I agree in principle, and I plan on emptying the 4GB daily or more often if
I fill it up sooner. I, like most people, tend to split the finest of hairs
on things like this and then split them again. I'm trying to become less
like myself. :)
There's no guarantees. With film, it could be bad (out of my control), it
could be processed wrong (out of my control), the camera could malfunction
(out of my control). I see the same situation with digital. With CF or
microdrives, either could give up the ghost with no or little warning.
In my case, saving money on a 4GB microdrive (only $160)... 4 1GB CF crads
would be $250-$280, a 4GB flash is $400+. Buys a few bottles of Italian
wine.
Tom C.
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:40:24 +0000
I just worry about putting all my eggs in one basket. I wouldn't want a 4
gig CF card either, although I think CF is less likely to fail than a
microdrive. I carry 4 1 gig cards and 3 half gig cards. They'll fit in a
pocket. I don't feel encumbered. And should one fail, I won't lose all my
work. I also take my I-book on trips and location shoots and download the
cards as soon as possible.
Paul
> I agree at the 1GB point, but compare at the 4GB capacity and
microdrives
> are significantly less. I'm taking some long trips where I want more
> storage than 1GB so I don't have to manage alot of CF's.
>
> Tom C.
>
>
>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> >Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?
> >Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:48:37 +0000
> >
> >With 1 gig CF cards now selling for eighty bucks or so, I can't think
of
> >any good reason to go with a microdrive. The fewer moving parts, the
> >better.
> >Paul
> >
> >
> > > Actually what i said is that they don't work well =at high
altitudes=,
> >not
> > > that they don't work well.
> > >
> > > Glad we cleared that up.
> > >
> > > Shel
> > >
> > >
> > > > [Original Message]
> > > > From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
> > > > Date: 5/24/2005 10:02:27 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?
> > > >
> > > > Not a problem at all Shel. It's just that you started out with a
> >blanket
> > > > statement "Microdrives don't work well", and I thought that was a
> > > misleading
> > > > assertion.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
