk 1GB Ultra II* Wednesday, I dropped my Lexar 1 GB 
80x in the mail. I didn't even want to think about the mortification that 
would follow shooting two weddings Saturday and discovering that one of the 
cards had failed.** Sorta' shakes a person's faith in a brand. 

By the way, I think Canon's firmware updates, at least one I saw for the 
20D, are unrelated to the Lexar 1 GB 80x's problem. 

-Chris Lawson

*$90 at Costco. Of course, the Ultra II is not the double-testosterone 
Extreme XXX, but I don't look to subjecting a CF card at a wedding to 
anything more severe than a whack from a ricocheting garter.

**A couple M6TTLs, Noctilux, 75 Lux and a dozen+ rolls of film will be on 
the bench. Because you just can't trust that new-fangled electricity stuff.  
  


> The 80x cards are being recalled, the firmware on the CF card cannot be
> upgraded by the consumer.
> 
> Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Dory" Subject: RE: [Leica] Canon and Lexar users
> 
> 
> > Both companies now have upgrades available on their respective web sites.
> > Last month, this was a big deal, now, you just have to walk someone
> through a firmware upgrade.
> >
> > Don