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Old Jun 5, 2012 | 6:54 am
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Originally Posted by rkkwan
Must have inserted and removed CF cards on my XTi/400D, 40D 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.
Likewise - no bent pins on my Canons yet (dating back to 2004).

Besides shooting from the camera, if you can get the pins gently bent back so you are able to put in a CF card, then put in a big card (8 GB or 16 GB) and use a USB cable to dump the photos to an external device periodically. There's also a wifi attachment for the camera, not sure whether it supports all functions or not.
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