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Whee 640mb Compact Flash card

Don't the microdrives suck up more battery power than the CF cards? And the microdrives are only compatible with devices that support Type II CF devices, they won't fit in Type I only devices (too thick).
 


<< Don't the microdrives suck up more battery power than the CF cards? And the microdrives are only compatible with devices that support Type II CF devices, they won't fit in Type I only devices (too thick). >>



Yeah, you're right. Only type II. But the battery usage isn't that bad. You just need to turn your camera off when you're not using it.
 


<< In order to fill up that 640MB card with my camera, I would need to buy 1000 batteries... >>


And I need to buy me a DigiCam 😀
 


<< In order to fill up that 640MB card with my camera, I would need to buy 1000 batteries... >>



Heh, that's what a charger and spare battery is for. 🙂
 


<< Why would anyone buy a 640mb flash card, when you can get a 1gb IBM microdrive for $400 or so??? It's compatable with all CF devises too.

IBM Microdrive >>


There are a couple of reasons:

1) Microdrives have moving parts, and thus they suck up much more battery life than flash CompactFlash
2) They have slower access time than flash RAM...well, that's a given.
3) Since it has moving parts, if you drop it you're most likely SCREWED
4) I also hear that they aren't the most reliable devices around these days


<< My Nikon 990 use CF+.

It is a Type I card.

Damn! >>


Ummm, I only know of two CompactFlash standards. Type II (like all microdrives) and Type I (most CompactFlash cards). If you have a CompactFlash Type II slot, this card will work.
 


<< << My Nikon 990 use CF+.

It is a Type I card.

Damn! >>


Ummm, I only know of two CompactFlash standards. Type II (like all microdrives) and Type I (most CompactFlash cards). If you have a CompactFlash Type II slot, this card will work. >>

The Nikon Coolpix 990 uses Type I only. Thus, a MicroDrive won't fit. However, that hasn't stopped everyone. One guy ripped apart his 990, and drilled and cut the metal casing, and filed down some of the case. Then he reassembled it and inserted a MicroDrive. Worked fine, although he says the MicroDrive gets quite warm and it eats batteries.
 


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<< Why would anyone buy a 640mb flash card, when you can get a 1gb IBM microdrive for $400 or so??? It's compatable with all CF devises too.

IBM Microdrive >>


There are a couple of reasons:

1) Microdrives have moving parts, and thus they suck up much more battery life than flash CompactFlash
2) They have slower access time than flash RAM...well, that's a given.
3) Since it has moving parts, if you drop it you're most likely SCREWED
4) I also hear that they aren't the most reliable devices around these days


<< My Nikon 990 use CF+.

It is a Type I card.

Damn! >>


Ummm, I only know of two CompactFlash standards. Type II (like all microdrives) and Type I (most CompactFlash cards). If you have a CompactFlash Type II slot, this card will work. >>



Umm, my brother and I both use these. His kids (10 and 12) use them as well. He takes them out to rocket launches in the California desert all the time. We've dropped them, tossed them acorss the room to each other, and comitted various other unholy acts on them. His kids aren't the most gentle people on their stuff either.

We've never had one fail.

Granted, they are a bit slower, but it's 1GB for the price on half that with flash RAM CF cards. A good trade off in my book.

Not to mention, they're the perfect storage solution for those with laptops. They're a hell of a lot lighter then a CD burner 🙂
 
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