Will e heat from 7Hi kill my Compact flash

[morganoh]

I had discovered that my Compact Flash card tend to be very very hot after 5-10mins of usage.

Will this heat kill my CF card?

 

[aong]

So far so good on my side... as in the heat is very strong, and i left it in the cf slot until batt runs out.. and it's very hot :\(!


but after 8 mths, ... still okie so far..

 

[aosis]

Should be ok ...

 

[Winston]

Memory chips can withstand high heat (up to 60 degrees maybe :dunno: ), I think even if your hand gets burnt from the heat. The CF will still be able to withstand the heat and function.

 

[matthew]

Originally posted by morganoh
I had discovered that my Compact Flash card tend to be very very hot after 5-10mins of usage.

Will this heat kill my CF card?

Not all the heat is from the camera. The CF cards them selves get hot - my CF cards get pretty toasty when in my laptop as well.

The D7* powersupply is in the 'grip' which doesn't help the heat in the CF area, however I would rather a hot grip than a hot CCD chip.
(Image noise is directly related to the temp of the silicon).