On 24 May 2005 at 17:51, Tom C wrote: > What I've attempted to say is that, if one wants to save a fair amount of > money over a larger size compact flash, a microdrive is a viable > alternative.
I agree, it's an alternative. > All things considered, if I can save $150 - $200 by purchasing a 4GB > microdrive instead of a 4GB CF, then I have that much to spend on something > else, like another lens, or even a second microdrive. The cost difference to me in like paying once off insurance, 4GB sure holds a lot of images, I'd be rather irritated if I lost that many in one hit in the case of a failure. > I'm not arguing for microdrives and against CF. My watch has moving parts as > well, lots of things have moving parts. Whether a microdrive is more reliable > than a compact flash is likely more a factor of how it's cared for and the > particular unit that arrived at my door. I may buy a microdrive tomorrow that > breaks a month from now, or it may never break and will become obsolete long > before it matters. Your watch has moving parts yes but it has no where near the precision required to cram 4GB on a single platter and it likely won't suffer deleteriously from a decent jarring shock. What was trying to get at is that small and fragile is a bad combination, I agree if MDs are handled carefully they shouldn't fail due to mechanical stress however it's really easy to mishandle CF cards, this I have first hand experience with. > I'm only pointing out the obvious, that microdrives are made to work with > DLSR's and DLSR's are made to work with microdrives, and the price > difference for larger capacities is still significant enough to make me > ponder. Because people have asked for it and the companies making the devices see potential for sales and profit, neither scenario necessarily indicates that it's actually a good idea for the consumer? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
