I have read at wedding boards (zuga.net) that microdrives are very easily erased wiht just a slight hit. One person dropped it from about6 inches and everything was gone. With weddings, obviously, this is a serious shortcoming. I think she was just taking the microdrive out of the compartment in the camera and it slipped.
Evrim > -----Original Message----- > From: M.J.Shupe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Microdrives.. Reliable? > > > You might want to check the storage card tests at www.robgalbraith.com > (I think there may be a similar one at www.dpreview.com), which shows > that, with the D30 at least, the best flash cards are only > about 1.5x as > fast as the microdrives. This may have changed a little in his new > test, but I think that test was only for the D1x. A lot > depends on the > camera, rather than the max write speed of the card. > > Also, something to consider is the size of the card...several 128MB > cards are not as good as a single 1GB for my use, because I have to > switch cards after about 30-40 shots. With wildlife, this > can make the > difference between getting a shot and not getting a shot. Of course > this is less of a problem now that there are 512MB and 1GB card coming > to market, though they are still quite expensive. > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
