microdrive ?

Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks for
any comments .

Mark

I don't like Microdrives, as they are fragile. I have seen too many dropped
and rendered useless.

"emski" wrote in message
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Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks for
any comments .

Mark

I don't like Microdrives, as they are fragile. I have seen too many dropped
and rendered useless.

"emski" wrote in message
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Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks for
any comments .

Mark

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:07:18 -0500, "Darrell" wrote:

I don't like Microdrives, as they are fragile. I have seen too many dropped
and rendered useless.

Just stop and think of all the things that are used in the course of a
normal day that if dropped and made useless. Does that mean we don't
use them or are more carefull? Like what about the camera they go
into, that's not less fragile?
I happen to use 2 4G ones with no problems, even dropped one once.




"emski" wrote in message
. com...
Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks for
any comments .

Mark

Why risk using a microdrive when flash memory is getting cheaper by the week
and far more reliable ?

I flooded my D70 whilst diving. D70 is a write off but the flash memory
still works.

Dropping a mcrodrive is not always a problem but using them in high humidity
and varying temperatures and altitudes will cause problems sooner or later.


"IDIDIT" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:07:18 -0500, "Darrell" wrote:

I don't like Microdrives, as they are fragile. I have seen too many
dropped
and rendered useless.

Just stop and think of all the things that are used in the course of a
normal day that if dropped and made useless. Does that mean we don't
use them or are more carefull? Like what about the camera they go
into, that's not less fragile?
I happen to use 2 4G ones with no problems, even dropped one once.




"emski" wrote in message
.com...
Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast
is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks
for
any comments .

Mark

Why risk using a microdrive when flash memory is getting cheaper by the week
and far more reliable ?

I flooded my D70 whilst diving. D70 is a write off but the flash memory
still works.

Dropping a mcrodrive is not always a problem but using them in high humidity
and varying temperatures and altitudes will cause problems sooner or later.


"IDIDIT" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:07:18 -0500, "Darrell" wrote:

I don't like Microdrives, as they are fragile. I have seen too many
dropped
and rendered useless.

Just stop and think of all the things that are used in the course of a
normal day that if dropped and made useless. Does that mean we don't
use them or are more carefull? Like what about the camera they go
into, that's not less fragile?
I happen to use 2 4G ones with no problems, even dropped one once.




"emski" wrote in message
.com...
Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast
is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks
for
any comments .

Mark

I flooded my D70 whilst diving. D70 is a write off but the flash memory
still works.
well looks like I dumped idea of buying one.
Thanks
Mark

Like a previous poster, I have 2 of the 4 GB Hitachi microdrives, which I
picked up for $139 each (after rebates). Been alternating them and using
them for about 3 months with no problems. When I purchased them, a 4 GB
compact flash card would have cost $299 - $379 each (depending on write
speed). I do handle them with care and I imagine that they are more fragile
than the compact flash cards, but they gave me the best bang for the
buck----- sure, if funds were unlimited, I would have gone for the Sandisk
Extreme 4 GB (I think they are available now for about $429).


"emski" wrote in message
om...
Any experience with 2.2 GB microdrive to use with Canon 20D ? how fast is
writing RAW files or is worth it at all to use one like this ? Thanks for
any comments .

Mark

I have a 1G Hitachi microdrive and for most purposes it's just fine. I
ended up buying a 1G solid state Compact Flash for the primary reason
that preview is so much faster. When you're shooting sporting events
and you take lots of shots and only have time for quick reviews then
the microdrive is too slow.

Regards, Travis

From: "AntiSpam"
Date: 1/5/2005 7:24 AM Central Standard Time

Dropping a mcrodrive is not always a problem but using them in high humidity
and varying temperatures and altitudes will cause problems sooner or later.

I am sure you are right, but I have a 370 MB micro drive that is 3 years old
and a 1 GB micro drive that is a year and a half old. Both have been used from
sealevel to well over 10,000 feet altitude, humidity over 95% and temperatures
from freezing to over 100 degrees. The 370 MB drive rode in the camera during
a fall from a table top to a concrete floor. I have taken over 8,000 photos
using the 1 GB drive and over 3,500 using the 370 MB drive. They both work
fine, but some day they will fail.

Micro drives are not the fragile devices many people believe them to be.

Ron