John Chennavasin wrote: > > The 1GB Microdrives cost around $375 with the PC Card adapter, $350 without. > It's a good idea to have multiple cards around, so it is less likely that > you'll blow an entire photoshoot if one card messes up.
www.newegg.com seems to be about as cheap as you can find for 1GB cards, and last I checked they were around $320 or so (in october, I think). Also, if you know an IBM employee, you can get their employee discount (IBM says "for family and freinds") at IBM's online store with their employee ID#. The price is about the same as newegg. IBM also reduced the suggested retail price about 2 months ago, so that could very well send prices down over time. > > As for which brands of flash memory CF cards, Lexar offers a free data > recovery service for users of their Pro-series cards. Considering the cost > of data recovery, this feature alone is well worth the premium price that > Lexar charges. That is a pretty snazzy offer. One thing that discourages me about the microdrives in general is that they only offer a 1 year warranty. With a solid state card, I get the impression that either it works when you open the package or it doesn't and that performance will continue for a very long time...with microdrives, I do worry about eventual mechanical failure. So basically, performance is a wash between them, but damage, image loss possibilities and wear all strike against the microdrive, but price strikes against the competition. Mike -- Michael Shupe M.J.Shupe Photography Michigan Tech University www.northernlightsgallery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
