qukza wrote:
> --- In Walter Knapp <> wrot=
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>>Minidiscs are so cheap I don't reuse.
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> But isn't that the point? People attracted to using CF Cards
> over MD usually desire fast digital transfer to PC and archiving on
> another medium (CDR or whatever) They reuse their original storage
> medium (just as digital photograhers do). If that's the case the cost
> comparison isn't valid.
Those who wish to can reuse MD, I just happen not to as I like to keep
my original. And I can afford to do so easily because the cost is so
low. In fact you can reuse a MD disk a million times. Will compact flash
stand up to a million connects and disconnets? How many years will the
internal battery last? And so on.
In fact, $1000 of MD's is many, many years supply, some 380+ disks. Your
solid state unit will have been replaced long before I'd use up that
many disks. And $1000 is just one compact flash, capable of storing 6
hours. I carry more recording time than that with me every trip. How
many compact flash would you need for a extended trip? How many
thousands will that cost?
You really quickly get to having to chain your computer to you on trips.
I've been there, done that, don't care to do it more. Especially as
the average laptop will not have the capacity for very many compact
flash worth of sound, so you then get into burning CD's or something out
in the field.
> I think the valid point one could make in favor of MD is that because
> the original recording medium is cheap it may be a much better
> solution in field situations in which one might not have frequently
> opportunities to offload onto cheaper storage. But there are also
> solutions to that issue.
There are several things in favor of MD's for field nature recording. We
have been over that ground. There is a whole lot more than price.
But, let's see a bunch of those who have endlessly advocated compact
flash recorders for nature recording put their money where their mouth
is and buy and use them in real field recording. Talk is cheap. I sure
don't see many of the advocates buying and using.
Then we shall find out just how durable a Compact Flash card is when
dropped into a mudpuddle and all the other fun of field recording. We
shall also find out if the recorder wrapped around it is any good. And
how durable the system really is. What it's real pricetag is.
Or is this all talk and no action. Something people advocate but won't
buy. Grass is greener stuff.
Walt
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