I've just got a new camera that can take either CF cards or IBM Microdrives. I want min 1Mb, but what are the pro's and cons of either?

Microdrives chew batteries because they have a rotating drive.

Compact Flash cards now go up to ?Gb so get one of those.

Originally posted by mikey
Compact Flash cards now go up to ?Gb so get one of those.

Wow, just seen one that holds 4GB !

http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040211e.html

Thought my 512MB SD card was big :P

WOW :wow: have you seen the price? $999. I can get a 1Mb Microdrive for about £100 with a PCMCIA adaptor, but I can't see a 1Mb CF card for less than £150. :(

Cheapest 1Gb CF I have found is this Clicky (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=51192)

I presume you do want 1Gb rather than 1Mb?

apparently the hard disk in the new mini ipods have standard CF connections, so if you want a cheap 4Gb drive for £200 (or whatever they will cost), if can bear to take one apart!

http://www.studio2f.com/archives/000438.php

:D yes I did mean 1Gb!

With a PCMCIA adaptor for say £10, it's still 45% more expensive than a microdrive though.

AND! I checked microdrives on eBuyer and came up with this one (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=UFNTaG93UmVzdWx0cw%3D%3D). 2.2Gb for £117. Now that is cheap memory.

I don't understand why a solid state CF card is more expensive than a moving part super miniaturised CF hard drive. Can anyone enlighten me?

Originally posted by mikey
Microdrives chew batteries because they have a rotating drive.



Tony I refer you back to my original point, its a no brainer, I have both btw. I have a microdrive for a Pocket PC and CF for Camera.

Fair comment Mikey. Mind you, I could buy an extra battery, AND have double the memory for nearly the same cost. Decisions, decisions. :confused:

I only have a 1GB microdrive and smaller flash. What would be useful to know is the comparative save times as that might be a good indicator one way or the other.

Originally posted by ncrossland
apparently the hard disk in the new mini ipods have standard CF connections, so if you want a cheap 4Gb drive for £200 (or whatever they will cost), if can bear to take one apart!

http://www.studio2f.com/archives/000438.php

Sacrilege! Leave the iPod mini alone. I offer up for slaughter the craptastic muvo2:

How-to get a 4GB for less than £200 (http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/hacking_the_muvo2.php)