xD cards are the only kind my wife's new Stylus 800 accepts. She bought a 1GB
Olympus card with it for exactly the same price ($89.95) I paid for a 1GB
SanDisk Ultra II for the E-1 a couple of months ago. The xD card is sure a
cute little thing, not even half the size of a CF card. But if I had a camera
that allowed a choice, I think I'd go with the CF. I'm not sure I can give a
rational reason, other than the CF card, being larger, is easier to handle and
looks more like it means business. And I've got two CF card readers. And
there's a CF card slot in the new TV, but not one for an xD.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> xD is proprietary Fuji/Oly technology and another attempt to charge a
> premium price for something with no real benefit over the CF card. In
> fact, there's a negative benefit. xD cards generally cost more and have
> less capacity since there is no competition in that market as there is
> in CF cards.
>
> I think the best bang for the buck right now is SanDisk Ultra II CF
> cards. They are almost as fast as the fastest cards available but cost
> substantially less. Actual write performance may be limited by the
> camera but, even if it is, you'll notice good performance in download
> times if you use a fast USB 2.0 reader like the SanDisk "ImageMate" CF
> reader. See:
> <http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6133>
> My 1GB SanDisk Ultra II card hits about 9 MB/sec when downloading. My
> 256 MB Lexar 40x cards only do about 2 MB/sec.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Simon Worby wrote:
>
> > Slightly OT, but if the camera reads both, why should I choose one over
> > the other?
> >
> > Any recommendations?
> >
> > Can I use both simultaneously in the camera (C-8080)?
>
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