Customer Reviews

SimpleTech STI-SM3/128 128MB SmartMedia Card

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I have used the SimpleTech 128MB SmartMedia card with my Olympus D-520 camera. I have had no trouble with this card, and can store plenty of images (100 at the highest resolution, and about 750 at the lowest.) There is only one problem with this card: getting it out of it's package can give anyone a real headache.

I recently received a Fuji Finepix F601 as a gift; the giver, a professional photographer, included a Fuji 128MB Smart Media Card as a matter of course. Thank goodness he knew what he was doing in terms of storage needs, at least -- the 601 only comes with a 16MB card, which on the 601 is only enough for 5 images at the highest recording level. If you're getting a compatible Fuji, Olympus, or other-brand camera, you really need the highest storage card possible.

But it turns out these cards are fragile, and fingerprints can short them out or cause problems with the camera or reader being able to access their contents. So the best way to keep them around forever is to get a 128 MB card and never remove it! Ideally, then, this should be a solution coupled with the purchase or ownership of a camera which interfaces directly (USB or firewire) with the PC, so there won't be a need to remove the card. Ever. That security, and the ability to store over a hundred 8x10 print-quality pix on one wafer-thin card, makes the bigger sized card easily worth the extra cost if you're getting a Fuji or other-brand digital camera.

As for brand...well, after trying a Fuji and a Viking card, and checking the wiring stats on both, it turns out the brand names of Smart Cards have almost nothing to do with quality (with the exception of one minor function on Olympus cameras which only Olympus cards do). These are, for all intents and purposes, interchangable -- so buying the cheapest one out there is the best bet. And, although amazon.com inexplicably doesn't include rebate savings when listing card costs unless you're looking at the actual page for the actual product, with rebates, the Viking card IS the cheapest Smart Media brand on the market -- by a factor of about 10% or more. With no complaints and lots of joyful picture taking happening in my house, I therefore give SimpleTech five stars for the basic product...but take away one star for a higher cost. Sorry, SimpleTech.

I have three brands of SmartMedia cards: SimpleTech, Viking, and the Olympus card that came with my camera. I timed how long it took to copy the same 5MB file to each card. The result: the other cards took 32 seconds and the SimpleTech took 38 seconds. So, my results show that the SimpleTech is about 18% slower than the others. That's important to me because when I take action shots I'm often waiting for the previous image to write to disk before I can take the next shot.

I have purchased the 128 MB Smart Media. I works just fine. This company has been around a long time and I have purchased their products several times for my personal computer. When I ordered the wrong memory upgrade they took care of me and when I had difficulty installing the memory they took care of me.

I purchased a brand new Fuji FinePix A201 and wanted to take more pictures with it... came with a small Smartmedia card. So I decided to upgrade and get the Simpletech 128MB SM card. Now I can take a bunch of pictures without changing SM cards so often. Oh yeah, get the Simpletech Smartmedia Flashlink reader, it will get your images from your camera to the PC fast!!

I just received this, having upgraded from the measly 4mb card which came with my Fuji MX-1200 (1.3 megapixels), and I couldn't be happier! Fit 447 pictures so far on it, at 640 X 480 size with no problem, and I still haven't run out of room yet! Very pleased!

This is a great product for digital media. It has mass storage capability, and the versility to do about everything. You will love it!

When I bought my Olympus Camedia, the 16MB SmartMedia Card that came with it was not big enough to take the number of pictures that I really wanted. So this SimpleTech 128MB Smart Media Card was actually pretty cool. I got to snap as many pictures without having to scan through them right away to save or open up more space for additional pics. I would highly recommend this SimpleTech 128MB Smart Media Card for amateur and advanced photographers as well. ...

ORamos1973

I use it in my Olympus and it works great. I'm going on vacation and I'm picking up another card. These cards are reliable and convenient. MANY MANY PICTURES.

Lots of memory, works nicely, and I got it on sale. Gotta love it.