Upgrade your CF Mp3 (or digicam) to 2.2gig for £50ish

dc

Novatech have just got some Compact Flash 2.2gig microdrives for a staggering £42 + vat, shades of things to come?


http://www.novatech.co.uk/NOVATECH/specpage.html?NOV-MD22

Whoops sold out whilst posting, more in tomorrow.

shrek101

They look very much like the one I bought last year, cant remember the name now, but the green bit on the microdrive gives it away, it wasn't Novatech but I bet its the same one.

I had nowt but trouble with these, I had two because the first wouldn't always work when camera was on, I had to physical remove it form the camera and reinsert in back in at times just to get a picture, the camera a Minolta Dimage A2 supports these drives and I even checked with the microdrive company prior to purchase.

Also they don't work in certain conditions like extreme altitude (when the air gets thin it prevents it from working), so also bare that in mind, and they are so slow compared with Compact Flash. Give my CF any day far quicker less trouble, more resilant.


Still a good price, mine costs £100 and that was cheap then.

EvilMonkey

I'd urge a little bit of caution along with Shrek101, although microdrives as a whole should be fine in most CF digicams (they are all slower than CF cards though), there are some of the 2.2GB ones which don't. Magicstor ones from a year or so back were famed for just not working.
If you do want one and aren't worried about the speed, take a quick look over at the forums at www.dpreview.com to see if you can find anyone who's actually used one....

Course if you've got a PDA then this is ACE!

shrek101

Thanks Evil Money the brand was Magicstor that I had they look very smilar to these, I doubt Novatech make there own. There were two different models one was called Plus.

If you got a PDA I am sure these are fine, but for digital cameras particularly the high end ones, far better to go for a CF card and a fast one at that 40X or greater.