From: Andrew Beals (bandy_at_cinnamon.com)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 14:54:36 EDT
On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 11:28:16 -0700, Ray Bay <canyonlands_at_theriver.com> wrote:
> In my experience with unhappy customers, the 128 and 256 MB CF units do
> not work well in very many cameras and readers... the person must have
> the very latest equipment in order to be happy and sanguine.
I don't doubt you, Ray, but I thought that one of the selling points of CF
over SmartMedia was that CF devices should work with any size of CF, whereas
SM's standard keeps changing such that much older devices only work with SM up
to about 16Mb, somewhat old cameras are stuck at 128Mb, etc.
> Andrew Webber wrote:
> >
> > The 32Mb unit seems particularly cheap, only U$18 and change (and
> > free FedEx within the US). Conversely, the cheapest I can find on
> > eBay is U$20 including postage (new item, instant-purchase price).
> > (Crucial's 64Mb is roughly twice the price, eBay is only 50% more).
> >
> > Is there something about the Crucial memory that makes it less
> > desirable than SanDisk or Kodak?
> >
> > I'm sure any of them will work in my 1Mpixel digital camera, but
> > I'm also looking at using CF in place of a zip or CD-R (admittedly
> > 32Mb is small, but it should do for my immediate needs, and CF
> > comes in 512Mb now).
> >
> > Also, how much better performance should I get with a PCMCIA
> > adapter in my TP600, vs. my current USB CF reader? The latter is
> > pretty fast, but I'm only using a 4Mb right now. Wondering whether
> > I'll want the PCMCIA and store to my desktop over the network, if I
> > got with 32Mb or bigger.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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