Microdrives

[COKE CAN]

The DRebel can use a microdrive right? I'm saving up for a DRebel and looking at storage prices. I saw some great prices on www.upgradenation.com (http://www.upgradenation.com). Is it better to go with a microdrive or a good cf card? I'm new, and I'm terribly sorry if this has been covered.

[eosster]

Compact Flash is much more durable IMHO. MD still have moving parts which could fail anytime. I've washed my CF card and still be able to use it after complete drying.

[ScottE]

I have been using CF cards and microdrives for about 3 years now. The only failures I have had were with a cheap CF card. I have used the microdrives much more and have had no problems. Currently I use a Sandisk Extreme CF card most of the time because it clears the memory buffer much more quickly, but carry microdrives for use when the Extreme is full.

The only thing I would not use again is a bottom of the line Lexar CF card. I had two of them fail on me.

Scott

[Dante King]

I use MDs with not glitches to date. Make sure they are IMB or Toshiba units. Keep away form the magic store 2.2 gb. Very bad stuff.

[S230]

I personally stay away from Microdrives. Not because of anything bad but simply because of the extra power comsumption and physical size. When MD's were initially released, it was a great solution for mass storage because CF cards were expensive and the storage capacity was simply not there. Today, CF cards are very fast and durable (even what eosster experienced). Many portable backup devices are sensitive to the amount of power drain. Also, the size. Some card readers do not support slot 2. I hope this info helps.

[ssim]

I have two microdrives, a 1GB IBM and a 2GB Hitachi. I used them in all of my cameras right down to the little S50. They function fine. They are not the fastest cards in the world but I bought them before I had a camera that could shoot as fast as the 1dMKII that I have now.

I now have settled on using Lexar CF cards since but have had one of them fail. Any card can fail at any time.

[Dante King]

I have invested in Lexar 80X Pro 1GB's reciently and have found that the transfer to computer is much faster than MD, but have yet to really notice a huge difference in my shooting. I origional got the MDs for the price point. Now I am thinking speed in transfer and higher cost pays off in my work flow.