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HITACHI 4GB 3600 CFII Microdrive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hitachi
Category: Photography
List Price: $299.95
Buy New: $24.00
You Save: $275.95 (92%)
New (3) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $18.85
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 1 x 1 x 1
MPN: HIT4GB
Model: HIT4GBKIT
UPC: 084438998856
EAN: 0084438998856
ASIN: B0007RRELO
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| Features:
| • | Store thousands of high-resolution images | | • | High speed means less delay between shots | | • | Weighs less that a roll of film | | • | Best choice for digital cameras | | • | Kit includes Hitachi 4gb microdrive retail packing, Pro card reader, & Opteka cleaning kit |
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Product Description
4GB 3600 CFII 128K HITACHI 08K2532
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Thank you for the memories June 22, 2009
The Hitachi 4GB Microdrive (CF Type II card interface) came bundled with my Sony A-100 (Alpha) camera. I never-ever had a problem with it. I can't say that it had to operate under a lot of stress - the highest it's been is about 12,000 ft. in Colorado - but whatever it had to do it did well. Here is my evaluation:
Pros:
- trouble-free operation - once it was formatted, no additional maintenance was ever required
- pretty good storage capacity - over 1000 pictures on a 10M camera storing 'fine' quality JPEGs
- better than a flash card at handling repeated write/erase cycles as its capacity to store data does not degrade
Cons:
- a little bit slow - but it did manage 3-shot bursts pretty well, takes a while to 'zoom' into a picture already taken
- draws more power than a CF Type I flash card that a typical D-SLR camera would accept
- less expensive alternatives are currently available
I am awarding it 4 stars and not 5 because anyone looking for a D-SLR card today must be aware that better alternatives are available. My camera just received a 16GB CF card that, on a dollar-per-gigabyte comparison, comes at half the price. However, if anyone is looking for a very small hard disk-like extension, the Microdrive is the way to go.
 Slow in read and write speeds but good card January 21, 2009
I have this Microdrive for over a year now with no problems with it. I just would not buy another one because of the slow speed. I own a D300 and it takes 8sec to write 1 TIFF file to the card, but with SanDisk Extreme III it takes 1sec... I have used it many times when my other cards are full and it has not let me down when storing the images. 1 or 2 time if messed up 1 photo but was quickly noticed and erased and retaken with no problems. I do take care of it and do not subject it to freezing cold or dropping it on the ground. Again I have heard good and bad about this card but I say it is Good.
Bargain for big storage. December 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Works flawlessly in my Nikon D-70. I still use my 60x write speed CFII card for action photo's but this is a great backup card for non-action photography.
 microdrives. September 14, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
most cameras need a Fat 16 formated drive.
All 4 GB drives come (IBM or Hitachi or labels) come formated FAT32
so given that fact , most cameras will fail. If yours works , skip this review, ok?
However you can reformat it.
What's worse,
there at 2 types of drives.
Hitachi says
white label is REAL-IDE interface only ( computer , Ipod, MP3 unit, etc)
and that blue label is: CF+ Camera Microdrive
so if you have a white lable , chances are, It will never work with a camera. To be sure, check the model number on your drive againt the Hitachi online specifications to be sure.
To fix FAT32 , get a USB to FC/MD Memory reader device.
find Windows XP pro, Home stinks , find the real thing.
Go to control panel + admin..tools +computer.managment + disk management.
recommend looking before and after pluging in your microdrive
so you will recognize it when plugged in.
find it and right click , delete partition. ( be dang careful here)
now, right click it again, and creat a new partition of 2gb.
when that is done format it to FAT16. ( some times called FAT)
you lost 2gb, but that ok, as many cams have a limit of 2gb, but not all.
set the partition to whatever you camera manaual allows.
the above assume you are not in some recovery mode.
For that you need special software and $40
 Kicks after 1 GB July 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought two of these 4 GB drives from different vendors and about a year apart, yet I have had the same problem with both of them. At just over 1 gig of photos it starts giving me 'corrupt image' notices, and I have gotten to where I can tell when it's going to happen, because when it does, the camera's display stays on too long after I have taken a shot and then all of my manual settings are reset. I am trying to find research on why it does this, because the reason I bought 4 gigs was so that I did not have to worry about backups while traveling. Now I have to take my laptop or a secondary backup device with me on long trips, which can be cumbersome when travelling internationally, because when these errors begin to happen I have to backup the drive immediately and re-format the card or I can't even continue taking photographs. I have a Canon Eos that's only 3 years old, so the camera should not be the problem.
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