Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

The same IC (memory chip) goes into both cards, the adapter is less than an inch of "wires",
Why (and how) would the micros be slower???

The contacts are gold plated, they don't tarnish.
(Unless maybe one gets their lunch on the contacts, but then the contact springs "wipe" (under a bit of pressure) the card contacts (one can see the wear on the card contacts. They should be kept relatively clean though.)
The extra set of contacts are not a real problem.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Those that don't understand things are fearful of them.

kmielen Loc: Eastern NC

This is the strongest reasoning yet for micros... avoid wear and tear on the camera mechanisms.

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ROTFLMFAO, puuuuure UHH .....

BebuLamar

I am not sure if I use the microSD with an adapter for my camera I can pull the microSD card out without removing the adapter from the camera or not.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Biddy card, fat fingers (no nails), I have an adapter for each micro and just remove the whole thing.
Not like I'm doing it 10 times a day.

BebuLamar

My post is in response to the one post that said he use the microSD to prevent wear on his camera so I take it he meant he doesn't remove the adapter when removing the microSD card for downloading the images.

dbjazz Loc: Long Island, NY

Why use two items when one will do the job?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Correct.

My post was in response to leaving the adapter in the camera and removing the micro from the adapter.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Why not?
When combined they are "one item".

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Needs finger nails, or grippy tweazers. There *might be* certain cameras where its just too awkward to be worth it.

For my project, if a camera happens to be too awkward then I would just use one thaz more convenient for the purpose. My mini laptop PC has one card slot and its for mini.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I wired a radio station in my early 20s. The chief engineer taught me a very valuable lesson: When confronted with a choice of more or fewer connections in any circuit, it is always a SAFER bet that the circuit with fewer connections will be more reliable! Connectors, switches, and cables are the most likely failure points in electronics.*

I hate those damned adapters. I've been screwed twice when my kids loaned me SDXC Micro cards in an adapter. They corrupted one job and outright failed to mount properly on another. NEVER AGAIN.

I do not scrimp on cards. If a device CALLS for a Micro SD card, I'll use one, but I'll use the Micro SD slot on my high speed card reader, rather than put the card in an adapter to read it. I simply won't use a Micro SD in an SD adapter.

*Static electricity and AC power surges (spikes) come second. Bad connections are often responsible for those AC power line spikes! THINK: "back-wired" AC receptacles on outside walls of homes built in the last 40 years or so… Moisture from condensation causes corrosion to start. That builds up a resistant film that leads to arcing, pitting, and those power spikes that damage electronics. The gripping fingers in the backs of those cheap outlets fail due to metal fatigue and relax their grips on the wires. I've replaced dozens of them over the years, always using the screw terminals of higher quality receptacles when I do.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Bummer. I've not had a problem with any micros in adapters in the years I've been using them.
I have no qualms about micros in adapters.

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My SAFER BET does incude an extra set of contacts (as explained at the outset).