>>All things aside, the neatest thing about the whole Vapor! system is the very stylish brushed aluminum Vapor! disc shell. By itself, it's very good looking, very thin, and small. (But only 40MB!) However combined with the system, it becomes clunky very quickly. One is allowed at the show the handle all of the Vapor!s', and one automatically treats the external model with care because it doesn't inspire much confidence in its ruggedness.
The internal models were mounted in see-through casings where you could see some of the mechanics move, including the read/write heads. The internal model is small, about the same size and width as a PC Card. Maybe just a little bigger. I didn't have a PC Card with me to compare. But the peformance will suck. And it is very frail, just as I said it would be. Remember, it is a mechanical device with very tiny and delicate parts. One will have to be careful out in the field, when the internal Vapor! is in use, not to knock the camera around, or possibly not move it at all. <<
Hmmm! You almost seem as though you like Clik!! That's interesting!
About your concerns:
--700kBytes/sec isn't horribly "sucky" for the still camera market. And if a pro-camera needed more speed for sequential shots - a buffer memory could handle that very well.
--While Clik! might look fragile to you - I doubt that it is. The smaller that parts are made - the stronger they become in relation to the overall size of the system they are used in. For instance, the 2.5" notebook harddisks can take more impact g-loading than 3.5" or 5.25" harddisks because they are lighter and their internal parts are lighter.
My concerns are with system implementation:
--I'd like to see FlashRAM emulation so that Clik! can be plugged into older Cameras.
--I'd like to see Clik! operate with the USB. |
