Imac 3g - Installing CF card instead of HDD - your suggestions ?

Question

Hello all!
I've purchased Imac Graphite 600mhz version and im thinking of retrofitting a Compact Flash card instead of hard drive. I suppose there is someone who did this already, what are your suggestions and experiences ?

Answer 1

Last year was my big buying decision for a camera. If you think I'm over thinking things with my editing PC build now, imagine then! hehehe! I ended up buying a Panasonic HPX370 with P2 cards. A lot more expensive, but well worth it after testing all the other cameras in a specific "price" range on the market. But back then the XF series was not out yet. For me 4:2:2 is a must. Plus the fact it's a real shoulder mount, with a real manual lens, and I could put a lectrosonic unislot receiver... well, you get the picture.
Honestly, I was not impressed with the Sony EXs. The picture is nice, but the ergonomics are wrong. Sure they have a larger sensor, but 35Mbps 4:2:0 long GOP that are stored on cards priced the same as P2? P2 cards can handle 100Mbps... 35Mbps is compact enough for SDHC cards. And That's why JVC uses them, with the same codec as Sony's. Ridiculous if you ask me. But that's typical to Sony!  Another bummer with the EX that turned me off? I regularly need to review footage, and switching to and from CAM and VTR takes a whooping 25 seconds!  Woohaaaa!!! Another strike for EX!
But if I were looking at a hand held sized cameras, and if the XF was out when I tested all the cameras, the 50Mbps 4:2:2 codec looks mighty interesting to me. Even if it's long GOP.  They are also resonably priced cameras.
All this to say, when I was seriously considering the JVC HM700, my card of choice was the Transcend series. After much research, they offer the best price/capacity/quality ratio. And the JVC reseller I delt with swore by them. Of course they are SDHC cards and not CF. But I just thought my anecdote would help steer things in the right direction.