Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques => Topic started by: Marshal on October 28, 2002, 02:16:20 am
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[font color=\'#000000\']Keep us posted on what happens with this. I would much rather take something like the Delkin or Nixvue, which is much smaller and easier to carry around than a laptop, a much more expensive option, which I would never use for anything but that. Maybe yours was just a defective copy. Anyway, keep us informed.[/font]
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[font color=\'#000000\']Hi, everyone. I solved the problem...
I ordered a Ridata 512mb compact flash card, after trying some other smaller compact flash cards that worked fine with the Delkin, while my 512mb Samsung would not work right.
Worked like a charm. 512mb downloaded to the Delkin in six minutes, rather than only 20% of the Samsung card in one hour.
So, if you're in the market for a Delkin picturepad, make sure not to get the 512mb Samsung compact flash with it, or at least check first with Delkin to see if they now have a firmware upgrade to take care of this.
Pete.[/font]
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[font color=\'#000000\']Well, after reading Michael's review on the Delkin PicturePad (and a few other reviews), I was sold and bought the 30gb version. Well..., unfortunately, just trying to copy over a 512mb Compact Flash card onto the Delkin took SO long that the battery wore out before is was even 20% complete (around 50 minutes).
According to Steve's digicam, this is only supposed to take between 3 and 4 minutes. I went through the minimalist information on troublshouting, and followed the manual's suggestion of defragmenting the PicturePad using my computer. Still no luck. I'm going to return if I can't get a solution from Delkin's tech support.
Anybody had this problem? Makes me want to go back to sticking the laptop in the pack again...
Pete.[/font]
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[font color=\'#000000\']This is definately not the way it's supposed to be. It should take about 15 minutes to copy a full 1GB Microdrive.
I'd return it for a new one.
Michael[/font]