Olympus M-XD 512 XD CARD XD 512 512 MB

XD Picture Cards are a fairly recent introduction to the memory card market. Developed by Olympus and Fuji, these tiny cards can store hundreds of megabytes of information (or images). When I say tiny, I mean, you could probably easily swallow one - although it's better to put them into a camera instead. If you get out your ruler, you'll see that the card is 20mm x 25mm x 1.7mm, with a weight of only 2 grams - you could almost stick one on a letter and post it. Don't let the physical size put you off though, as capacties are ranged from small 16Mb or 32Mb cards (typically bundled with cameras) ... more

I bought this card some time ago now and it was meant to be an addition to my 256mb card, for when i get a bit photo happy, but it soon became my primary card. A few stats about the card: If you have a camera that is 5,6,7,8, or 10 mega pixels the card will hold 405, 335, 285, 250 and 200 photos respectively. In addition the card will also hold video (with or without sound) and the capacity is anything from 9 minutes and 21 seconds to 1 hour 21 minutes and 53 seconds, it entirely depnds on the type of camera and the settings on the camera. In terms of size the card is tiny, smaller than a ... more