I hate to see another media format, but if they can create a new standard
that is fast and widely used, it's a win. Especially if it's small enough
to be used in a CF-sized adapter.
Just please don't make me buy chewing-gum-sized memory sticks.
Skip
Original Message:
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From: Winsor Crosby wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:37:07 -0700
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Digital March
I just saw this in case someone is contemplating a new Oly digital purchase:
>Fuji Photo Film and Olympus Optical have developed a new
>high-capacity Flash memory format for digital cameras called
>xD-Picture Card.
>
>The format promises to be the smallest of its kind on the market,
>the companies claim. The media measure just 0.79-x-0.98-x-0.07", and
>weighs under one-tenth of an ounce - yet the medium can potentially
>hold up to 8GB storage capacity on a single card.
>
>The companies say the small, high-capacity media will enable them to
>create sleeker, lighter cameras. Fujifilm and Olympus plan to
>release cameras integrating the standard this autumn.
>
>PCMCIA and CompactFlash adaptors will be released after these
>cameras, enabling use of xD-Picture cards in a variety of cameras,
>and other devices from multiple manufacturers.
>
>At first, 16, 32, 64 and 128MB cards will be released, with a 256MB
>card planned later this year. The 16 and 32MB cards offer the
>capacity to record data at 1.3 MB/sec; 64MB cards can record data at
>3MB/sec. Both offer read speeds of 5MB/sec.
It may solve the slow Oly write speeds.
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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