I just joined the list yesterday, and have already been enjoying the threads.
Earlier this week, I had every intention of purchasing the new MagicStor 2.2GB Microdrive which is retailing for about the same price as a high speed 512 MB Compact Flash here in the States. Also this microdrive is only 33% more expensive than the IBM 1GB drives for over double the storage.
This list gives me the ability to ask:
1. Has anyone used this product?
2. Would anyone trust it being that it is relatively new?
3. When a Microdrive fails, does it fail by sectors like the
solid-state CF and older SCSI devices, or all at once like a
standard hard drive?My work is not mission critical, being that I am more of an advanced hobbiest and Photography is not my primary source of income. Most of my work shooting in the Camera RAW format and is Auto-Bracketed, so a loss of one or two images will not hurt much.
I do have a 256 MB Compact Flash chip which I am using right now, but I do not have my own laptop and so a 2.2 GB would really help when I am outside my mini-studio. With the Canon 300D, the 2.2GB chip would allow me to save approximately 90 unique shots 3x Auto-Bracketed in the native RAW format.
I appreciate any advice!
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