The end of Olympus High Speed xD cards

ASAAR <caught RemoveThis @22.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:22:12 +0100, Type M wrote:
>> I would like to know if the speed of the card really makes that
>> big a difference in which case I should probably buy up as many
>> old stock cards as I can or if some other factor is limiting the speed
>> in which case the faster card might not actually make a difference.
>
> It shouldn't make much of a difference in the camera for still
> shots. You may want to use the type H cards for shooting video
> though, as well as for faster transfer in high speed card readers.

xD is a dying format. Olympus needs to switch ASAP, like Fujifilm did.
 >> Stay informed about: The end of Olympus High Speed xD cards 

On 4 Sep 2007 09:49:11 -0700, Bill Tuthill wrote:

>> It shouldn't make much of a difference in the camera for still
>> shots. You may want to use the type H cards for shooting video
>> though, as well as for faster transfer in high speed card readers.
>
> xD is a dying format. Olympus needs to switch ASAP, like Fujifilm did.

Has that happened? AFAIK Fuji has recently added dual card
formats to its smaller line of cameras. Its larger cameras however
(S7xxx, S9xxx) as well as a number of cameras from Olympus (C-8080
for one) have also supported dual cards for several years. xD is the
common card type used, and either CF or SD is the other one used.
If, as someone recently posted, type H xD cards have been
discontinued, then I agree, xD as a format is on the way out (if
nothing will replace it). But other than in that one post, I
haven't read this anywhere else, and if it's true I'd think that it
would have been a hot news item.
 >> Stay informed about: The end of Olympus High Speed xD cards 

On 4 Sep 2007 09:49:11 -0700, Bill Tuthill <ccreekin RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
wrote:

>ASAAR <caught RemoveThis @22.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:22:12 +0100, Type M wrote:
>>> I would like to know if the speed of the card really makes that
>>> big a difference in which case I should probably buy up as many
>>> old stock cards as I can or if some other factor is limiting the speed
>>> in which case the faster card might not actually make a difference.
>>
>> It shouldn't make much of a difference in the camera for still
>> shots. You may want to use the type H cards for shooting video
>> though, as well as for faster transfer in high speed card readers.
>
>xD is a dying format. Olympus needs to switch ASAP, like Fujifilm did.

Jeez, I've got an old oly with a smartmedia card in it. Now the xD
is going bye bye ? Heh heh, I guess Oly can pick'em eh ? Have they
fired the guys responsible or do they think it's making them money ?
 >> Stay informed about: The end of Olympus High Speed xD cards 

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:10:27 -0700, nobody.TakeThisOut@nospam.com wrote:

>> xD is a dying format. Olympus needs to switch ASAP, like Fujifilm did.
>
> Jeez, I've got an old oly with a smartmedia card in it. Now the xD
> is going bye bye ? Heh heh, I guess Oly can pick'em eh ? Have they
> fired the guys responsible or do they think it's making them money ?

O Prescient Oly! Save your little SmartMedia cards. They may
work in the new Olys. Not recommended for video though.
 >> Stay informed about: The end of Olympus High Speed xD cards