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Out of stock | | | | | | CL) MU) HIT 4GB MICRODRIVE W/CASE | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Width: | 1.7 inches | | Product Height: | 0.2 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.7 inches | | Package Width: | 5.2 inches | | Package Height: | 1.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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| | Features | 4GB removable storage in a one-inch hard drive weighing just over half an ounce!Industry standard CF+ Type II formatIncorporates leading edge HITACHI technologies for maximum capacity, performance and reliabilityRubber bumpers for shock absorptionMaximum sustained data rate of over 7MB/sec
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Great for its day, which is long past May 07, 2009
I purchased this microdrive almost 4 years ago, for my DSLR camera. It worked great, the capacity was large, and the price was quite reasonable at the time! However, 1) the moving parts of a microdrive cause it to perform much more slowly than a genuine CompactFlash card, and 2) there are now larger and much better CF cards available, more cheaply.
 Great item Jan 20, 2007
I have two of these for use in my Nikon cameras and will be buying a couple more! Fast writing, durable and from a great manufacturer.
After 40k Shots, 2 Cameras, and 1.5 Years Sep 24, 2006
After 40,000 shots, 2 cameras, 1.5 years and many drops, this chip still performs perfectly. I've used it heavily and aggressively and have had a great experience at a great price. Its almost as fast in write speeds but slower in read speeds during computer upload. There are some myths about the chip that its slow and fragile, which I'll explain below is just totally wrong.
Speed:
On my old Canon 20D, I got its full claimed buffer in RAW and JPEG. On my newer Canon 5D (12.8 megapixel), I get 17 instead of the 19 claimed RAW pictures during continuous shooting, and I pretty much can't run out the JPEG (well over 50). I've used the Sandisk II, and after some testing, I found that the write speed was almost the same, but the read speed is about 1/3 slower when loading onto the computer. Not a big deal, since the write speed is a bigger priority while shooting. Yesterday, I loaded the whole 4gb chip into Apple Aperture in 14 minutes.
Space:
On the 20D or 30D, you'll get almost 500 in RAW, but on my 5D, I get under 280, so I'm now shopping around for a 8gb chip. You might try the 6gb rather than the 4gb since its getting cheaper.
The "Fragile" Myth:
People always say that the microdrive is more "fragile" than the compact flash, which I can say with absolute certainty is B.S. Most people who criticize the microdrive have never used it or known anyone who used it - last time I checked, judging without knowing is called ignorance, no offense.
Anyway, I shoot my college football team, for the college newspaper, and frequently I do landscape and wildlife photography, so I'm frequently taking the chip in and out of my camera and dropping it on occasion. I've have used the camera at 20 degrees, in the hot and humid Florida sun, and have had a light sunshower, but yet the chip keeps going after 1.5 years.
Other Microdrives:
All microdrives are made by Hitachi, even from Sony. Hitachi bought the division from IBM a few years back, and Hitachi will sell under other names for more market share. Don't waste your money on stupid brand image, just buy the one you find cheaper, which is probably the Hitachi.
Fantastic! Works with D70 Mar 20, 2006
I saw another post that said the card did not work with the D70(s). I find that to be completely different than my experience. I've been using this card for about 6 months and have never had a problem at all. Works solid, transfers fast, hold's a TON of data. It allows me to shoot in RAW and not have to worry about running out of space.
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 Does not work with Nikon d70s Jan 19, 2006
Great price, but not worth the money. We bought one as a "day use" memory card for our new camera in addition to a faster solid state card we will use for underwater photography. Good thing we had the backup! The second day of use the microdrive crapped out and could no longer be formatted. We looked around at some sites that suggested ways you could (against the warnings of the manufacturer) manually reformat in a 32k cluster size instead of the standard 4k and solve the problem. Since it won't fit in the standard compact flash slot on our notebook, it's not worth the time and effort. Save yourself the grief down the road and start out with standard compact flash cards. I'm ordering another one now.
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