My first Micro drive died but so did two flash cards. The flash cards were 128mb so ignored , the 1 GB microdrive exchanged and another purchased. for 3 years now they have worked ok BUT I do not trust any recording device so I always have film camera as a back up ( how the world changes ) sometimes shooting both and junking the film after the files are viewed ! The advantage of a Microdrive as I see it is that as long as you can play back on camera and see the images you know they are there. If the drive dies the disc can be physically removed and the data retrieved,if you can afford it!
Now there is a new insurance angle :-)) Hard drives are clearly made to certain standards,just look at the warranty period .Some scusi drives are 5 year, some IDE 3 ,most 1 year. Ive had drives from Maxtor x6, IBM x2 ,Seagate X2, Western Digital X3 fail in various computers so its clear that they are all likely to let you down at the most unpredictable moment. Even solid state stuff goes wrong,how many of you have had computer crashes traced to bad RAM modules,I have for one. To be honest Id rather go back to film,mixing my own Chemistry and taking a chance with the electricity supply in terms of reliability than trust all to digital but hey,that's what insurance is for ! Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For Negatives & transparencies from digital files =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
