*istD max CF Card Size

[Bruce Dayton]

I believe Type 2 are thicker - don't know if there is any power
requirement difference.

The advantage of microdrives for me was one of cost.  When shooting
weddings in raw, I don't have much time to change cards, so was
looking for higher capacity.  The *istD is relatively slow at writing
out raw, so I found that the later model microdrives are just as fast
as my Lexar WA 40X professional cards.  They are are year or three old
now, so perhaps prices are better on the memory now than when I bought
them.

My biggest gripe about them is the startup time.  They take a few
seconds to spin up to speed so if you haven't shot for a bit (camera
gone to sleep) even though the camera wakes up almost instantaneously,
the microdrive is a couple of seconds after that.

-- 
Bruce


Saturday, November 11, 2006, 11:13:19 AM, you wrote:

SB> What's the deal with Type 1 and Type 2 CF cards?  My recollection is that
SB> one is somewhat larger in some dimension than the other.  If that's the
SB> case, is there any problem or caution using one or the other in the istD?

SB> Bruce, do you find an advantage using a micro drive over a regular CF card?

SB> Shel



>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bruce Dayton

>> I run both a 4 gb and 6 gb microdrive in my *istD without any issues.