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So the "x" in xD card isn't a variable

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Stupid of the day: I stuck an SD memory card from a camera into the xD card reader of a computer.

I was using my work computer's card reader for the first time, had the tower on the floor, too lazy to bend down, so I tried to fit by feel knowing they're keyed. The SD/MMC/whatever reader was on the right, I tried it, and it didn't go right in. Thinking I misread the label, I tried the next slot over labeled "xD" thinking the "x" was a variable...

It fit... it actually went into the slot easier than the actual SD. I don't know if it's supposed to or not because the official dimensions for both SD and xD cards are pretty close. Card didn't read, obviously.

Nothing got fried as far as I know, but I am feeling smart!
 
Fuji perhaps? I have any Olympus that uses that format. There's an adapter out there that allows you to use MicroSD.
 
Someone at Olympus had the brilliant idea that they could improve revenue by being dicks and not incorporating the widely-used standard memory cards, and instead made their own.
 
Jeff7 said:
Someone at Olympus had the brilliant idea that they could improve revenue by being dicks and not incorporating the widely-used standard memory cards, and instead made their own.
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My first digital camera(Fuji) had an xD card. I specifically bought it to avoid proprietary formats like MemoryStick. I think that's called being too clever by half :^D I shopped without researching, and without a clue as to what I was doing. The camera took good pictures, but the cards were expensive. Live and learn. Aside from printers, which are all proprietary, money sucking bullshit, I haven't made the same mistake since.
 
has CF died yet?

other than qhd red cameras and some prosumer SLR, i cant think of anything that needs such a bulky format.
 
gorobei said:
has CF died yet?

other than qhd red cameras and some prosumer SLR, i cant think of anything that needs such a bulky format.
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thats basically all that uses it now, actually some of the highend DSLRs are moving away from it. the Nikon D4 uses XQD cards
 
yea they are same with the 60+ MP digital cams, file sizes are just massive, most of those dont have internal storage they simply write directly to a HDD/Comp
 
at some point they might as well just put a wifi connection in every camera and just stream to the final destination.
 
gorobei said:
at some point they might as well just put a wifi connection in every camera and just stream to the final destination.
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