> > I have toyed around with considering a microdrive (IBM now sold to > Hitachi). There is the MagicStor drive also, but seems to get enough > bad press to be risky. I believe the microdrive does use more power > and is susceptible to damage from dropping, etc. Can anyone verify > that?
The Microdrive draws about twice the current of a CF card. That said; I've put over 300 images onto microdrives (some RAW, some JPEGs) using one set of 2100mAh NiMH rechargeable batteries. As for damage: as long as you don't drop the camera while the drive is spinning, and avoid pounding the card with a hammer, you should be OK. All the regular motorsports shooters I know use nothing but microdrives (probably because, until recently, they were *much* cheaper than CF), and these guys don't baby their cameras like we do. Tanya & Frank should probably stick with CF cards, though :-)
