Originally Posted by
slawecki
we have a 7D. just bent the pins in the camera that connect the CF. a search on google indicates this is very common problem. we shoot off a tripod with a 600 mm lens. is there some way to connect this camera to a memory device so we do not have to pull the CF card? even to connect it to a small notebook.
Must have inserted and removed CF cards on my XTi/400D, 40D, 5D and 7D hundreds (if not thousands) of times since 2006. Never bend a pin on the camera. Only the pins on cheap and poorly-designed card readers.
But yes, you can shoot without having a card if tethered to a computer. You can control all settings of the camera via the EOS Utility software.