I hadn't thought of it that way. However, losing only half of what they
did still wasn't smart. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Piers Hemy wrote:
> But at least they each found a sucker to pony up the other half of the
> development costs, no?
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 January 2010 15:51
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] xD out?
>
> Yes. Both of them weren't too smart.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
>> Wasn't xD a Fuji/Olympus design collaboration?
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>> jgettis81@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> I noticed that the Fujji too has gone to SD cards in the cameras that
>>> we are carrying where I work. I just wish they had made the change
>>> before they designed the E-30. I wonder when the new models come out
>>> what cards they will use. John
>>>
>>>
>>>> [Original Message]
>>>> From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: 1/26/2010 5:20:15 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [OM] xD out?
>>>>
>>>> you said it! I couldn't agree more.
>>>> ___________________________________
>>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>> Video puts a big premium on speed and capacity which xD cards don't
>>>>> have. xD cards never made any sense from the day they were first
>>>>> announced since (to save cost) the cards were made without built-in
>>> disc
>>>>> controllers as other cards have. It was an extremely short sighted
>>>>> decision technically. Probably made by a bean counter. It's long
>>>>> past time that it die.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>
>>>>> John Hermanson wrote:
>>>>>> I've read that the new line of Olympus P&S digitals coming out in
>>> March
>>>>>> will use SD memory cards due to their ability to write HD faster
>>>>>> than xD. Anyone else here this?
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