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08/04/2004 06:47:06 PM · #1 |
Good Evening Everyone,
I'm planning on buying a Nikon D70, hopefully next week, and I need to know which microdrive I should buy, or should I go with a compact flash? I don't want the most expensive nor do I want the least expensive. There are so many out there I just can't make up my mind. Any help that you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all,
Dale
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08/04/2004 06:59:21 PM · #2 |
I have a bias against micro drives. They contain moving parts which can be damaged if you drop them. My perspective is that solid state is better. Maybe this is old fashioned thinking, but I think it never the less.
I have a D70 with a 2 Gig Lexar 40x film card which I quite like. Will hold 190 raw images. |
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08/04/2004 07:14:09 PM · #3 |
All I-Pods are based on microdrives and i haven't heard of mass returns of I-Pods. The drive that is an I-pod is an hitachi drive nad there some people who have used the drives from the mini i-pods in their digital cameras. I think hitachi have modified the drives noe so that can't be done anymore but while it lasted people were buying mini I-pods and ditching the player and using the drives because it was cheeper than buying CF microdrive.
Check out this tread... //www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=20837&forum_id=52
Message edited by author 2004-08-04 19:14:29. |
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08/04/2004 07:22:33 PM · #4 |
I have a 1Gig Compact Flash and a 4Gig Hitachi Microdrive. I use the CF card 90% of the time because of speed, I only switch over to MD when I have need to take more than the 160 shots I can get on the CF,
Microdrives are slow, but 4 Gig does have its uses - like 440 shots on 1 card. |
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08/04/2004 07:52:18 PM · #5 |
| Go with Sandisk UltraII or Extreme. |
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08/04/2004 09:17:38 PM · #6 |
i'd recommend a sandisk ultra II memory card. you can fit about 80 raw images on a 512 meg card, many more if you're shooting jpeg. the microdrives are definitely cheaper by the meg, but the performance is better on CF, and more reliable too.
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08/04/2004 09:31:25 PM · #7 |
Avoid Microdrives. A good solid-state card will be faster and more reliable. SanDisk UltraII or Extreme, Lexar Pro, Ridata, and Transcend (my preference) are all good choices.
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08/05/2004 10:12:08 AM · #8 |
Thank you all for the info! Looks like I'll go with the Flash instead of the microdrive! Merely for the speed factor. Maybe later on I'll purchase a microdrive. Again, thank you all.
Dale |
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08/07/2004 05:03:06 PM · #9 |
Not to mention but ZipZoomFly has the Sandisk Ultra II for $82.00 and then there is a $20 rebate (purchased by 8/12/04). I have 2 on the way.
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08/07/2004 06:07:49 PM · #10 |
I have a microdrive and I've never had any problems. For me writing speed is not an issue but my microdrive is not slow, as far as I can tell.
June
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08/07/2004 06:18:19 PM · #11 |
I have 2 Hitachi 4GB Microdrives, they are slower than my 1 GB Sandisk extreme but they are very reliable. No problems yet.
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08/07/2004 06:45:27 PM · #12 |
| I HAD a 1 gig microdrive... Dropped it on a concrete floor... I have replaced it with a memory card. |
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08/07/2004 07:10:58 PM · #13 |
There's the old theory that if you have 4 CF cards, it's cheaper than losing/damaging an equivalent sized single flash or microdrive (because you've only lost 1/4 of your memory investment).
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08/07/2004 07:21:49 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by wwwavenger:
There's the old theory that if you have 4 CF cards, it's cheaper than losing/damaging an equivalent sized single flash or microdrive (because you've only lost 1/4 of your memory investment). |
Why I just added 2 more to my arsenal of 512's. Sound advice if you ask me. |
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08/10/2004 09:00:37 AM · #15 |
i would recommend the sandisk ultra II as well. i have 2 512meg cards, and they're usually all i need. if you shoot raw, you should get about 75 or so shots per 512 meg card. if you shoot jpg's you can get hundreds, depending on the quality of course.
the other thing is speed, the flash cards (the ultra II especially) are significantly faster than a microdrive. if you fire off any bursts, especially if you're using RAW, you could be sitting there waiting for the buffer to clear to the drive, while your subject moves away.
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