Tom Crowning
(K=426) - Comment Date 5/8/2003
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It's not necessary, but before you buy a CF card go to the manufacturers homepage and search for the compatibility charts to verify it's working with your brand of camera.
Most of the time there are no problems at all.
And, BTW, IBM microdrives and some (but not very much) 'normal' CF cards are in the CF-2 format (electriclly identicall, but a little bit thicker than CF-1) so double check if your camera supports CF-2 before purchasing one of them.
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Ronny Van Eeckhoutte
(K=12734) - Comment Date 5/9/2003
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Colin,I used compact flash ULTRA,it is perfect.And now Iam loking for a IBM card.
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Brad Buskey
(K=419) - Comment Date 5/9/2003
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Yes, there are differences.
First, as Tom said, go to one of the vendor websites and see their charts. Also, http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/ does awonderful job comparing the digital media, CF and others.
From DPreview.com: 'x' = 150 KB/sec
Here is a breakdown of the MAJOR types of CF cards:
1. Compact Flash Type I - Older style Slow on the writing side, can be quick on the read...
2. Compact Flash Type II - These are the new cards, new standard for CF. Better balance between read and write... These are generally 4"x"
3. Ultra Compact Flash - These are the new ones. Very fast on read and write. these are generally 12"x"
The last part on this is what to buy. Personally, I would recommend buying the largest, fasted CF for the 5700 you can. If you can afford the 1 GB Ultra CF, go for it.
Tom also made refernce to the 1 GB Microdrive. It is a hard drive that is the same size as CF type 2. It has about the same write speed (maybe a bit faster) as the Ultra (12x) Cards. Only drawback is it takes more power to use, thus running your batteries down faster.
Myself, I own a Canon PowerShot G3. It uses Compact Flash Type 1 and Type 2. I have 4 256MB Ultra CF. I got a deal on them when I bought my camera. It cost me less to get the 4 265MB cards than one 1 GB card.
Visit DPreview and I am sure you will come away with the right answers for you. BTW, their prices are on the high side.
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 5/9/2003
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Colin, Nikon doesn't make those cards. They're rebranded Sandisk cards :)
I'm using a Sandisk 128MB CF Ultra right now in my CP5000 and it works like a charm.
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Uncle Frank
(K=1642) - Comment Date 5/10/2003
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Colin, you may find this review on "digital film" to be of interest.
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/
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Subha Pindiproli
(K=10108) - Comment Date 5/13/2003
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I bought an IBM 1 GB Microdrive for $189.00 on the web..and it works fine.. i can store upto 1000+ normal images on my Nikon CoolPix 4500. I can store around 500 Fine images.. here is a link
http://www.flash-memory-store.com/ibmmicrodrives.html ,and i saw it for $187.00.
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Terry V. Haslett
(K=403) - Comment Date 5/13/2003
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I would go with the new 1gb Compact Flash Card. They are on the high side but I'm sure that you could find them on the web at a lower price. The IBM Microdrive sounds okay but it is still a hard drive and subject to crashes from it being dropped or handled roughly in the field. It has moving parts and you know what that means.
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Gary Petersen
(K=383) - Comment Date 5/16/2003
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I've seen the 1gb cf cards for as low as $208 on the web. I'm lobbying the wife. My 128mb card stores 44 images from my D7i in high quality jpeg.
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Scott McFadden
(K=5663) - Comment Date 5/26/2003
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Colin and others considering this should be aware
Microdrives are mechanical storage devices and are considered difficult to work with from some others I know that use them esp ibm microdrive.
Compact Flash are way tougher and the cost is near enough comparable.
Well thats all for now though the 4 gb lexar seems interesting doesnt it .
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Brian E. Chilson
(K=-474) - Comment Date 6/15/2003
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My Nikon manual recomended that also - I've use San Disk, Viking, and Lexar as well as one that I'm not sure What the heck it was - but they all worked fine the only ral difference is the write speed, my Lexar 12x card write almost instantly, but it takes my san disk a second. do make sure, as others have warned, that the card isn't too thick or whatever.
IE type 1 or 2. comapatible.
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BruceDigna
(K=137) - Comment Date 10/10/2003
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I also use a 1GB Sandisk CF, (not an Ultra), and have used it successfully in a Nikon Coolpix 885, and presently in my Canon ES400. The write delay is minimal, even if the card is almost full.
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