Microdrives and Compact flash cards??

[abbo100]

Hi new member here a bit confused with storage media :shake:

I have a Fuji S602Pro bridge camera that I have owned for several years now. It has mainly been used on auto mode for general family snapshots but I would now like to get more into photography in general.

This particular camera accepts either smartmedia cards or according to the owners manual a 'microdrive' in either 340MB or 1GB capacity.

I have never used a microdrive in the camera, but now that I need more memory capacity I thought I would invest in one.

I have bought a Sandisk ultra II compact flash card in 4GB capacity which I have been told is another name for a microdrive and whilst it fits the microdrive slot in the camera I am getting the message 'Card not initialized' when trying to use it, so I am then attempting to format the card and get a further message saying 'card error'.

Could someone please confirm wether ultra II compact flash cards are another name for microdrives, and is it a camera specific card that I need to get it to work, or is it something to do with the memory capacity of the card that I have bought (too large a capacity?)

Thanks in advance.
Les

 

[wrx_dazza]

all you need to know is here mate:-

http://www.ehow.com/about_4675150_what-microdrive.html

i've learned something new too today !!


memory card compatability chart here:-

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/accessories/card/s/

looks like 1gb limit from first glance !!

 

[JasonRS]

This particular camera accepts either smartmedia cards or according to the owners manual a 'microdrive' in either 340MB or 1GB capacity.

You've bought a card that's too big for the camera to read.

memory card compatability chart here:-

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/accessories/card/s/

looks like 1gb limit from first glance

 

[On the Huh]

Use a 1 gig CF card. Don't touch microdrives, too unreliable. A CF card comprises of no moving parts hence why they are more reliable. A microdrive has moving parts....I assume it as like a miniture hard drive ? Your camera is probably too old to read above 1 gig.

 

[dizidav]

Use a 1 gig CF card. Don't touch microdrives, too unreliable. A CF card comprises of no moving parts hence why they are more reliable. A microdrive has moving parts....I assume it as like a miniture hard drive ? Your camera is probably too old to read above 1 gig.

The Microdrive is a minature Hard drive, smaller version of the drive in your laptop, how much do you worry about your laptop drive??

To be fair CF cards use less power, and can be dropped with no problems, cost less too.

Dave.

 

[wrx_dazza]

....and cf cards are a gazzilion times quicker (ok i exaggerate, but not by much!)

 

[RobertP]

Think that is quite an old camera now. It probably does not understand any card larger than 2Gb. If you format the card using a card reader on the computer and use fat 16 file system it may work as a 2Gb card... but it might be easier to just buy a 2Gb one.

Microdrive as said above was an early design for getting more storage in a Compact Flash sized case. Current compact flash are solid state with no moving parts inside. They will work the same.