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04/22/2006 03:05:19 PM · #1 |
at Circuit City
Yes, I love causing you all trouble with your spouses by posting these amazing prices I keep finding! :P
And yes, grabbed me one while I was in the store today. I went there looking for a headset for my office phone.... don't ask how I ended up with a microdrive... seems to happen to me often though! lol
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04/22/2006 03:26:06 PM · #2 |
| doesent a microdrive eat up your battery too fast |
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04/22/2006 03:37:48 PM · #3 |
From what I hear the battery usage is minimal. There is SOME battery drain, but not enough to really notice.
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04/22/2006 05:07:58 PM · #4 |
We use these 4gb microdrives in the 20D for weddings and the like. The battery usage is nominal.
For those who don't have a Circuit City nearby I noticed Best Buy has them on sale (at least in the store) when I stopped by yesterday. It saved me a trip across the road to CC since it was the same price.
Kev
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04/22/2006 06:50:15 PM · #5 |
I use the 4gb Hitachi Microdrive for everything. I also have a few CF Cards up to 1gb but never use them. It's great to shoot RAW and be able to take 600 shots. Battery life has not been a factor although I do use a battery grip on my 20D with two batteries. I imagine if you drop it hard it may be easier to damage than a regular CF Card but if it's in the camera the camera and lens will break first. I trust mine completely at at $119 now thats a good deal.
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04/22/2006 07:33:42 PM · #6 |
| I noticed that two of the six reviewers at the Circut City web site had problems with this drive and the 300D - any experiances here to verify or contradict that??? |
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04/22/2006 07:38:42 PM · #7 |
I didn't look at the reviews, but I have the exact same microdrive and a 300D. The write time is so slow it's painful. 4 frames in burst and I'm out for about a minute. And then I take 4 more shots and I wait again. If you shoot sports, candids where the perfect moment matters, anything where you would use burst (more than 1 frame) I wouldn't recommend it. Shooting in a controlled enviroment (like my lightbox) it works fine. Course, nothing moves. Guess it would do well on landscapes/scenery also.
BTW - it might make a difference that I shoot exclusively in RAW.
Message edited by author 2006-04-22 19:40:22. |
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04/22/2006 07:49:20 PM · #8 |
You can usually find pretty good prices on all memory here:
Pricewatch
Newegg
Although I am not sure what a TwinMOS is it is only $102
I don't have any experience with a Microdrive but I have always heard they are slow.
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04/23/2006 01:10:38 AM · #9 |
I agree the microdrives are slower than the premium CF cards. I also agree that if you are doing sports action photog and need very rapid multiple shots then it may not be the answer. I shoot only RAW and it can still take several rapid shots but then does take a few seconds to write them. At $119 for 4gb it's cheaper than a cf card same size.
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04/23/2006 01:44:34 AM · #10 |
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