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What is the difference between these flash cards?
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Was wondering if anybody knows the difference between Compact flash type 1 and Compact flash type 2 . How would u tell the difference between the two, and is there a price difference. Thanks in advance Jamie |
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Compact flash type 2 are thicker than Compact flash type 1.
Some camera's only accept type 1. Microdrives are the same size as Compact flash type 2. Gadi "Jamie" wrote in message ... Hi There Was wondering if anybody knows the difference between Compact flash type 1 and Compact flash type 2 . How would u tell the difference between the two, and is there a price difference. Thanks in advance Jamie |
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Compact flash type 2 are thicker than Compact flash type 1.
Some camera's only accept type 1. Microdrives are the same size as Compact flash type 2. Gadi "Jamie" wrote in message ... Hi There Was wondering if anybody knows the difference between Compact flash type 1 and Compact flash type 2 . How would u tell the difference between the two, and is there a price difference. Thanks in advance Jamie |
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I am not sure if you could tell the difference between a Type I & Type II if
you had any by itself (at least if you're a "newbie" and haven't seen zillions of them before), but if you had them side-by-side you definitely could, as the Type II are way thicker. Typically, entry-level cameras which accept Compact Flash--and frankly, they're rare now as point & shoots are increasingly SD card based (a pet-peeve of mine)--but such cameras are typically going to only accept Type I. That's usually okay, though; now-adays, you can easily get 512 megabyte Type I cards and even 1 Gigabyte cards which are Type I. (There are bigger ones but most tend to be Type II and require a camera that has the FAT32 storage system which not all do.) Either way, make sure it's an "approved card" first; some may not work even if they are Type I and physically fit, they may not ELECTRONICALLY be compatible. In my case, I have a Nikon Coolpix 5700 which does accept Type I or Type II, but I simply have a 12x Lexar 512 Megabyte Type I card (link: http://store.lexar.com/?category=21&...d=CF512-12-251), and I can get more than 300 FINE-JPEGs on them, or about 70 RAWs, and it's a 5 megapixel camera. Microdrives are Type II, and they were popular awhile back because it was uncommon for Type I cards to have 512 megabytes of capacity (to say nothing of the 4 and even 8 gigabyte cards you can find). Even now Microdrives are cheaper than Type II NON-microdrive cards of the same capacity, but me personally I'd rather stick with a Type I or II with no moving parts. A good rule of thumb follows (my own recommendations, not someone who's a pro, just me) in terms of what size card you should own based on your camera's resolution: Megapixels Size (Megabytes) ----------- --------------- 2 64-128 3 128-256 4 256-512 5 256-512 6 512-1G 8 1-2G Two years or so ago those might have been on the high-end; I mean, for instance, with the 2-megapixel, a 64 card will hold almost 100 phots, a 128 about 175 photos. That's a LOT. A 32 card could hold 50, and that might be enough for you. With the 5-megapixel, the 256 will probably hold 150 photos, the 512 about 325 or so. Again, that's a lot; maybe a card that hold 50-100 is enough for you. But to me, memory--especially Compact Flash memory--is so cheap, that's why now (as opposed to 2 years ago or so) I'd recommend going pretty large. LRH |
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I am not sure if you could tell the difference between a Type I & Type II if
you had any by itself (at least if you're a "newbie" and haven't seen zillions of them before), but if you had them side-by-side you definitely could, as the Type II are way thicker. Typically, entry-level cameras which accept Compact Flash--and frankly, they're rare now as point & shoots are increasingly SD card based (a pet-peeve of mine)--but such cameras are typically going to only accept Type I. That's usually okay, though; now-adays, you can easily get 512 megabyte Type I cards and even 1 Gigabyte cards which are Type I. (There are bigger ones but most tend to be Type II and require a camera that has the FAT32 storage system which not all do.) Either way, make sure it's an "approved card" first; some may not work even if they are Type I and physically fit, they may not ELECTRONICALLY be compatible. In my case, I have a Nikon Coolpix 5700 which does accept Type I or Type II, but I simply have a 12x Lexar 512 Megabyte Type I card (link: http://store.lexar.com/?category=21&...d=CF512-12-251), and I can get more than 300 FINE-JPEGs on them, or about 70 RAWs, and it's a 5 megapixel camera. Microdrives are Type II, and they were popular awhile back because it was uncommon for Type I cards to have 512 megabytes of capacity (to say nothing of the 4 and even 8 gigabyte cards you can find). Even now Microdrives are cheaper than Type II NON-microdrive cards of the same capacity, but me personally I'd rather stick with a Type I or II with no moving parts. A good rule of thumb follows (my own recommendations, not someone who's a pro, just me) in terms of what size card you should own based on your camera's resolution: Megapixels Size (Megabytes) ----------- --------------- 2 64-128 3 128-256 4 256-512 5 256-512 6 512-1G 8 1-2G Two years or so ago those might have been on the high-end; I mean, for instance, with the 2-megapixel, a 64 card will hold almost 100 phots, a 128 about 175 photos. That's a LOT. A 32 card could hold 50, and that might be enough for you. With the 5-megapixel, the 256 will probably hold 150 photos, the 512 about 325 or so. Again, that's a lot; maybe a card that hold 50-100 is enough for you. But to me, memory--especially Compact Flash memory--is so cheap, that's why now (as opposed to 2 years ago or so) I'd recommend going pretty large. LRH |
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