Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 529 posts, RR: 18 Reply 1, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1431 times:
I opted for CF as I have heard tales of failure of microdrive after dropping, and corruption of microdrive when used in card reader. I seemed to me that a mechanically complex device like a microdrive would be inherently more prone to failure than the solid state CF card.
I also felt that the higher capacity of the microdrive was not a greta advantage - I'd rather have 2 or 3 CF cards (with some redundancy) than a single microdrive, which I'd probably drop, loose, or render unusable at some point.
I believe that in bench testing CF cards are also a little faster.
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1420 times:
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not sure about shipping to the UK, but Micron (www.crucial.com) has some great CF prices. I just ordered a 256 meg card, with 2 day Fed Ex Shipping and Tax, for $90 US.
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737heavy From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2002, 601 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1405 times:
I have 2 microdrives and I used them both in USB CF readers and I haven't had any problems. Depends what format you want to use. On the D60 a RAW image will take up around 6mb. If you don't want RAW you shouldn't need as much space.
www.21store.com do 256mb CF for £90 or you can now get the new 1gb CF card. You can probably get cheaper elsewhere. Everything costs more in the UK.
Joe pries From United States of America, joined May 2000, 1957 posts, RR: 55 Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1375 times:
from iomega back in april i got 340mb cards for $80 U.S. (80 euro) each- at that price i took 4 of em.
2912n From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 2013 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1344 times:
On a 1GB microdrive I get something like 414 HQ JPEG images. Obviously the number drops with RAW images.
COSTCO here (Price club) had SanDisk 128MB CF cards for $65.00 the other day. I grabbed 4.
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 8, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1341 times:
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Costco has the Sandisk 128mb card for $65, plus free shipping.
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 9, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1331 times:
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Oops, I need my medication. I meant to say Amazon.com sorry for the mistake.
Skymonster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1328 times:
Thanks for the responses guys...
Just wish we had your CF prices over here in the UK Buying them cheap might be a good excuse to use up those frequent flyer miles and hop over the pond.
I think I've settled on CF for now as no doubt I'd end up dropping the microdrive! A couple of 256k to start with, and more when I go to the States!
Dan330 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2001, 439 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1289 times:
Off the cards and on to batteries. 7dayshop.com has a "Canon BP-511 equivalent" for just £18 (usually about £50!). The equivalent obviously means its not Canon, will it be of less quality or is it worth snapping up?
Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 529 posts, RR: 18 Reply 12, posted (10 years 10 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1282 times:
That is tempting - I guess is the same one sold in UK shops for around £35. I thought about these when I bought my D30, but was told they don't hold their charge as well (mind you, this was from a sales person).
I was thinking of buying one as an emergency backup, but since the battery life on the Canon has been so good, it hasn't been a priority. But at that price, I think I'll get one or two.
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Buying them cheap might be a good excuse to use up those frequent flyer miles and hop over the pond.
A couple of 256k to start with, and more when I go to the States! 
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