> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:38:16 -0600 (CST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Microdrives.. Reliable? > > I knew that the D30 accesses the microdrive at approx. 70% > the speed of a D1 (700 kb/s vs. 1000 kb/s), but I didn't > know that access to flash cards is slower as well.
That is due to interface imitations. Probably also a result of the Kodak contract that lready crippled the AF. > Perhaps that's why the D30 has less of a problem with > heat generated from the microdrive!? No, the drives rotational speed is the same in D30 and D1. The D1 is simply known to be less than compatible for the MicroDrive. > http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/ > Looks like the 1gb microdrive isn't that slow after all. Indeed. I use an external Datafab firewire reader to transfer my images, and you suddenly notice how fast the drive can be. The limitation is the camera. > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:52:18 -0800 > From: "Icoz, Evrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: EOS Microdrives.. Reliable? > > 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. With all the beatings in mind that my microdrive has taken, this sounds like either the MicroDrive has been used in a Nikon D1 flavor of camera or that it is a foul excuse for accidentally formatting the card. -- Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ja, eben. F�ngt mit Sat an und h�rt mit Ire auf. :) Uih, voll drauf ausgerutscht! Wie peinlich... :-) * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
