I used the heck out of my 1GB microdrive in my Nikon D1. It always worked fine dispite a coworker thinking that it was solid state and tossing it around.
Then I stopped using the drive (although it was still in the camera) I continued to use the camera on a tripod for several months in the basement studio via firewire (no uD use)
Then when I went to go mobile again the drive had the click of death (like my Iomegas).
I listened and did not hear the disk spinning so I powered it up in a portabel adapter and thumped it (figuring the the head was stuck on the surface of the disk)
It's worked fine in moderate use for 2 years since. I'd buy another in a uS if I needed it.
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I used the heck out of my 1GB microdrive in my Nikon D1. It always worked fine dispite a coworker thinking that it was solid state and tossing it around.
Then I stopped using the drive (although it was still in the camera) I continued to use the camera on a tripod for several months in the basement studio via firewire (no uD use)
Then when I went to go mobile again the drive had the click of death (like my Iomegas).
I listened and did not hear the disk spinning so I powered it up in a portabel adapter and thumped it (figuring the the head was stuck on the surface of the disk)
It's worked fine in moderate use for 2 years since. I'd buy another in a uS if I needed it.