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Summary: Fabulous storage for digital cameras & Pocket PCs!
Review: After pioneering miniature hard drive technology with its 340 MB Microdrive, IBM answered the eternal call for "More space!" with its winning 1 GB drive. I have owned and used my 1 GB IBM Microdrive for over 2 years in conditions ranging from normal office and home use to camping and hiking trips in Big Bend National Park and the Texas coast. My Microdrive once spent most of its time in a Casio Cassiopeia E-115 Pocket PC PDA serving as file storage, but now does full-time duty as the primary storage media for my Canon D60 digital camera. This is must-have storage for serious digital photographers, offering you the freedom to shoot high res and RAW images without fretting about running out of storage space quickly.Using a standard USB CF card reader, the Microdrive works equally well in my Apple Titanium Powerbook G4 laptop using the
included PCMCIA card adapter as it does in our desktop PCs. This is a fantastic buy, especially since the price has come down due to its popularity. And the warnings about Microdrives being fragile? Just treat it with the same care you treat your PDA, digital camera or laptop, and you should be fine. As I mentioned, my Microdrive's done dual use in a Pocket PC PDA and several digital cameras, and it's no worse for the wear. The only time you should treat it with exceptional care is when it's formatting or when you're removing/inserting it into a device (avoid squeezing it; hold it from the edges, instead.) Enjoy!
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Summary: A faithful friend
Review: I had my IBM microdrive for now more than a year and it's still running strong. I've taken 1000's of pictures and I haven't had much problem. I give much props to this device!
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Summary: It just works as it's supposed to
Review: I have a Nikon D1 and a IBM 340MB microdrive. Before I took a three week trip to China, I bought this 1GB microdrive despite some people's comments that D1 may have problem with this drive. After intensive use during the trip and month afterwards, it still works flawlessly. I found it will be warm and sometimes a bit hot to the touch after heavy use like short interval slideshow which is normal as mentioned in the manual, but this drive just works whenever I needed and has not yet failed once. Just be a little more careful than you would handling the compact flash card since it does have moving parts in it. If battery is not too critical in your shooting, it's a better deal than the 512MB compact flash or the same size cards. It is slightly slower than CF, but D1 has a 21 frame buffer which is not a problem with this drive. If your shooting does not require one shot right after another, then you will be fine.
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Summary: Just hope it doesn't fail
Review: I purchased mine and it failed after 10 months. I had never dropped it or abused it. I have sent it in for service, and have been waiting for about 6 weeks now. Their support keeps pushing the return date back due to constraints.
It may have a one year warantee, but don't count on ever seeing a replacment, I am definately not impressed with the service. I would recommend using larger compact flash cards 256/512mb in its place. It may cost more but it will be more reliable.
That will be the last 1GB IBM Microdrive that I will purchase.
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Summary: Fantastic for use with Nikon D100
Review: I purchased the 1gb IBM microdrive for use with Nikon's new D100 digital SLR and have been quite amazed at its power. Even at the maximum setting on TIFFs, I can get 54 images at 17.4 mb a piece. This is of major concern to me as I want the images to be the highest quality for archival purposes. When you set the camera to take Jpgs, you can get literally thousands of pictures onto the disk. The transfer rate has been equal to that of my other memory card, which is a standard Compact Flash 256mb Type I card. There were concerns over compatibility after some of the earlier Nikon digital SLRs had problems with microdrives (I've read articles about the D1 and th D1x/h having issues). I've been using the card for over a month now and have not had a single problem with it so far on the D100. The only thing to bear in mind is that it is a very small hard drive in there. Everywhere I've read warns about dropping it or even bumping it. That said, being careful as I am, I've not had any problem with it. As you can download from the camera without removing the card, I surmise it would be possible to leave the card in the camera forever and never have to worry about bumping it. That said, I do, in fact, exchange cards quite often, and have yet to have any problems with the normal day-to-day handling of the the card. For use with the Nikon D100, I highly recommend this microdrive. Just handle with care!
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Summary: Out of 3, does one work?
Review: So I loved these when they first came out, and we used them in the D60 for several projects. During one of the events the drive developed a strange noise and shortly died mid-shoot. Not a good time. The noise was rather like an old turboprop plane starting up, speeding up and slowing down. We were unable to salvage any data off it. We got that one replaced under warranty and the new one arrived and worked fine for about 6 shoots before succombing to an early death just like the last. We currenty have the third one in and it is working fine but we now have three 1 gig Lexar's in spare because we can't count on these on critical applications. As random storage I suspect this is probably OK, but if you NEED to not lose the data, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Out of 3, does one work?
Review: So I loved these when they first came out, and we used them in the D60 for several projects. During one of the events the drive developed a strange noise and shortly died mid-shoot. Not a good time. The noise was rather like an old turboprop plane starting up, speeding up and slowing down. We were unable to salvage any data off it. We got that one replaced under warranty and the new one arrived and worked fine for about 6 shoots before succombing to an early death just like the last. We currenty have the third one in and it is working fine but we now have three 1 gig Lexar's in spare because we can't count on these on critical applications. As random storage I suspect this is probably OK, but if you NEED to not lose the data, look elsewhere.
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Summary: great card
Review: This is so cool---a tiny card that carries a gig, extends your camera memory... It also lets you replace Iomega zip drives with something really big and easy to carry. NB: shop around for better pricing.
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Summary: Just hope it doesn't fail
Review: When I bought the 1G Microdrive, it had the highest capacity of all memory card, not to mention the biggest bang for the buck. A year and thousand of pictures later, this is still largely true, though the new 1G CF cards may prove to be the better deal. A big concern for hard drives is, of course, durability. My Microdrive has taken a lot of bangs and jars, and has even been dropped a few times, but comes through unscathed. The other concern is speed. When compared to a CF card, there's no noticeable slowdown after taking pictures, but retrieving files from the Microdrive takes just a little longer. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this purchase.
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Summary: Excellent value, durability
Review: When I bought the 1G Microdrive, it had the highest capacity of all memory card, not to mention the biggest bang for the buck. A year and thousand of pictures later, this is still largely true, though the new 1G CF cards may prove to be the better deal. A big concern for hard drives is, of course, durability. My Microdrive has taken a lot of bangs and jars, and has even been dropped a few times, but comes through unscathed. The other concern is speed. When compared to a CF card, there's no noticeable slowdown after taking pictures, but retrieving files from the Microdrive takes just a little longer. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this purchase.
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