Re: Canon EOS 300D, Rebel, CF Repair, Covington
From: W. Wat son (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 01/21/05
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:43:38 GMT
Pierre Vandevennne wrote:
> "W. Wat son" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in
> news:28WHd.1317$r27.651@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>
>
>>Thought I'd throw this into the thread while the link is still fresh
>>the trial is that it did recover the images, but if I really wanted
>>them, I would have to pay $29.95 for the software. I expressed some
>>dismay at that approach to marketing, but see others have a similar
>>policy.
>
>
> Yeah, sure, I tried to contact Meade so they could lend me a RC for the
> comet, but they didn't :-)
>
> Well, we tried the free trial approach and it just doesn't work. People
> recover their pics and never ever buy. Didn't prevent them from asking
> for support. In easy cases, most software will work. In difficult cases,
> we will almost always recover more (I'd hate to say always, but I am not
> aware of any standardized comparison we lost)
>
> It should be noted that unlike some of our competitors, we do guarantee
> our preview 100% -
> http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/lyingthumbnails.htm
>
> anyway, since our market is 80% professional photographers, $30 is really
> nothing to them if it saves the bride...
>
>
>>I mused about why Canon and other camera mfgers didn't provide
>>it.
>
>
> Some do. They licensed it. But they don't advertise it much because they
> don't want to imply that their camera could lose pictures.
>
>
>>They have a software product called Image Restore for $29.95 (phone
>>contact) and they also have the same product for free (got this from
>>an e-mail I sent them). Interesting marketing. From the descriptions,
>>I don't see any difference. Here's the link to the free version
>><http://outbox.lexarmedia.com/son-download042107/PcIR2.0.zip>. It's
>
>
> If you have a Lexar card, that is again normal. They provide the software
> for free with some of their cards.
>
>
>>8Meg. It does work. Maybe it's better on Lexar cards. I have no idea.
>
>
> Nope. The only difference comes when some cards have specific problems
> and the manufacturer is able to reflash the firmware.
>
> In any case, the biggest factor in card reliability is its build quality
>
> http://www.datarescue.com/laboratory/cfcompare/index.htm
>
>
>>Well, it just finished my second attempt (without the thumbnail
>>checked), and looks like it delivered the goods. I don't think it
>>restored the images on the CF, but they are certainly on my HD.
>
>
> Check that _all_ the images displayed as thumbnails are valid full size.
> From the description of your initial problem (a simple user error) they
> should be, but you never know.
>
> Restoring on the CF is never a good idea as it would obviously overwrite
> the data on the card itself.
>
> (OK, last post on this topic from me, I don't want to be accused of
> hyping - if anyone has questions/comments, they are welcome to mail me
> directly)
Hi, I must say I liked your interface better, and at some point will likely
buy it. $30 is a good price. However, since this was my very first series
of shots with the camera, I started to wonder how many times am I going to
bungle the download as I did? Just an innocent mistake in that I had
downloaded about the first 7 images before, and was going to download the
whole bunch when I goofed. The Canon s/w was showing only the first seven,
and I confused them with what I already had on disk. Bingo! Wrong ones. I
have a feeling I'll do it again some time. :-) C'est la vie.
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