Not really sure whether to blame the adapter or just its age. I'm not sure how old it was, as I think it came included with an older digital camera I bought a few years back. But yeah, a word of warning. Check the plastics of the adapter every now and then to ensure that it hasn't become loose / broken. Because that's exactly what just happened to mine. The plastic at the top where the connectors are has broken away and made the SD card adapter become stuck inside the camera. I tried to take it out but it would only budge enough to release itself from the spring clip that secures it inside the camera. So I pushed it back in hoping it would become unstuck, but it didn't do the trick. In the end I had to forcibly remove it from the slot.
The tops gone
The result: the camera is broken. The connector pins inside the SD card slot of the camera have been bent out of shape, and now the camera won't even turn on. With it being in such an enclosed space, there's not much chance of bending them perfectly back into shape and reconnecting them without opening the camera up. And even with opening the camera up, I don't think it will be easy and there's no guarantee of being able to repair it. I might try and fix it as some point though when I get some time. Shame really that it broke, because I liked this camera. The Samsung WB500 has served me well over the years. Was working just fine before this. Taken out by a dodgy SD adapter.
Inside the cameras SD slot. All bent out of shape.
My own fault I guess. I should have checked it more thoroughly beforehand. Anyway, I'm just thankful that it was an adapter and not a normal SD card. At least I can easily take the smaller card out of the broken adapter and save all the images that were on there. If it would have been a normal card that had broken like this it would have been much more difficult to extract the pictures from the card. And normal cards, mostly the cheaper ones, do break exactly like this adapter did, so be careful.
