Re: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba
so far, it's been OK. it does draw more battery power than solid state and it's not usable above 10,000 feet or at temperatures too low. however, i have 2G of ordinary solid state CF for cold conditions. i haven't yet run out of battery power before running out of storage. speed seems adequate. i don't have a guess as to dust sensitivity, but i suspect that if there is enough dust to affect its operation, your camera will be in serious trouble. the main issue is cost per megabyte. i wanted to get a 4G solid state card too, but it's a lot more money and not a lot faster. a 1GB card gives only 70 shots. that's not enough. rolls of 36 film were very annoying once you have started using a digital camera with adequate memory. Herb... - Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba Herb and other microdrive users: What do you think of it? A 4GB microdrive is $500. A 4GB CF card is $1200. The storage problem is a big reason why I am keeping my film cameras. They will get used mainly in travel, or in dusty field locations.
Re: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba
i already have a 4G MicroDrive inside my *istD and it is totally inadequate for more than a day or two's worth of shooting if i am stretching things out and a couple of hours at most when in a good location. i will have a second one soon and am looking at 80G as inadequate for a 2 week photography trip. Herb - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: OT: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/16/toshiba.tinydisk.ap/index.html Imagine it ( over time higher-capacity) stored permanently inside a camera, with enough storage to avoid the need for memory modules at all. Like an endless roll of film. Just keep shooting. Transfer with USB/FireWire/RF as needed. Could be very useful.
RE: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba
Wow Herb! How many frames and at what resolution? Jeff -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba i already have a 4G MicroDrive inside my *istD and it is totally inadequate for more than a day or two's worth of shooting if i am stretching things out and a couple of hours at most when in a good location. i will have a second one soon and am looking at 80G as inadequate for a 2 week photography trip. Herb - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: OT: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/16/toshiba.tinydisk.ap/index.html Imagine it ( over time higher-capacity) stored permanently inside a camera, with enough storage to avoid the need for memory modules at all. Like an endless roll of film. Just keep shooting. Transfer with USB/FireWire/RF as needed. Could be very useful.
Re: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba
a raw file on the *istD takes 13 megabytes. a 4 GB MicroDrive holds 283 images of that size. i shot 60 frames of two squirrels playing in 40 minutes. i see no point in using anything other than RAW except when i need high frame rate or have no access to more storage. Herb - Original Message - From: Jeff Geilenkirchen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:27 PM Subject: RE: Fantasy about New HD from Toshiba Wow Herb! How many frames and at what resolution?
