Thanks.
My wife's xD cards seemed a pain.
My L1 uses SD of which I have abundance and I'm pleased with.
But I want an E30 or E3 or the one to be announced any time soon as a
replacement for the E3, and then no SD.
So I'll have to actually buy cards for myself; what type was the question.
Answered now.
Thanks again to the whole list.
Phx
Jim Couch wrote:
>Yes they are. They are faster, and more reliable. Yeah they won't fit
>into most laptops, but you could always transfer direct from the camera,
>or buy one of the multi card readers. If your laptop is anything like my
>wife's Lenovo, the transfer direct from the camera is no slower than the
>internal card reader, and a multi card reader is much faster! When you
>factor in that the CF cards are faster than the xD cards the difference
>is even more significant.
>
>When I bought the E-620 I just used my CF cards from my Nik*n and didn't
>even bother with an xD card.
>
>Jim Couch
>
>Philippe Amard wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks Jim,
>>
>>it explains things about the xD, a lot ...
>>Is CF much better? they're so huge and don't fit into laptops either BTW
>>phx
>>
>>
>>Jim Couch wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>xD cards are also a lot slower in camera, and will actually slow down
>>>writing while shooting (particularly in raw.) xD cards are not available
>>>in larger capacities. For even more reasons to not use xD cards check
>>>here: http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/xd.html Wrotniak feels very
>>>strongly about the xD cards, the article is titled: The xD-Picture Card
>>>Abomination!
>>>
>>>Jim Couch
>>>
>>>Philippe Amard wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Question : Why I should use CF rather than xD ?
>>>>I know the latter cards are slow to download on the computer, but they
>>>>are so much easier to handle and store (and lose?).
>>>>TIA
>>>>Phx (whose Pana SDs seem to be faster than Oly xDs)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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