Thanks Bruce - that is what I suspected. The sleep/doze mode will power
down the drive, and so there will be a delay in spinning it back up
when the camera is brought back to wakefulness...
Stan
On Sep 1, 2005, at 1:34 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
I just measured mine from the time of turning on the camera to first
shutter release with the 4gb microdrive is 3 seconds - fairly new
Hitachi drive on an *istD. If I have let the camera sit for awhile
with it on, the drive does need to spin up again and seems to take a
few seconds - probably the same 3 seconds. Solid state cards are
close to instantaneous. So if I am getting ready to shoot after a
reasonable pause, I'll usually press the shutter button halfway down
to get the drive to spin up and be ready.
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 10:07:12 PM, you wrote:
TC> Hi Stan,
TC> I'm not sure exactly what you mean when you refer to a sleep mode.
A sleep
TC> mode for the camera or for the drive? I didn't know that the
*ist D, at
TC> least, had a sleep mode. I'm probably not comprehending your
question. I
TC> believe drives have sleep modes where they spin down and no longer
are
TC> spinning.
TC> Most of the time I leave the *ist D on for too long and it (the
camera)
TC> turns itself off, requiring me to toggle the power switch from
TC> on-to-off-to-on.
TC> Maybe to answer your question the best... assuming I undertsand :)
, as long
TC> as the camera itself is powered up/turned on, aside from initial
power up
TC> (the 5 second delay) I've not noticed a performance difference
between a CF
TC> microdrive and a regular solid state CF card, by extension, I
haven't
TC> noticed anything go to sleep.
TC> If I misunderstand, please clarify and I'll attempt to answer.
I'm pretty
TC> much a guy who splits hairs all the time, against my own will, and
the
TC> microdrives have not dissappointed me.
TC> Tom C.
From: Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Hitachi 4GB Microdrive
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:50:42 -0400
Just curious Tom, but when you say ... "about 5 seconds for the
camera to
power up and be ready" ..., is that only true for a start from Off,
or
does it also apply to a "restart" from sleep mode?
stan
On Aug 31, 2005, at 6:30 PM, Tom C wrote:
I use microdrives regularly in the *ist D. I've had the 4G card for
several months and filled it up several times. It'll hold 292 raw
images
or 991 .jpgs at highest quality. I also regularly use a 1 G
microdrive
that I've had for several years.
In practice, for my kind of shooting, I don't notice any significant
difference between a regular compact flash and a microdrive (or any
difference at all for that matter). The only difference I have
noticed is
that it takes about 5 seconds for the camera to power up and be
ready for
the first shot, instead of instantaneously.
I've had the 1G microdrive for three and a half years and have not
experienced a failure or problem, and I do not give it any special
care.
Tom C.
From: "Charles Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Hitachi 4GB Microdrive
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 07:42:49 +1000
Dear All,
Has anyone had any experience in using these CF cards. Any advice
would
be appreciated.
Regards
Charles Wilson
Sydney Australia
