Re: 2GB CF card vs. 4GB Microdrive....

"Cockpit Colin" <spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:wQQ8f.3507$S24.226796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Having said all that, if you're taking so many shots that you can't
> fit them on a 2GB card then I'd be worried that my camera battery
> (even in a double config in a grip) was going to last the distance if
> powering a microdrive. And if you buy a pair of spare batteries then
> you may just as well have added the $$$ you spent to the cost of a 2GB
> CF card and got a 4GB in the first place?

I have a Minolta Maxxum 7D with a vertical control grip that takes two
batteries at a time. I also have two Hitachi 4GB Microdrives. Several
times this past summer I attended air shows where I filled both Microdrives
but was still on the first set of batteries at the end of the day. They
were getting low, but hadn't yet triggered the camera's low battery
warning. Pretty impressive...

Bob ^,,^
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