Ken, did you get one of the Hitachi 4MB MDs from Circuit City? Quite a
deal, that!
I did and other than checking to make sure it worked and sending in the
rebate paperwork, haven't done anything with it.
I did muse on the cost differential between it and the 1MB IBM MD I bought
for $400 back in '01. At '01 prices, the 4MB would have cost $1600. Net
for the one I just bought is just under $70.
BTW, my original IBM 1MB works just fine thank you and has never had a
hiccup.
ScottGee1
On 7/27/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The 8G is $300 thus less than $40 per GB.
> > I know many like to have more than one card...
>
> I just got a 4GB Microdrive a couple of weeks ago. The price
> was quite decent. It performs quite well in the Minolta, but in
> the E-1 it's quite the slug. Of course, I'm comparing to a 40x
> card.
>
> I wouldn't recommend the MD card when shooting bursts of RAW
> images--that's for sure. But for standard one by one images,
> it's fine. Will I get another MD card? Highly doubtful.
> Reliability issues with MD cards seem to be highly
> exaggerated--there's a fear of "mechanical issues", but in
> practice, few people have ever had a problem with them.
> Probably more problems with standard CF cards!
>
> I've been trying to stress-test the 4GB Microdrive. Pretty tough
> to do in any timely manner. It takes a while... It will come
> in handy, though, for doing video clips with the A1.
>
> I learned to not worry about heat with the MD cards. The
> operating temperature range takes it up to "cook fingerprints"
> level. Even the camera manuals warn about the dangers of
> removing hot cards from cameras.
>
> Oh, and a sidenote. Low-end Sandisk cards (found in Walmart,
> etc), appear to have been upgraded with faster controllers. The
> last one I bought is almost as fast as my 40X Lexar.
>
> AG
>
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