Microdrives or Compact Flash?

[Jenny Taillier]

2GB of Microdrive is about £105 whereas 2GB of Compact Flash seems to be around £160.

I know CF is fairly bulletproof but are Microdrives reliable?

[Jenny Taillier]

Thanks chaps. The CF seems to have a better reputation for being more robust - certainly less to go wrong.

Is the CF Ultra much quicker/better and do all cameras have the technology to take advantage of this speed?

Camera is the new Minolta Dynax 7D.

Jenny

[Jenny Taillier]

vetteheadracer said:

2GB Microdrive for me, fits in the Canon digital camera and gives me 500 8.3 megapixel pics!

That sounds higher than I expected. I currently have a 512 card which gives me 82 JPEG images on the largest setting. That means I should get about 320 on a 2 GB card. The Minolta is a little over 6 MP so how do you manage to get 500 pics on at a higher res?