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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / March 2006Olympus xD Picture Cards Info
The Olympus website isn't a great deal of help. I take it there are several different series, H and M. Can anyone knowledgeable about them offer a quick explanation of the differences please ? http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/compati/di000374e.cfm for a compatibility table, and from Wikipedia (so who knows whether it is of any value)... The Type M was released in 2005. It uses Multi Level Cell (MLC) architecture to achieve higher storage capacity than the 512MB. Although Type M capacity will eventually stretch to 8GB, the 1GB card is currently the only card in this range. The Type M suffers some compatibility issues with older cameras (especially video recording) and marginally slower readwrite speeds than the 512MB card. More recently Type H cards were introduced which do not seem to offer significant speed improvements. >http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/compati/di000374e.cfm >for a compatibility table, and from Wikipedia (so who knows whether it [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >recently Type H cards were introduced which do not seem to offer >significant speed improvements. Thanks very much - am considering an Olympus mju 720 SW..... > http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/compati/di000374e.cfm > for a compatibility table, and from Wikipedia (so who knows whether it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Although Type M capacity will eventually stretch to 8GB, the 1GB card > is currently the only card in this range. Wrong. I have a 512mb Type M XD card in front of me at the moment. > > The Type M was released in 2005. It uses Multi Level Cell (MLC) > > architecture to achieve higher storage capacity than the 512MB. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I have a 512mb Type M XD card in front of me at the moment. Can you explain *why* that makes it wrong? The article states that the M type uses a particular achitecture to achieve storage capacities *over* 512. That indicates to me that it simply uses a *less* complex achitecture for memories *below and up to* 512. So you could, in fact, have an M type card in front of you for anything from 8Mb to 8Gb... I'm not saying that the article is necessarily 100% correct, but your claim doesn't seem to be any indication it is wrong... >>> The Type M was released in 2005. It uses Multi Level Cell (MLC) >>> architecture to achieve higher storage capacity than the 512MB. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I'm not saying that the article is necessarily 100% correct, but your > claim doesn't seem to be any indication it is wrong... >>>the 1GB card is currently the only card in this range. >> Wrong. >> >> I have a 512mb Type M XD card in front of me at the moment. How can he have a 512MB Type M card if they are only in 1GB? > >>>the 1GB card is currently the only card in this range. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How can he have a 512MB Type M card if they are only in 1GB? > >>> The Type M was released in 2005. It uses Multi Level Cell (MLC) > >>> architecture to achieve higher storage capacity than the 512MB. > >>> Although Type M capacity will eventually stretch to 8GB, the 1GB card > >>> is currently the only card in this range. Cards smaller than or equal to 512MB weren't excluded from Type M. The article stated that MLC allowed Type M to acheive greater than 512MB up to 8GB, but curently only one card exisited in this range ... no mention of how many exisited in the 512MB or smaller but nothing mentioned which excludes 512Mb or smaller from being in the type M class. KC >> >>>the 1GB card is currently the only card in this range. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > KC Depends what you mean the word range to mean. The type M range or the range above 512 up to 1GB. If you read it the first way, then it appears to be a contradiction, the second it doesn't. >Depends what you mean the word range to mean. The type M range or the >range above 512 up to 1GB. > >If you read it the first way, then it appears to be a contradiction, the >second it doesn't. Apologies for humongous URL : http://www.olympusimaging.com.au/servlet/ContentServer?productpage=Series&cid=10 85553154819&pagename=Olympus%2FPage%2FProducts&context=Products%2CMemory+Cards&p roductId=1091685637643§ionId=1085025989222 > >> Depends what you mean the word range to mean. The type M range or the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.olympusimaging.com.au/servlet/ContentServer?productpage=Series&cid=10 85553154819&pagename=Olympus%2FPage%2FProducts&context=Products%2CMemory+Cards&p roductId=1091685637643§ionId=1085025989222 I couldn't believe they would put this image on their website http://www.olympusimaging.com.au/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urlxlargeimage&blobh eader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=ProductImageFile&blobwhere=1117688189068 I know it isn't caused by the camera but it still isn't a good ad for their products. > I couldn't believe they would put this image on their website http://www.olympusimaging.com.au/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urlxlargeimage&blobh eader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=ProductImageFile&blobwhere=1117688189068 They cannot show the unpixelated face until the end of it's trial. Or they didn't get a model release. KC |
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