Fuji V10 and xD Oympus special effects card?

On 14 Dec 2006 17:54:45 -0800, alanryder DeleteThis @aol.com wrote:

> Would anyone know if the Fuji V10 can take advantage of the special
> effects offered with the Olympus xD card? Thanks!

If you mean the panorama assistance, no. That feature is built
into Olympus, not Fuji cameras, and works only with the Olympus
CAMEDIA brand cards. Olympus is not the only brand to offer
panorama assistance. All of Canon's P&S cameras that I've seen
(Powershot, IXUS, ELPH) have it, and it isn't disabled if the camera
detects non-Canon brand flash cards. Both Canon and Olympus cameras
then pass assembling of the panorama shots off to their software,
using Canon's Stitch Assist and Olympus's CAMEDIA Master Software.

Any camera is capable of producing panoramic shots, and a decent
tripod and head is much more valuable for it than the Olympus and
Canon panorama assistance. There's no shortage of free and
commercial software that does the panorama stitching and if you're
interested, there are photographers here that use most of them, and
could identify them and show where they can be downloaded. Some of
the general purpose photo editors can also assemble panoramics.