[P1] Cameras

[Angus Wallace]

Sorry - that was somewhat vague.

the xD cards I saw in shops were about twice the price than a CF card 
of the same capacity. CF has a larger form-factor than xD, but I think 
it's still small enough that it won't result in a larger camera.

It seems to me that xD is a proprietary format, and is only made by one 
manufacturer (I could be wrong about this) - resulting in a higher 
price. I got a 512mb CF card for AU$200, whereas a 256mb xD card was 
AU$226.
I don't know what (if any) advantage the xD media have over other flash 
media. Perhaps someone does? Perhaps they're just a way of tying 
consumers in to one particular camera (in the same way as SLR lenses 
are not inter-compatible)...

The problem with xD ('less useful generally'), as far as I'm concerned, 
is that no other device uses them. CF cards can be used in many devices 
- so one can buy fewer cards.

If we take this to the logical extreme, it's like having a separate and 
incompatible storage medium for every device - definitely NOT in the 
consumer interest!

 From what I saw, though, the Olympus and Fujifilm cameras seemed like 
good ones. I was trying to make a decision between the Olympus C-760 
and the Canon A75, and the CF vs xD thing was enough to sway me to the 
latter.

Cheers,
-Angus

On 26/05/2004, at 2:38 PM, Todd Doerpinghaus wrote:

>> Angus Wallace wrote:
>> I probably would have got
>>> the Olympus C-760, except that it uses the
>> xD-picture card, which is
>>> much dearer than CF, and less useful generally...
>
> Can you be more specific about the Olympus (xd
> cards)being less useful and dearer.  I have one of the
> 3.2 megapixel models.  It seems to take good pictures
> and Olympus is rated well by consumer reports.  I've
> noticed the xd cards are up to twice as much as some
> of the other cards.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
>
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