SanDisk 16 MB SmartMedia Card (SDSM-16-490)

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 1.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001RMD3
• Item model number: SDSM-16-490
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

SanDisk SmartMedia cards are the perfect answer when you're looking for portable, easy-to-use storage for images, music, data, and other digital files. The size of a stamp, the SmartMedia card is light and easy to carry. It works with portable electronic devices such as digital cameras and MP3 players that provide a slot for 3.3-volt SmartMedia cards. The cards also work interchangeably with PCs, laptops, and other equipment that accommodates SmartMedia data, including fax machines, printers, scanners, word processors, and handy terminals.

The 16 MB SmartMedia card comes with a lifetime warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than film!, September 12, 2000

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DAN M CABLE (Painesville, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk 16 MB SmartMedia Card (SDSM-16-490) (Personal Computers)

The 16MB SmartMedia card is perfect for digital cameras (I use one with my Olympus D360-L) or similar applications. It holds about 74 high quality images. Also, most people don't realize how small these cards actually are - they're about the size of a mini post-it note and weigh about as much as a nickel. I think the only disadvantage is the possibility of losing it!

I would recommend using a higher capacity card for MP3 players - you won't fit too many songs in 16MB (probably 3 or 4).

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, July 19, 2000

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Gary W. Garrison "gary-garrison" (Aurora, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk 16 MB SmartMedia Card (SDSM-16-490) (Personal Computers)

Recently purchased an Olympus D-360L. The SanDisk card works great with it. Using the standard quality mode for the camera the SanDisk card will hold about 72 pictures.

105 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 244 Pictures, One Chip., December 3, 1999

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David Stabler "dwivian" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk 16 MB SmartMedia Card (SDSM-16-490) (Personal Computers)

I have recently purchased the Olympus D450Z digital camera, which uses this kind of picture memory chip. At a fraction of the price that you find in camera stores, you can have a completely compatible memory device for your Olympus camera (and I'll bet for other brands using SmartMedia as well!) and money left over for the extra NiMH batteries you'll have to keep charged. Worth getting is the Olympus PCMCIA adapter (available through Amazon) which allows the chip to mimic a Hard Drive on any machine with a Type II ATA slot. For USB machines you can find any of a host of readers, but check the reviews first!

Just as an aside -- I sneakily used this chip to move a powerpoint presentation from one laptop to another this week, and it was amazingly smooth! This could easy replace floppy technology in machines that don't have the space for an inboard Zip drive. Cool!