But at least they each found a sucker to pony up the other half of the
development costs, no?
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 January 2010 15:51
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] xD out?
Yes. Both of them weren't too smart.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> Wasn't xD a Fuji/Olympus design collaboration?
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> jgettis81@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I noticed that the Fujji too has gone to SD cards in the cameras that
>> we are carrying where I work. I just wish they had made the change
>> before they designed the E-30. I wonder when the new models come out
>> what cards they will use. John
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: 1/26/2010 5:20:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] xD out?
>>>
>>> you said it! I couldn't agree more.
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>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
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>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
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>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>> Video puts a big premium on speed and capacity which xD cards don't
>>>> have. xD cards never made any sense from the day they were first
>>>> announced since (to save cost) the cards were made without built-in
>> disc
>>>> controllers as other cards have. It was an extremely short sighted
>>>> decision technically. Probably made by a bean counter. It's long
>>>> past time that it die.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>> John Hermanson wrote:
>>>>> I've read that the new line of Olympus P&S digitals coming out in
>> March
>>>>> will use SD memory cards due to their ability to write HD faster
>>>>> than xD. Anyone else here this?
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