xD versus microdrive versus CF

[magnum]

I'm about to invest in a Fuji s7000, and am planning on getting 512mb or a gig of memory. Any ideas what the relative advantages of these different types of memory are?

cheers

[HankScorpio]

xD - limited support as it's proprietry, many card readers need an adapter.
MD - pretty cheap but has moving parts so fragile and drains battery faster
CF - robust, cheap and widely available

[simpo two]

CF every time.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

simpo two said:

CF every time.

Sorry for the hijack (BTW as John says CF every time)...

John, can't seem to get a e-mail through to you. Can't ping your domain either. My end or yours?

Cheers

Phil

[simpo two]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

John, can't seem to get a e-mail through to you. Can't ping your domain either. My end or yours?

I'm still getting Viagra ads so it must be you...?
The websites are working OK. If it's re EFP you may as well sign up here!

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

simpo two said:

I'm still getting Viagra ads so it must be you...? The websites are working OK. If it's re EFP you may as well sign up here!

Consider me signed if you'd be so kind. I'll need a bigger car soon though to cart my ever expanding Canon collection. Another thread on this about to appear...

Thanks John

Phil

P.S. and to still keep this thread on topic. Microdrives are the devils own work. With the price of solid state CF's today their market is dead IMHO.

[magnum]

thanks for the advice. One more question though. The gumpf about the s7000 in technical specs says it's copatible with type II Compact flash. Does this mean it wont work with type I? Type II cards seem a little harder to get a hold of and a bit pricier.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

magnum said:

thanks for the advice. One more question though. The gumpf about the s7000 in technical specs says it's copatible with type II Compact flash. Does this mean it wont work with type I? Type II cards seem a little harder to get a hold of and a bit pricier.

Yup, it'll be fine with type I (which most CF's are as you've found).

[simpo two]

I think CF2 is twice as thick, so easily distinguishable. As I understand it, 'CF2 compatible' means the slot can take these thicker cards - future proofing if you like.