[nirofo]

Hi sassan

To answer your questions.

1. It writes a new file name each time.

2. I don't see why you can't use a 120Gb hard drive as long as you format it FAT32. (Don't use Win XP to format any drives you intend to use with this unit).

3. I've never actually used the battery to the end of it's charge, that's asking for corrupted downloads if the battery dies! I always make sure it's fully charged before I go out with it. (The chargers universal voltage by the way).

4. If the battery dies in the middle of a download you don't lose your files from the card, only the last file to be downloaded onto the hard drive. (Always make sure you have plenty of charge left in the battery before attempting a download! There's a bargraph display on the unit screen showing battery charge remaining).

5. 9.5mm maximum thickness.

6. I use mainly SanDisk Ultra ll 1.0Gb CF cards, a full card (996mb) takes approx 3 minutes to completely download to the hard drive. You can put the unit in your pocket and allow it to download while you continue shooting on your spare cards! I have several of these 1.0Gb cards and so far don't see the need for the big ultra expensive high speed cards, especially when I can download them to my portable hard drive. I have one Sandisk Ultra ll 2.0Gb CF card which I rarely use.

Most of the work I do with my cameras is with wildlife, mainly birds, I shoot anything to do with natural history, lots of landscapes and some archeological stuff. All my digital photography is saved as RAW files, (61 to a 1.0Gb CF). If I need JPEGS I make them in Nikon Capture NX or Photoshop CS2. The only time I find myself needing more than 61 shots is when photographing flying birds or some mating ritual, but then it only takes a few seconds to take a full card out of the camera and put an empty one in. I download the cards to the portable hard drive when I have time or at the end of the session.

If anyone needs assistance with making one of these units please PM me.

nirofo.