My Sony ICD MX-20 pocket recorder wasn't supposed to work with 4 gig cards,
but it does. But I tried an 8 gig card this year, and while it loads, there is
an on-off stutter during the recording. I thought the recorder was faulty, but
having other MX-20s, I started substituting cards, and found they all work fine
with 4 gig and smaller cards, but all "stutter" with any 8 gig card. Nuts !!
On a more positive note, I just got back from what I hope will be a "Fang"
discovery of a male Pileated Woodpecker working on a dead tree. I had seen a
similar-sized hole on the other side of the tree during my annual Jan-March
pre-leaves search for holes and busy woodpeckers making new holes.
Dressing in full camo gear, ( Bugs-Off from Orvis, etc., is treated material
which works for both mosquitos & Ticks ) I staked out the hole from a ditch,
using a padded canoe seat. Two hours later, up comes the male and starts
working. I can't see what he's doing because I'm on the old hole side of the
tree. After an hour, he gives a series of calls, soon answered from the north,
and up comes the Mrs. - to advise him on where she wants the pictures, I hope.
I stay quiet, take a few snaps, and they both spook. When I get home, my
quick pics are too dark, because of the bright sky background, but I have big
hopes for the future observation of a nesting pair in the wild. And, of
course, I grabbed a recorder with the wrong card still inside, so the call
sound is botched, too.
But I have great expectations...
And, I just came back from a California visit with my brother's OM 600mm
Prime... :)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 3:14:59 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [OM] Missing in action . . . and OT Mac question
I can testify to the fact that ram is easy to change. I put 16 gigs in my
Macbook Pro--despite Apple's assertion that it only takes 8-- and it fairly
screams.
--Bob
On Apr 6, 2012, at 4:06 PM, SwissPace wrote:
> I would suggest the laptop route as well but a 17" macbook pro remove
> the superdrive and put in a disk caddy then replace the harddrive with
> an ssd and move the hardrive to the caddy, simple to do and easy to
> reverse, ram is also easy the change now. Apple I believe still get the
> newest intel processors before any one else ( part of the deal when the
> moved to intel)
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