There have also been reports of data corruption with xD cards. Of
course that is possible with any of them, but CF development has been
longer. More generations usually means more reliability with these
things.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 11, 2005, at 5:02 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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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