Gerry Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: >I'm planning to switch from film to an EOS 10d, and I was wondering how >people on the list with digital camera bodies store their images. I mainly >photograph natural subjects, typically while hiking or on road trips. And I >think I'll mainly be shooting RAW images, to maximize image quality. So >I'll need a lot of portable storage (carrying a laptop computer is not >going to work for me). The best price per megabyte seems to be for the 1GB >IBM Microdrive. I'm also looking at the Delkin eFilm PicturePad, which >contains a 40GB hard drive. So I could periodically transfer my images from >the Microdrive to the 40GB hard drive, and have just a single Microdrive. > >However, I was reading a page on dpreview.com which says that the 10d is >rather slow at saving images. The article therefore recommends buying the >fastest CF card available (and I think flash memory cards are faster than >Microdrives). But this does not make sense to me. If the 10d is inherently >slow to transfer data to storage, then there is no point in buying the >fastest memory card available, because the camera (not the memory) will be >the performance bottleneck. > >So, my questions are: is the IBM Microdrive a good match for the 10d? And >is anyone using the PicturePad to archive data while travelling with their 10d?
It depends on how fast you want to shoot bursts. I have two CF cards, both cheap slow ones. I can still shoot a continuous 9 frame burst, it just takes a little longer to get to shoot more, since the camera has to write out each file. You can gain a couple of seconds there for sure with fast CF cards. But I generally don't shoot more than the odd 3 or 4 frame burst, usually have plenty of time to wait, and have never had need of a faster card. I don't want a microdrive because of it's fragile nature and in ability to shoot in high altitudes. I would advise 2 Cf cards, both 1 gig. That'll get you 250 RAW shots or so. If you do some camera deleting of crap, you can get an awful lot of good images on those. The TV hookup comes in real handy in a hotel room for previewing image by the way. Many of these TVs have a front hookup. I really think CF cards are the answer. They might not be the cheapest per meg, but they are tough, small, and fast. They'll last you for years. Just get as many as you need. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
