Once IBM released is Microdrive, I expected a flood of anouncements of new digital camera models that would support this drive. Instead, with the lone exception of the Canon, it has been ignored. What happened, and will we ever see Microdrive-capable cameras from top-tier manufacturers like Nikon, Olympus and Minolta?

-- Frank Becker (lexfrank@mindspring.com), July 01, 1999

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I was pretty excited about these too. Supposedly, it is a little slower than compact flash, and consumes significantly more battery power.

-- benoit (foo@bar.com), July 02, 1999.

Supposedly the new Nikon D-1 will support it. I'd think others will too, but the design cycle on digicams is something on the order of 18 months, so it'll take a while. (BTW, we're supposed to be getting a MicroDrive to test from Microtech in the next week or two. - Stay tuned for a mention on our "News" page when we have something to sha

-- Dave Etchells (detchells@imaging-resource.com), July 04, 1999.