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01/26/2006 12:12:24 PM · #1 |
Just curious if anyone has used or has any opinions on the Seagate 8GB microdrive?
In RAW with my d70 I could take 1400 pictures before this monster was full, that sounds awesome to me (in theory at least).
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03/26/2006 08:08:47 PM · #2 |
bump.
I've just been looking at this today also. I know it's more fragile than Flash memory, but has anyone had any horror stories?
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03/26/2006 08:11:58 PM · #3 |
No experience with a microdrive. I ahev heard they are slower. Why not just spend the extra $50 and get this:
Stand alone hard drive
I bought it and it works great. I have 2-1GB CF cards and when one is transferring to the hard drive I can use the other one to shoot.
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03/26/2006 08:40:34 PM · #4 |
As I mentioned in a previous thread, I have had a horror story with a 1GB Microdrive...it just conked out on me and is now useless. Imagine 8GB lost!
The solid state stuff is 99% better in my opinion. I reckon having a seperate hard drive for back up could be a better option and then buy some CF solid state cards...
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03/26/2006 09:22:59 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by rex:
No experience with a microdrive. I ahev heard they are slower. Why not just spend the extra $50 and get this:
Stand alone hard drive
I bought it and it works great. I have 2-1GB CF cards and when one is transferring to the hard drive I can use the other one to shoot. |
Nice!
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03/26/2006 09:29:13 PM · #6 |
I have the Hitachi 4Gb microdrive and I, too, was very skeptical before I picked one up. Granted, these are mechanical devices rather than solid-state electronics so there is a chance that some piece could fail. I have run a 1Gb CF card through the washing machine and still used it with no loss of images and I doubt the 4Gb drive would do that but I've had no problems out of mine for a year and that's including weddings (although at weddings we always back it up by giving that shooter some 1Gb CF cards to use if something goes wrong). It is definitely slower so that on the 20D it takes much longer to unload a burst from the cache to the card than with a CF card.
Ya pays ya money and ya takes ya chances but my experience has been good.
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03/27/2006 06:20:07 PM · #7 |
just found this :
Originally posted by amazon:
I have had this item for approximately 90 days. I have used it to take about 500 photos in that time. I just took a handful of photos and removed the card to open them in photoshop, and the card started clicking and clicking and it cannot be recognized in Windows. I put it in another card reader. Same. I changed computers: same. I put it back in the camera (a Nikon D70) and received the CHA error, which means the card isn't functioning.
I recommend avoiding this product. It is NOT sturdy enough to trust your images to it. I have three Sandisk CF cards (Two 1GB Ultra II and a 1GB Extreme) that while are smaller in capacity, have never given me a bit of trouble (and they read & write faster as well).
I can't believe I lost so many images. I never should have trusted a miniature hard drive to be sturdy. I treated this thing like it was made of gossamer strands and it still died on me.
Don't trust it. If I could give it lower than one star I would. |
Message edited by author 2006-03-27 18:25:32. |
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03/27/2006 06:29:21 PM · #8 |
My 1GB microdrive must be 4 or 5 years old now and is yet to drop an image.
YMMV
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03/27/2006 06:53:47 PM · #9 |
I bought a 2GB Hitachi microdrive when I got my camera - at least a couple of years ago. No problems. I got it because it was the cheapest per MB card I could find. However, as mentioned, it is slow - my D70 had to wait for it after 3 or 5 shots.
I recently got a high speed 2GB flash - D70 shoots without slowing. (I just do .jpgs, not raw.)
That speed wasn't available in the 2GB size for a price that I was willing to pay back then, so I think it was worth it for me. But going forward I don't expect to buy any more microdrives. |
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