Is "XD" digital camera memory worth paying more for? Interchangeable? Price deals?

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Nov 4, 2004 | 12:54 pm

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In case someone is still looking, Dell has a 512MB for $78

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=A0366410

Then again, I got a 1GB CF for less than that

Nov 4, 2004 | 4:24 pm

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Don't bother with XD

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.

Nov 4, 2004 | 4:48 pm

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Originally Posted by ByrdluvsAWACO

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! )

Nov 4, 2004 | 5:12 pm

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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! )

I have certainly noticed that my Fuji S304 writes a 3.2MP image to XD significantly faster than my Panasonic NV-GS400 writes a 4MP still to SD memory. I was not sure if this was the memory speed difference or other differences in the camera - for example the NV-GS400 may not be opimized for writing stills since it is a DV camcorder. But there is a noticable delay with writing to the SD card.