Storage?

[larryvt]

In the next day or so I will likely purchase a D-60. I'm now trying to figure out whats the most practical way of storing images in the field. I'm considering a 192mb flash card (179.00)and a Minds@work 3GB Digital Wallet (299.00) Canadian prices. Has anyone any thoughts on this? Another option is a micro drive,a 1GB is around ($600.00 can)
Thanks for any input-Larry

[chris maddock]

I don't know if you are aware of the file sizes - you don't say what you do or dont' know ;-)

Assuming that you don't, as a guide I expect to get approx 280 D30 RAW files on my 1Gb microdrive. The D60 is twice the pixel size, so expect that to be halved.

I don't shoot JPEG, but my D30 estimates that I can get around 770 lagre-fine JPEGs on the same microdrive - again halve that for the D60.

Based on those figures, I reckon you'll get about 20-25 RAW images or about 50 large-fine JPEGS on that 192Mb card before you have to empty it.

Not the road I'd choose to go down, but then I'm skipping the D60 anyway.

HTH
Chris

[onehotrx7]

For my money, I'd go with the digital wallet & memory card - while there are people that swear by the microdrives, they are still a 'fragile' device and can experience severe problems...

I'm facing a week on an island just off the coast of Queensland, Australia with around 200mb of flash cards and a ton of photo opportunities, but nothing available to dump the pics to once I fill them - am attempting to convince the wife that it's time I got a laptop... :-)

Cheers,
Stuart