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Title: New 6 Gigabyte Microdrive
Post by: lds490 on January 24, 2005, 01:13:08 PM
Due to be released later this year. 

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000110028226/

Title: Re: New 6 Gigabyte Microdrive
Post by: F.O.Bean on January 25, 2005, 12:29:35 PM
wonder how much those wil cost ???
Title: Re: New 6 Gigabyte Microdrive
Post by: jpschust on January 25, 2005, 01:12:17 PM
after seeing the fail rate of many of the microdrives i wont touch the darn things for dslr use.  dunno about them for recording use.
Title: Re: New 6 Gigabyte Microdrive
Post by: sickrick43 on January 25, 2005, 06:34:43 PM
after seeing the fail rate of many of the microdrives i wont touch the darn things for dslr use.  dunno about them for recording use.

I'd ditto your sentiments...

Nothing like coming back from a wedding shoot, and finding your microdrive won't spin up.  Let's see, I get 130 RAW shots on a 1GB, that would be a whole wedding, gone with the wind (at an average of 400 shots per wedding).

Same goes for a show - though there would likely be other tapers at a show, maybe even patchers off your rig, that you could grab the show from later (not as tragic as photographing a once-in-a-lifetime event)...

They work just fine - that is, until they BREAK...

Rick