xd cards?

mondo · 5 Oct 2006 at 10:31

I fancy getting my first digital camera, i have been looking at fuji digital cameras. I see they come with xd cards while other cameras come with sd cards,so whats the differance between them if any?Will the sd cards be compatible with the fuji cameras?

wizardmaxx · 5 Oct 2006 at 10:35

XD is a proprietory format (fuji and Olympus) that is very expensive compared to SD. They are very different physically. Weigh up the cost af the xd camera u want to buy and add the cost of a 1gb xd card vs a similar sd camera and a 1gb sd card. You may well be able to step up to the next model in the range going the sd route.

drphibes · 5 Oct 2006 at 10:36

xd cards are smaller for starters than sd cards. My mum owns a Fuji camera and I know that takes xd card and there is no way a sd card would fit into this particular camera.

Drphibes

wizardmaxx · 5 Oct 2006 at 10:38

Fortunately the camera I bought (Olympus c8080wz) has got xd and cf slots. The only thing it cant do on the cf card is panorama shots so i keep the xd in for just that.