If you still happen to have the snapped off bits of pin, then putting them in the corresponding holes will work TEMPORARILY. What will happen afterwards is that after tiny shakes your camera receives. Whether that's walking around with it or putting it down. will cause the pins to dislodge a bit and the photos will kind of corrupt when you try to access them. So then when you try to put them back correctly the pins don’t come out the holes easily and in conclusion it is unlikely that you’ll get them back in the same way without losing them like I did or with them actually falling inside the CF card, which is apparently possible. Solution: Well the first solution is to go to a shop like Jessops to get it fixed. NOT HAPPENING!! Because the CF reader dslr s are older models it’s harder for them to get the parts, they will usually replace the whole reader unit, Costing you more than the price of the brand new 250D (400 quid), so you might as well get that. But it seems a waste. I wanted to be sure buying the...