I'll send you my dead 4gb Hitachi microdrive for testing if you want to find out how fragile they are.
My first CF card (a Sandisk 15mb which I got on sale for $159USD back in 1997 for my Ricoh RDC-2e still works, and almost holds two RAW files from the 20D 9I only use it when I'm shooting JPG :D). Tom P. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EOS CF Cards for 20D > > Paul Wasserman wrote: > > >Check out www.robgalbraith.com for his extensive CF Card > database, and > >www.dpreview.com for a more limited set of reviews. > > > >Paul Wasserman > > > > > > > OK, what I have learned so far is the the basic CF card speed > is 150KB/S and that the nnX is an idicatoer of how many times > faster than 150KB/S the card is, That, from what I have > read, doesn't mean that > the camera will necessarily be able to write to the card that > fast. > This depends on the camera. > > I think I have also learned that depending on the camera a > microdrive may work. I wonder how 'fragile' a udrive is > compared to a CF card. > There are no moving parts in a CF card so it seems to be more > rugged. > I'm not gonna pound nails with my 20D when I get it, but an > accidental > bump may be the bump of death for a udrive. Right? > > One thing I haven't found out yet is CF-I vs CF-II. What is > the difference? > > Thanks, > > Bob * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
