Sony's overpriced image tank - PhotoCamel

Rokcet Scientist · 03-28-2006

Sony introduces the 8GB Compact Vault Drive (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0603/06...8gbcompact.asp). It will be available in June with a suggested retail price of $259.99.
Imo waaay too expensive for its capacity.

Mark McCall · 04-10-2006

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Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist

$259.99.
Imo waaay too expensive for its capacity.

Your joking right?
In comparison to cards at 2 and 4 gigs, $260 bucks sounds like a steal.

JKSeidel · 04-10-2006

8 Gb CF cards are going for around $350 (USD) right now. So the Sony drive is saving you $90 - $100 in a straight up equal capacity per card comparison. As Mark stated, right now (no telling if CF card prices will take another plunge any time soon) the Sony will be a real deal for the capacity.

Mr. Pickles · 04-10-2006

He might have been referring to other products that are hard drive based. You can get 40, 60, 80gb hard drive based "portable" devices for as little as $100

Jon · 04-19-2006

"The new drive is compatible with Compact Flash type II slots, and provides a significant increase in data storage over the current 5GB version."

So it's an 8gb microdrive.

Thank you very little.

03-28-2006	#1 (permalink)
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JKSeidel Guanaco Posts: 287 CamelKarma: 24 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Sony's overpriced image tank 8 Gb CF cards are going for around $350 (USD) right now. So the Sony drive is saving you $90 - $100 in a straight up equal capacity per card comparison. As Mark stated, right now (no telling if CF card prices will take another plunge any time soon) the Sony will be a real deal for the capacity.
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