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    Any Self Remedy for Bent Card Prongs??

    Well, apparently my exercising has DRAMATICALLY increased my strength. I pushed in the CF Card and something wasn't right. So I tried again. This time my camera says card not formatted for this camera - but it is. So I look inside and there are two of the prongs (both to the outermost edges on either side) that are bent. I carefully tried to straighten them to no avail, one is now broken off. Am I right that this means a trip to the camera hospital?? Sure didn't need this...
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    Re: Any Self Remedy for Bent Card Prongs??

    Have you tried a different card?
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    Re: Any Self Remedy for Bent Card Prongs??

    I did. Same deal. Called two local camera shops and they both want about $150 for repair. When the camera asked me to reformat, I did, but then it couldn't do it.
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    Re: Any Self Remedy for Bent Card Prongs??

    Quote Originally Posted by Shebang
    I did. Same deal. Called two local camera shops and they both want about $150 for repair. When the camera asked me to reformat, I did, but then it couldn't do it.
    That is less than I thought it would cost. It's is not a fun job and the pitch of the connector is so small you have to worry about solder bridges between the connector pins. And the shop has to have a surface mount repair station which is not cheap.
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