Advantages: Fast, Tiney Physical Size, Decent storage for price Disadvantages: Not as wide spread as SD + Compact Flash
The Fujifilm XD Picture Card (128mb) is a very small (aprox 1.5cm) Memory card used in most Fujifilm cameras.
It was developed jointly between Fujifilm and Olympus to create the worlds smallest and very fast memory card, which Fuji dropped into their camera's to promote them.
The XD picture cards have had an update in recent months where they got even faster, and can be distinguished from the older models by their blue writing (there are 2 versions of XD card, normal and fast) the older card is black with gold writing.
The card i bought (128mb) holds enough for small cameras (1-3mpx) but anything over that its a struggle to squeeze all your images onto it, i get on average 30-50 images before i have to dump my memory onto a hard drive (at 6mpx).
Price when it was released was around £50 (which unfortunately i paid) you can ...
Advantages: large memory, easy transfer Disadvantages: small size. price.
i quickly out grew the 16mb card i got with my camera, so invested in the 128mb xd card. good choice.
i have listed price as a dissadvantage, but it seems that the price has come down alot since i bought mine, so shop arround and find the best deal you can befor buying.
the card operates in the same way as the 16mb version, only the staorage is much much higher, i have been getting arround 100-110 high quality pictures on this card, seems alot to take, but when your on holiday downloading them to your pc is not possible. so you still have to be a bit carefull about what pictures you want to keep or delete, after all you dont want to miss any memories of your hard earned holiday.
transfering the pictures is still just as easy, although my pc takes a while to bring all the thumbnails of 100 images for downloading so i would say ...
Advantages: Unlocks extra features on camera Disadvantages: Around twice the price of standard media, suitable for older models only
The description of this item is virtually self-explanatory, and as such, doesn?t require a terribly long review..
It?s a 128Mbsmartmedia card ? ie it is a memory card for earlier Olympus digital cameras, using the ?smartmedia? specification.
Virtually indistinguishable from virtually every other Smartmedia card of a similar capacity, it can be used in Olympus branded cameras, or independently as a ?removable media? with an appropriate reader. Of course, you should be able to use it in other brands of cameras as well, but one is forced to ask the question ?why??
As with most ?original equipment Manufacturer? kit, it attracts a price premium, the street price for a bog standard 128Mb card is around twenty bucks on Ebay (plus a nominal charge for postage) ? the Olympus version commands a price approximately double that.
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