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Fujifilm 128 MB XD Picture Card

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It's a memory card. If this is the format your camera (or other device) uses, it works. If it's not the right format, no need to read any further.

Is this the right size for you? At the 3.2 megapixel "fine" setting, my camera will store about 100 pictures, depending on how complex your pictures are.

On a more practical level, if you're not planning on turning your photos into 8x10 prints, and you use a lower resolution, you can pack a heck of a lot of pictures on one card.

At the time of this writing, 256MB cards are still on the drawing board, and many devices that use XD memory may need firmware upgrades to use them if (when) they do make it to market. Smaller cards are not usually proportionally smaller priced, so IMHO, if you have a device that uses XD memory, this is the right card for you.

I Highly recommend the XD digital cameras and XD memory cards. I purchased a Fujifilm S5000 digital camera which came with a standard Fujifilm 16mb card. I upgraded to this Fujifilm 128mb XD card and have had no regrets or problems. A good deal for a price of around $50 to $65 dollars. You can double the memory, 256mb, for around $110 dollars. I found the Olympus 128mb XD card is cheaper in price than the Fuji, but when I researched them both, the Olympus card when you touch the connectors (example: removing from camera) the memory, in some incidents, have been erased. This was a risk I was not going to chance for $2 to $6 dollars less in price. In the 6M quality mode ( 2816 x 2120 pixels ) I can get approx 90 photo's and 165 photo's in the 3M quality mode ( 2048 x 1536 pixels ).

The XD high speed can greatly enhance the user's experience with the product. A photographer can take & store new pictures or view existing images on the LCD screen more quickly with the XD Picture Card than with other, slower media formats. This means less battery drainage!

The Con's - *Small: could easily be misplaced or lost. *Price: the XD card is a little bit more expensive than other memory cards, but you get what you pay for!

I recently bought a Fuji camera that uses xD-Picture memory cards. Here are important things that I consider:
- Fast: Writing fast and erasing fast saves battery and you time.
- Small: If you decide to buy more than one memory card, then you will have less trouble keeping all of them in you camera's pouch. Also, they are less likely to break appart.
- Looking ahead: this format is going to be here when 4Gb cards start to become available. Other current formats do not support this size (Look how Sony broke compatibiity with it's new hideous MemoryStick-2)
- Life time of the format: Let's be realistic, chances are that you are going to buy another digital camera anyway in the next 2 years - to get grater megapixel capabilities or because your new computer does not have USB ports anymore. I am pretty confident that this format will be around for quite a while.

But, I would recomend this format to people that do not have any photo printer that reads from the other memory cards formats. If you have a printer that takes CompactFlash cards, buy a camera that uses it.
If you don't have such a printer or do not plan on buying one, then you do not have any reason to avoid this format. Besides, you can print from xD-picture cards at[local store] - cheaper than at home.
Price differences are not significant anymore, expect prices to drop even more when 256MB and 512MB xD cards become available.

It seems using the Fuji Card on Olympus Camera the "Panaroma" feature does not work. I encountered many other options were disabled too.

I understand that some people do not like the XD card - too bad! I have a Minolta Dimage 5 that takes the Compact Flash card and it eats batteries like M&M's. I get roughly 40 shots per set of batteries. I also have a Fuji 3800 and a Fuji S5000. Both take the XD card and I love it. I'm getting roughly 130-140 shots per set of batteries (both cameras). And the card stores more than the other cards. So what's not to like? I know that some people are also unhappy because the XD doesn't work in other devices. So? I bought the disk for the camera only. If I need another disk for another device - so be it! I'm not going to wear out my camera's disk by popping it in and out and reinserting it in something else. The bottom line is that I'm very happy with this format.

I recently bought a Fujifilm FinePix F10 6.3 megapixel Digital Camera. It came with only a 16 MB xD card. The 16 MB card would only hold 5 pictures at the highest resolution and 19 pictures at 3 Megapixels, so I needed a xD card with a larger capacity.

I bought this 128 MB Fujifilms xD Picture Card and it fits the bill. For my 6.3 megapixel camera, it holds 42 pictures at the highest resolution/least compression. At the highest resolution with normal compression it holds 84 pictures. At the 3 megapixel setting, it holds 162 pictures.

And this particular capacity xD card seems like a good value. It cost only $19. Larger sizes were available but 2 of these cards were cheaper than one 256 MB card.

The 512 MB and 1 GB Fuji xD cards are "type M" which I'm not totally sure of the difference. There is some people who feel the type M may be slower. Even Fujifilm's FinePix F10 Digital Camera manual states "If you shoot using the DPC-M512/M1GB xD-Picture Card, movie recording time may be reduced if you repeatedly record and erase image files...". So I decided to stay away from the Type M cards.

I think the xD Picture Card may be a little bit more expensive than other flash media (Compact Flash, Secure Digital, etc) but I don't think its a big difference. But, if you have a camera that takes xD, you really don't have a choice (other media won't work).

I have had this XD Picture Card for eight months and it's great. I just put mine in the camera eight months ago and have never taken it out since. When I have about 50 or 60 photos on the camera I just plug into my computer and download them and clear the card. It's as simple as that. The card is fast and speed and reliability do not seem to be affected by temperature or battery power. Just buy it, stick it in the camera and forget about it. You won't regret it.

I recently bought a Fuji Finepix 2650 digital camera that utilizes the new xD Picture Card. The xD card it is an outstanding product. My first two digital cameras (HPs) used CompactFlash - the xD card blows CompactFlash away.

In the world of performance electronics - size is king. The xD card is about the size of a penny! When I showed my friends the xD card and they were amazed. They couldn't believe the xD card was so tiny - way smaller than CompactFlash or SmartMedia. The card has super fast access times - and it's better on power consumption than either CompactFlash or SmartMedia. For those concerned about compatibility issues, don't worry. With the CompactFlash adapter, the xD card can be used in CompactFlash devices (a huge plus since I've read reports that the xD card will be available in 1+ GB sizes later this year).

I purchased this 128MB xD card for my 'FinePix 2650' digital cam to replace a stock 16MB card. These cards can now be had for under thirty bucks if you shop around a bit. My '2650' is only a 2 megapixel camera, but the pics come out quite detailed and good enough for my purposes. All the previous whining about proprietary formats, etc. on some reviews here don't apply to most casual users like myself. We couldn't care less what format we use as long as the camera takes quality pics, and is intuitive to use. I am now able to take over 390 pictures with this camera, and I am thrilled! I have no plans of upgrading cameras anytime soon, since I am happy with the '2650'. For my purposes, the xD card is ideal!

I received $19.99 off of this card as a promotion with my new digital camera, making this card the deal of the century. My co-worker, who has the same card and camera, was amazed at how inexpensive it was before the discount(he paid around 70 bucks!). The 128 mb size is great--I really don't want to screw around changing cards, but I think 256 mb might be excessive, unless I was going on vacation. The size worries me, because I think it might be very easy to loose, but the plastic case that comes with it is much, much bigger than the card--about the size of a chips ahoy chip cookie?--which may be a concern for those of you interested in this solely because of the tiny size.