Originally Posted by ByrdluvsAWACO
For me XD falls in the same camp as Sony memory stick. Unnecessary. I don't see why we needed yet another format that offers no real advantage and lower memory sizes for a higher price.
I would have to say go with either SD or CF. Those are the two formats that have the widest acceptance. I use my 2GB CF card between my camera, laptop, desktop, printer and PDA. None of the other formats are supported to this degree.
Don't really agree here, I have a camera that takes XD, I can get XD cards everywhere, and they are pretty cheap. Memorystick media is only found from a few brands and was strictly a Sony-only product for the longest time.
XD is fast, and there is thankfully only one XD standard (unlike memorystick with regular, magicgate, duo, duo magicgate, pro etc...).
XD's are available from several brands are are used in quite a few camera brands too.
I was pretty sceptical at first, but CD has certainly won me over, especially with it's awesome speeds (I can shoot 12MP photos and write them away one every 2 or 3 seconds, try that with SD! )