Fujifilm 64MB xD Picture Card

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Type M/M+ and Type H cards [ edit ] xD-Picture Card, 1000MB, type M xD-Picture Card, 512MB, type H A size comparison of an xD-Picture card with a MicroSD Card FE-Series: xD Compatibility Chart". Olympus America. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. The memory format used is not well documented. It is difficult to study it directly, since most camera devices and most USB card readers do not provide direct access to the flash memory. Since the cards are controller-less, cameras and card readers must perform wear leveling and error detection. They normally hide the portion of the memory which stores this information (among other things) from higher level access. [20]

Faster xD Picture Cards launched: Digital Photography Review". Dpreview.com. 2008-01-23 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Center Valley, Pa, August 8, 2006 - Olympus Imaging America Inc. proudly introduces the new 2 GB Type M-Series xD-Picture Card, called the M2 GB, an advanced ultra-compact memory media designed for digital cameras. The M2 GB has the greatest storage capacity in the xD-Picture Card series and is scheduled to go on sale in August 2006.Introduction of OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens system camera". Olympus Corporation. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. June 16, 2009 [..] Olympus [..] is pleased to announce the OLYMPUS PEN E-P1

The original xD cards (Type S) were available in 16MB to 512MB capacities. The Type M card, released in February 2005, [13] uses multi-level cell (MLC) architecture to achieve a theoretical storage capacity of up to 8GB. As of June2010 [update], Type M cards are available in sizes from 256MB to 2GB. However, the Type M suffers from slower read/write speeds than the original cards. Olympus America Inc. - CCS Department. "Archived Products > E-P1". Olympusamerica.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Memory: SD Memory Card(SDHC compatible) [xD cards are not included in entry]

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a b "Alauda Linux Driver Development". AlaudaProject. SourceForge. Archived from the original on 2010-09-24. Project complete: merged into upstream Linux kernel. Photographers no longer have to worry about whether their hiking trip, family vacation, or wedding will be captured in its entirety," explained Jim Avato, Marketing Manager, Electronic Imaging Products Division, Fuji Photo Film, U.S.A, Inc. "The 2GB xD-Picture Card can store 1,640 5-MegaPixel photos, giving photographers the freedom to snap away without worrying about dwindling storage capacity. Movie capture can be as long as 58 minutes at 320 x 240 resolution." Digital photographers are taking more photos and they are doing so with cameras of higher resolutions. Fujifilm has responded to this influx of high-resolution pictures by providing a media card that doubles the memory capacity of the current 1GB product. The new 2GB xD-Picture Card provides the storage space necessary to keep these photos until they are printed and shared.

Olympus says that its xD cards support special "picture effects" when used in some Olympus cameras, though these software features are not intrinsically hardware-dependent. Type H and M+ cards however, are required in newer models to capture video at high rate (640×480 @ 30fps). Due to changes in the cards' storage architecture, newer Type M and H cards may have compatibility issues with some older cameras (especially video recording). Compatibility lists are available for Olympus: Olympus America's [17] and Fujifilm's. [18] Newer cards are incompatible with some card readers. This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( July 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Less widely supported by camera, card reader, and accessory manufacturers than other formats. As of January2010 [update], SD cards (and variants) are supported by all consumer-level digital cameras from major manufacturers.

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However, a few models of xD card readers based on the Alauda chip do allow direct access (bypassing the above mechanisms) to an xD card's flash memory. These readers have been reverse-engineered and Linux drivers have been produced by the Alauda Project, [21] which has documented the on-chip data structures of the xD card. [22] According to this information, xD card headers are similar to those used by SmartMedia, and include chip manufacturer information. xD cards were manufactured with capacities of 16 MB [a] up to 2 GB. [b] [1] The standard was phased out in the late 2000s in favour of the SD card, which had been its primary competitor. [2] History [ edit ] New Olympus Stylus Tough Cameras Dare To Go Where Other Point-And-Shoots Fear To Tread". Olympus America. February 2, 2010 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Olympus Panorama Header". Robert Haus. 2007-12-09. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Restore the panorama feature on Olympus smartmedia, with a hex editor, a Zio USB smartmedia reader, the smprep.exe program that is installed with it, and Windows 98/ME/2000.