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From: "Steve Morris" <Stephen.Morris@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera
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Subject: Re: Microdrive or not?
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 23:10:13 +0100
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Hi

Thanks for the reply.

However, you may have answered my questions implicitly, but I wonder if you
could clarify the following.

How suseptible is a Microdrive from camera movement (e.g general handling,
jolts etc) ?

Any ideas on how using a microdrive as opposed to a solid-state CF card
affects battery life? I would imagine a Microdrive uses significantly more
power than a CF card because of the moving parts, but I may be wrong.

Apologies if I'm repeating myself a bit..

-- 
Regards

Steve
"Roger Gelder" <roger.gelder@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:5pabc.3685$4N3.3112@newsfe1-win...
> Like Bernie, I got a microdrive to go with my Minolta Dimage A1. With
image
> sizes of 7 MBs in RAW (best resolution) and the need to store perhaps a
> couple of hundred or more during a holiday, I have just bought a second
1GB
> for stand-by. I also bought a second battery, but not the Minolta 1400
mA.h
> lithium ion - I went for a 1800 unit called a DSP 9000, which attaches to
> the camera base, and plugs in to the DC supply socket, so that way I have
> the two batteries always 'ON'.  I only once ran the main battery flat and
> that was within the first month of getting the camera and the Usenet
opinion
> was that probably the first battery was never fully charged when I bought
> it. The microdrive hardly leaves the camera since I find it easier to
> couple-up the camera through a standard USB cable to the PC, the unit is
> 'found' as an extra drive and I simply copy the image files over onto the
> hard drive. Certainly, microdrives are to be recommended - easy to use,
> massive storage and no problems (so far, fingers, crossed!).
>         RoJ
> =========================================================================
> "Steve Morris" <Stephen.Morris@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:406c81c2$0$75209$65c69314@mercury.nildram.net...
> : Hi
> :
> : I am new to the field of digital cameras and am just about at the point
of
> : buying my first one.
> :
> : However, as is often the case in such matters I cannot seem to find the
> : really relevant information about Microdrives.
> :
> : Basically, I've been looking at either buying a camera with a 512Mb CF
> card
> : or a 1Gb microdrive. The price is about the same. Given that a
Microdrive
> : has a tiny hard drive in it (So I've been told) I wanted to know two
> things;
> :
> : 1. How much more power does a Microdrive require over that of a CF card?
> : 2. How robust/reliable is it considering it's being moved about a bit
when
> : in use?
> :
> : All advice/comments appreciated.
> :
> : Thanks.
> :
> : -- 
> : Regards
> :
> : Steve
> :
> :
>