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Re: Bullet Train
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lugnet.publish
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Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:18:05 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.*ihatespam*org
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> it had a bigger zoom ratio. The way you unload pictures is well thought out
> but 115kbps makes for a slow process, it takes 30 min or so (and most of a
> battery charge) for a full unload. This makes it somewhat impractical to
> unload if both the PC and the camera are on batteries at the time unless
> both are fully charged or close...
Yeah, this is why having a PCMCIA slot is so nice -- takes like 10 seconds
to copy everything off of a 32MB card. Compact flash is cool because it is
electronically exactly PCMCIA -- all you need is a cheap physical adapter.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Compact Flash vs SmartMedia? (Was: Re: Bullet Train)
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| Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn94uu2t.gi2.....bu.edu... (...) Opinion time: Compact Flash vs. SmartMedia? Which is better and why? I currently own a camera (Olympus Camedia 360-DL or something like that) which uses (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
| | | SmartMedia was Re: Bullet Train
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| (...) Hmm, SmartMedia is a little slower. I just got a Zio SmartMedia adapter with a USB connector, because USB off the Olympus is not exactly blazing fast (unless you contrast your serial speed...) It took 1 minute to *write* 16mb to the card (Mac (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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