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Dave Martindale
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:58 am Post subject:
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maxview80@hotmail.com (TS) writes:
| Quote: | Any plans for digital cameras and camcorders with built-in hard drives
to ever be created?
I would think the little 5GB drives similar to what's in in a Rio
Carbon or iPod Mini could work very well in a digital camera and a
40GB hard drive from a full sized iPod would work pretty well in a
camcorder.
Why are people opposed to it?
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Who's opposed to it?
The very early Kodak digital cameras used by news photographers had a
couple of PCMCIA slots that took plug-in hard drives. I think they were
a few hundred MB (not GB) each.
I know I've seen an ENG (electronic news gathering) camera, of the sort
that TV station remote trucks use, that used a hard disk for storage.
You can buy microdrives in the form of a CF Type II card and use them in
many digital cameras today.
However, hard drives are less robust than solid-state flash RAM chips,
and they cost a lot more per byte than magnetic tape. So far, they have
not taken over from these other forms because they're not uniformly
better.
Dave
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Jer
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:21 am Post subject:
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I think half the group just fainted dead away. Yikes!
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Christopher Pollard
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:05 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | I would think the little 5GB drives similar to what's in in a Rio
Carbon or iPod Mini could work very well in a digital camera and a
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I saw a site once explaining how to remove the drive from a creative labs mp3
player and plug it right into the card slot of a Nikon.
Can't find it now of course, but it proves it's possible. And much cheaper than
buying the drive on its own.
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Chris Pollard
CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:07 pm Post subject:
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Kibo informs me that Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> stated that:
On the bright side, you can buy 2 of the 6GB version of the same card
for only $800 each.
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Christopher Pollard
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject:
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:05:35 +0800, Christopher Pollard <xmastree@hotpop.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Can't find it now of course,
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http://tinyurl.com/3287l
This wasn't the one I saw, but it'll do.
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Chris Pollard
CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
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Charlie Self
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject:
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Christopher Pollard writes:
| Quote: | On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:05:35 +0800, Christopher Pollard <xmastree@hotpop.com
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Can't find it now of course,
http://tinyurl.com/3287l
This wasn't the one I saw, but it'll do.
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Looks like they're busting their chops to get a 4 gig microdrive for around
$200. B&H sells the 4 gig Hitachi (brand your outfit features) microdrive for
$239.95.
Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken |
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John Bean
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject:
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On 29 Nov 2004 08:58:46 GMT, Charlie Self wrote:
| Quote: | Christopher Pollard writes:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:05:35 +0800, Christopher Pollard <xmastree@hotpop.com
wrote:
Can't find it now of course,
http://tinyurl.com/3287l
This wasn't the one I saw, but it'll do.
Looks like they're busting their chops to get a 4 gig microdrive for around
$200. B&H sells the 4 gig Hitachi (brand your outfit features) microdrive for
$239.95.
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That's true now, but not at the time the information became available. I've
been using a Hitachi 4GB drive from a Muvo for nearly a year. In the UK it
cost me 160UKP - including a free Muvo :-) - and the cheapest bare drive I
could find cost over around 300UKP. Prices have changed a lot since then.
Newer Muvos have been doctored to make the Microdrive unusable in a CF slot.
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John Bean
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin
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Charlie Self
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:11 pm Post subject:
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John Bean responds:
| Quote: | That's true now, but not at the time the information became available. I've
been using a Hitachi 4GB drive from a Muvo for nearly a year. In the UK it
cost me 160UKP - including a free Muvo :-) - and the cheapest bare drive I
could find cost over around 300UKP. Prices have changed a lot since then.
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Yes, but the poster was presenting the info now, when it is somewhat outdated,
or needed an addenda.
| Quote: | Newer Muvos have been doctored to make the Microdrive unusable in a CF slot.
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Now ain't that nice of 'em.
What the hell is a Muvo, by the way?
Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken |
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Jer
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:11 pm Post subject:
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John Bean wrote:
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| Quote: | Newer Muvos have been doctored to make the Microdrive unusable in a CF slot.
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Those cheap bastards! Control freaks - every one of them.
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