I'm not sure that's true. I thought there was an adapter that put the new
card into a CF format.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: <OM4Ti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: New Memory Card :was Re: [OM] taken from the Maitani site....
> No, the E-10 and E-20 use Smart Media or Compact Flash. They have slots
for
> both. Both slots can be populated at the same time and you can switch
> between the two on the fly just by using a little button.
>
> I use a 1 gigabyte IBM micro drive in the CF Type II slot on the big
> cameras. Then just slip it into the laptop and copy them off.
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: New Memory Card :was Re: [OM] taken from the Maitani site....
>
>
> > Will the E10 or E20 take this new XD card?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <OM4Ti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:54 AM
> > Subject: New Memory Card :was Re: [OM] taken from the Maitani site....
> >
> >
> > > The new memory card you are referring to is the XD.
> > >
> > > The C-730UZ, C-5050 and C-50 all take this card. I do not know how it
is
> > > implemented on the other two but in the 730 it slips into a little
notch
> > in
> > > the Smart Media slot. This solves the problem of SM cards only going
to
> > 128
> > > meg.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Marc Lawrence" <mlawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:41 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [OM] taken from the Maitani site....
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Albert [mailto:olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> > > > > This makes me sad. Another one of my complaints about the Olympus
> > > > > digital line is the use of smart media. CF will take a
microdrive,
> > > > > which means 1gig options vs. only a 128Meg limit. That's a huge
> > > > > difference. What is stopping me from recommending Olympus C
series
> > > > > cameras to people is that. Higher prices for memory and less
> > > > > of it in an easier to break, less compatible package.
> > > >
> > > > I think this has been discussed before, but Olympus and Fuji have
> > > > also created a new compact memory card, about the size of a postage
> > > > stamp. Currently they go up to 128Mb, with a 256Mb expected by
> > > > December. They are then anticipating following up with 512Mb,
> > > > 1Gb and 8Gb cards (this is all from the October edition of the UK's
> > > > Practical Photography magazine).
> > > >
> > > > ...all of which probably doesn't help users of existing
> > > > cameras, unless they also develop a "converter" for the old
> > > > style, but the above is being developed in mind of the new
> > > > cameras.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Marc
> > > > Sydney, Oz
> > > >
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