Lee Jones wrote: >> The SONY camera I know of is based upon the MiniDisk. > What's the capacity of the "MiniDisk"? Earlier postings > on this camera stated 3.5" floppy. >> I under stand these are the features stores up to 2000 photos >> on one MiniDisk > Assuming the 3.5" floppy capacity is in the ballpark, > then the camera has to store 2000 images in 1.4MB. > Hmmm... I think you are confused about what a MiniDisk really is. If we are talking about the same MiniDisks that Sony use in their MiniDisk players for audio, then the storage capacity is very close to that of normal CD's, namely 650 Mb. At least, one MiniDisk can store the same length of near CD quality sound that you can fit on an ordinary CD. > Assuming each image has a resolution of 100 x 150 > (15,000 pixels) x 2 octets/pixel (15 bit color), then > each image needs 30KB of storage. 2000 images would > take 600MB of disk storage. All of which sounds about right, and the MiniDisk should be able to handle that. Rgds Werner -- Werner Terreblanche http://users.iafrica.com/w/we/wernerte/index.htm wterreb@plessey.co.za (work) OR wernerte@iafrica.com (home) Plessey SA, PO Box 30451,Tokai 7966, Cape Town, South Africa or at home : Suite 251, PostNet X5061, Stellenbosch, 7599 Tel +27 21 7102251 Fax +27 21 7102886 Home +27 21 8872196 ------------------------------------------------------------