rec.photo.digital News Archive
Re: Fuji S7000 - what cf card do work

From: Bill (digitalbill_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 23:15:55 EST


CF cards of 16x or faster will do 640x480 @ 30fps. The media is selectable
via a menu.

"nedley" <mporth_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:URmbc.63004$JO3.38600_at_attbi_s04...
> I agree block size does not matter.
> I believe this camera can only handle fat therefore drives no greater than
2
> gig.
>
> But this brings up another question.
>
> Is a CF card (flash variety not MD) fast enough for video at 640x480x30fps
> I imagine the lower prices ones might not be fast enough but I don't know.
>
> also, if you have both an XD card and a CF card in this camera, is there a
> way to select which drive you are using?
>
> thanks
> ned
>
>
> "John Navas" <spamfilter0_at_navasgroup.com> wrote in message
> news:RUkbc.3462$Fo4.37023_at_typhoon.sonic.net...
> > [POSTED TO rec.photo.digital - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
> >
> > In <e61e09e9.0404021313.15c1589b_at_posting.google.com> on 2 Apr 2004
> 13:13:27
> > -0800, george_preddy_at_yahoo.com (George Preddy) wrote:
> >
> > >"nedley" <mporth_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<dTUac.54879$JO3.35182_at_attbi_s04>...
> > >> Can we get this thread back on track.
> > >>
> > >> The question original question was,
> > >> What CF cards work with the Fuji S7000
> > >
> > >Most will work if you externally format them with an 8K+ block
> > >allocation from a PC, otherwise, only MDs are fast enough to record
> > >and play video at 640x480_at_30fps without errors.
> >
> > Nonsense. Block size is irrelevant.
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>
> >
> > "A little learning is a dangerous thing." [Alexander Pope]
> > "It is better to sit in silence and appear ignorant,
> > than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." [Mark Twain]
>
>