Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Waterproof SD Cards Make a Splash! Or Possibly Not.
Posted by Pat Logsdon in "HARDWARE" @ 08:02 PM
Have you ever dropped your SD card in the shower? Left it outside in the rain? Gone swimming with it in your pocket? Well, neither have I, but apparently a Japanese company thinks that the world needs a waterproof SD card. Dottocomu reports that "Adtec is to release a full range of waterproof SD cards (32MB-1GB) on April 20. In addition to adhering to JIS standards when it comes to water resistance and preventing moisture getting inside, they're also good at shrugging off shocks, shakes, and static electricity. Pricing ranges from Y2,500 for the 32MB version up to Y30,000 for the 512MB, with no information available about the 1GB version as yet. For all the cards' toughness, the maker offers one caveat--make sure they're dry before you insert them into anything."
Sage advice indeed. I can sort of see how this might possibly be useful to professional photographers in tropical locales. Do you think this product is all wet, or do you think it'll float? :mrgreen:
