Customer Reviews

Viking 32 MB SmartMedia Card (SSFDC3/32)

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Here is general guidline of about how many pictures a smart media card can hold. This list was made up using a 2.1 mega pixel camera at 1600x1200 resolution. (The Fuji Finepix 2300). So if you have a higher mega pixel camera the amount of pictures it can hold will decrease and you will be able to hold a few more pictures with a lower mega pixel model. But these numbers will give you a basic idea so you will know what capacity of smart media card is for you. (1600x1200 resolution) Example: Listed is the card capacity with the amount of photos it can hold in the camera's Fine (best mode), Normal, and Basic photo modes. (Fine,Normal,Basic)

8 MB (9,19,39) 16 MB (19,39,75) 32 MB (40,82,155) 64 MB (82,170,330) 128 MB (168,350,700)

*Most camera's normal mode takes pictures of good enough quality for most photos you will take, unless the camera is under 1.3 mega pixels.

*Many cameras come with a 8MB memory card. But that usually isn't enough memory for most people, here is what I would suggest purchasing:

My suggestions:

1-1.9 mega pixel camera - 8MB or 16 MB

2-2.9 mega pixel camera - 32 MB

3 mega pixels and up - 64 MB

A pretty good third party accesory. Works well with my Rio 500hundred, and is [less expensive] than the 32 meg card made by Diamond themselves. Also, they have a compatibility garantee in case it doesn't work. Pretty good choice.

If I were you I would ignore any negative review about this SmartMedia card. The only negative review I've seen about this product came from someone who tried to stick this 32MB card in an old Digital Camera that only takes up to 16MB cards. A quick check on Kingston's or your camera manufacturer's website could clue you into this. After you know this capacity of card will work in your electronic device, buy this card. It is the best deal going and it comes with a nice little case (not some flimsy soft sleeve). I am pretty sure I will buy another.

I bought this for my Fuji Finepix 1400. Buying Fuji card or Olympus card was an more expensive choice. I think this is a good choice as it works fine.

Viking 32MB Smart Media card:

I bought it for my Diamond RIO PMP 500 MP3 Player. It works wonderfully for storing MP3 Music. I have used Viking products before and they are known for high quality products. If you'll give Viking a try you'll see why they have such a good reputation. I am using it with the Viking SSFDC/AFP smartmedia to floppy disk adapter and it is working wonderfully. I highly recommend the product and I give it a 5 star rating. Please pass the word along - you WON'T be sorry, trust me!

While the Viking products take the heat for being the "generic" products I believe they are just as good as the leaders and being cheaper they are perhaps the better buy. I purchased my memory card for a trip I was taking to San Francisco. After coming home with 200+ pictures on my card I would have been heartbroken should something have happened along the way but here I am today with all my pictures intact. In fact the Viking memory card has NEVER let me down. Please tell me why I ever considered going with a more expensive memory card?

I have had mine for awhile now and can't think of being without it. I use it mainly for my digital camera. I take allot of pictuers so it gets lots of use. Its like haveing a hard drive for my photos. The transfer rate is fast and flawless. I am going to order a few more just to have them. You know I trust it when I used it for the photos of my daughters wedding. I have some that were more expensive but they don't work any better then this one does.

I bought this card to replace the 8MB card that came with my Toshiba Allegretto M4 and it works perfectly fine. Even fully loaded at 32 megs of pictures, retrieval is just as quick as with any other SmartMedia card. Additionally, it's a Viking product, so it's likely to bring with it the reliability its brand name carries. If you want more beef, there's bigger capacities, but as of this writing this is the best priced card for the storage.

Don't understand the problems that other folks had. It is just memory and you should find out whether it is go/no-go right away. In this case, it is no fuss for my Olympus D460; it did not require formatting. Buy it You just cannot beat the price of $32 and no shipping from Amazon.com (for 32MB postage stamp size memory! I wanted to cry when thinking about the $500 that I paid for my first 40 MB external hard drive for my Mac!).

I bought this to go with my new Olympus Camedia D370 digital camera. It is a GREAT addition. Not only does it increase the capacity of the camera several fold, there was no setup. I inserted the media and boom! Extra capacity. . .