PCMIA Storage

[photovoyager]

What are the best PCMIA storage options (for Kodak DCS 520)?

Imaging Spectrum and B&H seem to be selling 512MB Lexar PCMIA Type II flash cards... Then there are Microdrives with PCMIA adapters... Other CF with PCMIA adapters... And finally PCMIA hard drives I have heard about.

What do you Kodak users store your photos on?

My minimum requirement would be 512MB if using two cards (i.e. Type II cards), or in the case of one card (i.e. Type III cards) a minimum 1GB storage space. Of course I'd probably expand upon this in the future.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,
photovoyager
(very strongly considering Kodak 520)

 

[christian_teh]

What are the best PCMIA storage options (for Kodak DCS 520)?

Imaging Spectrum and B&H seem to be selling 512MB Lexar PCMIA Type
II flash cards... Then there are Microdrives with PCMIA adapters...
Other CF with PCMIA adapters... And finally PCMIA hard drives I
have heard about.

What do you Kodak users store your photos on?

My minimum requirement would be 512MB if using two cards (i.e. Type
II cards), or in the case of one card (i.e. Type III cards) a
minimum 1GB storage space. Of course I'd probably expand upon this
in the future.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,
photovoyager
(very strongly considering Kodak 520)

hi can i know what is pcmcia adapter? can it be used on pc? since i was offered 128mb ridata with free pcmcia adapter for $40 but i dont own laptop, so i just need to know whether it will work for pc or not, and if it does, how to connect it to pc?

thx

 

[photovoyager]

hi can i know what is pcmcia adapter? can it be used on pc? since i
was offered 128mb ridata with free pcmcia adapter for $40 but i
dont own laptop, so i just need to know whether it will work for pc
or not, and if it does, how to connect it to pc?

It depends... If your camera takes CompactFlash just use the card as is and don't use the PCMIA adapter at all. If you have a camera that uses PCMIA storage it will allow you to use the CF card in that camera. If you want to use the PCMIA adapter with a computer that doesn't have a PCMIA slot (usually only notebooks do) you can buy IEEE 1394 (Firewire) or USB readers, just like you can by CF reader, SD reader, etc.

That said the whole thing really is a non-issue if your camera uses CF, unless of course you have a notebook with a PCMIA slot where you just pop the card (in the adapter) into your PCMIA slot and read it as a removable disk... Or at least that's how it's supposed to work.

Regards,
photovoyager

 

[christian_teh]

hi can i know what is pcmcia adapter? can it be used on pc? since i
was offered 128mb ridata with free pcmcia adapter for $40 but i
dont own laptop, so i just need to know whether it will work for pc
or not, and if it does, how to connect it to pc?

It depends... If your camera takes CompactFlash just use the card
as is and don't use the PCMIA adapter at all. If you have a camera
that uses PCMIA storage it will allow you to use the CF card in
that camera. If you want to use the PCMIA adapter with a computer
that doesn't have a PCMIA slot (usually only notebooks do) you can
buy IEEE 1394 (Firewire) or USB readers, just like you can by CF
reader, SD reader, etc.

That said the whole thing really is a non-issue if your camera uses
CF, unless of course you have a notebook with a PCMIA slot where
you just pop the card (in the adapter) into your PCMIA slot and
read it as a removable disk... Or at least that's how it's supposed
to work.

Regards,
photovoyager

so pcmcia adapter can only support laptop right?

sigh so the only option for me is buying an ac adapter since canon a40 doesnt come with ac adapter and tranferring images to pc is really draining up the battery. and furthermore i dont have a laptop

but thx anyway
christian

 

[photovoyager]

so pcmcia adapter can only support laptop right?

You can get a PCMIA card reader (external) that will hook up to your desktop through FireWire or USB.

sigh so the only option for me is buying an ac adapter since
canon a40 doesnt come with ac adapter and tranferring images to pc
is really draining up the battery. and furthermore i dont have a
laptop

The easiest way is just to get a CF card reader (USB or, preferably - if you have it - Firewire). They are cheap and take up little space and the good ones are very fast. I don't think there is a need to plug the camera itself in (after all, with the PCMIA adapter and a laptop you woudln't be doing this).

So long as you have a USB port you can easily use something like this:

http://microtechint.com/zio/index.html

B&H sells the Compact Flash version for $30. Should be cheaper than an AC adapter...

Regards,
photovoyager

 

[christian_teh]

thx very much

it should be ur thread but u've become the one who answering my questions.. sorry i can't help much about your problem since i have little knowledge on it

but anyway, thx to you

christian