HITACHI 6GB Microdrive MD6GBBP

Product Description

This 6GB Microdrive provides vast, reliable Storage for data, photos, Music and videos, when inserted into compatible Flash card slots in Digital cameras, PDAs, handheld PCs, MP3 digital Audio players, laptops and other portable digital devices (products must be FAT 32 capable). Factory default format - FAT32 - products must be FAT 32 capable to be compatible with this mictodrive Data buffer - 128KB Rotational speed - 3600 RPM Average latency - 8.33 ms One year Warranty

Customer Reviews:

Now dead.......2007-03-16

Worked great for 14 months using a Nikon 2Dx, at 14 months completely died- camera and computer will not recognize. Lost 6 gigs of photos and wasted money on card. Contacted customer support at Hitachi and they said, "Its out of warranty. Nothing we can do."

Great For Digitals.......2007-01-04

This is great for digital cameras who take CF cards. With megapixel ratings climbing higher all the time, those pictures take up a lot of space, especially if you are like me and have an itchy shutter finger. The card is fast and durable, and I have never had a single problem after one year of ownership. I am currently using it in my Canon 350D (Rebel XT) which has an 8-megapixel sensor. If you shoot in RAW, you definately need this card, maybe two! Here are the stats that I know of:

Rebel XT
- 2000 JPG of higest setting
- about 625 RAW

The general conversion factor is that one 8-megapixel shot at fine is about 3 + kilobytes.

I have also used this in PDAs, as a small external hard drive to holder photos and music, and as a file trasport device, and it works jsut wonderfuly. You can't really go wrong with this little guy, and I reccomend him to anyone.

After 40k Shots, 2 Cameras, and 1.5 Years.......2006-09-24

After 40,000 shots, 2 cameras, 1.5 years and many drops, this chip still performs perfectly. I've used it heavily and aggressively and have had a great experience at a great price. Its almost as fast in write speeds but slower in read speeds during computer upload. There are some myths about the chip that its slow and fragile, which I'll explain below is just totally wrong.

Speed:

On my old Canon 20D, I got its full claimed buffer in RAW and JPEG. On my newer Canon 5D (12.8 megapixel), I get 17 instead of the 19 claimed RAW pictures during continuous shooting, and I pretty much can't run out the JPEG (well over 50). I've used the Sandisk II, and after some testing, I found that the write speed was almost the same, but the read speed is about 1/3 slower when loading onto the computer. Not a big deal, since the write speed is a bigger priority while shooting. Yesterday, I loaded the whole 4gb chip into Apple Aperture in 14 minutes.

Space:

On the 20D or 30D, you'll get almost 500 in RAW, but on my 5D, I get under 280, so I'm now shopping around for a 8gb chip. You might try the 6gb rather than the 4gb since its getting cheaper.

The "Fragile" Myth:

People always say that the microdrive is more "fragile" than the compact flash, which I can say with absolute certainty is B.S. Most people who criticize the microdrive have never used it or known anyone who used it - last time I checked, judging without knowing is called ignorance, no offense.

Anyway, I shoot my college football team, for the college newspaper, and frequently I do landscape and wildlife photography, so I'm frequently taking the chip in and out of my camera and dropping it on occasion. I've have used the camera at 20 degrees, in the hot and humid Florida sun, and have had a light sunshower, but yet the chip keeps going after 1.5 years.

Other Microdrives:

All microdrives are made by Hitachi, even from Sony. Hitachi bought the division from IBM a few years back, and Hitachi will sell under other names for more market share. Don't waste your money on stupid brand image, just buy the one you find cheaper, which is probably the Hitachi.

I can't fill it up!.......2005-09-21

No i'm not being payed for this review, i just love this microdrive. I use it in my Nikon D70s digital SLR camera and I've never filled it up even half way. I can take nearly 2000 full quality Jpegs every time and I dump them on my computer every time i have like 200 or so. On my trip to the Grand Canyon I took something like 700 pictures so this is a VERY good drive for the $250 i dropped for it here at AMAzon.com. Don't be fooled by camera dealers claiming that this card won't work in your camera or something (I know I did when I was waiting for it to arrive) they just want to sell you a VERY EXPENSIVE "high speed" card. forget those. Buy this, you won't regret it. IF you do or it doesn't work in your camera or some thing, AMAZON has a very hassle free return policy. GREAT ITEM!

Takes a hit and keeps on working.......2005-09-20

It says, plainly, on the information that comes with the Hitachi 6-gig microdrive that you should not drop it onto hard surfaces.
Oops!
My fumble-fingers let the microdrive fall three feet to a hard floor. It was full of images. I feared the worst.

Nothing happened. It still works and much faster than any of my other CF cards. Faster than the best Lexars.

Now, I'm not going to intentionally go around dropping the mdrive and I hope I never let it take a pocket-ride through the washer, but it's holding up well, so far.

I'm ready to buy more.

Average customer rating:

MICRODRIVE, 6GB, HITACHI, BLISTER

Manufacturer: Pexagon Technology
ProductGroup: CE

Product Description

Hitachi Microdrive Digital Media offers high-capacity, removable storage in a standard CompactFlash Type II format. Microdrives are compatible with a growing list of digital cameras, PDAs, handheld PCs, MP3 digital audio players, laptops and more. The Microdrive provides 6GB of reliable storage perfect for files of any size. Simply insert the Microdrive into the CompactFlash Type II slot on your digital camera or portable device or into your laptops PCMCIA socket using the provided PC Card Adapter. With a high-speed media transfer rate of up to 15MB per second, storing and transferring lots of pictures or large amounts of data is fast and easy. Store as many as 6,000 digital pictures (1MB), 1,500-3,000 songs, or leverage the surprisingly huge 6GB of storage to backup and transport your data. - High-capacity, portable storage in a package the size of a matchbook. - 6GB of portable storage for up to 6000 digital photos (1MB each), * 1.5 hours DVD-quality MPEG-2 video, 8 hours MPEG-4 video, or * 1,500 - 3000 songs. ( *Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied.) - 30% faster than it - Exclusive 100% Polymer bumper for added drop shock resistance - Exceptional ruggedness to withstand tougher handling and improve portability Hitachi 6GB Microdrive Travel Kit Technical Specs: Interface: CF+ Type II (ATA and PCMCIA compatible) Rotational Speed:3,600 RPM Capacity: 6GB Format:FAT32 Speed: Media transfer rate of up to 15MB/sec Durability:2000G non-op

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