So the "x" in xD card isn't a variable

[Imp]

Stupid of the day: I stuck an SD memory card from a camera into the xD card reader of a computer.

I was using my work computer's card reader for the first time, had the tower on the floor, too lazy to bend down, so I tried to fit by feel knowing they're keyed. The SD/MMC/whatever reader was on the right, I tried it, and it didn't go right in. Thinking I misread the label, I tried the next slot over labeled "xD" thinking the "x" was a variable...

It fit... it actually went into the slot easier than the actual SD. I don't know if it's supposed to or not because the official dimensions for both SD and xD cards are pretty close. Card didn't read, obviously.

Nothing got fried as far as I know, but I am feeling smart!

 

[Ichinisan]

LAWL

I think Olympus and maybe 1 other manufacturer endorsed that unnecessary format.

 

[NutBucket]

Fuji perhaps? I have any Olympus that uses that format. There's an adapter out there that allows you to use MicroSD.

 

[OCGuy]

Are we talking about the firearm line by Springfield?

 

[NutBucket]

Not this time.

 

[Jeff7]

Someone at Olympus had the brilliant idea that they could improve revenue by being dicks and not incorporating the widely-used standard memory cards, and instead made their own.

 

[Terabyte]

Someone at Olympus had the brilliant idea that they could improve revenue by being dicks and not incorporating the widely-used standard memory cards, and instead made their own.

Sounds like Sony

 

[JManInPhoenix]

I still have my Fuji digital camera from 2003 with an 2GB xD card - still works great and holds a ton of pictures.

 

[rh71]

didn't know this. They really shouldn't mislead like that.

 

[lxskllr]

Someone at Olympus had the brilliant idea that they could improve revenue by being dicks and not incorporating the widely-used standard memory cards, and instead made their own.

My first digital camera(Fuji) had an xD card. I specifically bought it to avoid proprietary formats like MemoryStick. I think that's called being too clever by half :^D I shopped without researching, and without a clue as to what I was doing. The camera took good pictures, but the cards were expensive. Live and learn. Aside from printers, which are all proprietary, money sucking bullshit, I haven't made the same mistake since.

 

[gorobei]

has CF died yet?

other than qhd red cameras and some prosumer SLR, i cant think of anything that needs such a bulky format.

 

[Anubis]

has CF died yet?

other than qhd red cameras and some prosumer SLR, i cant think of anything that needs such a bulky format.

thats basically all that uses it now, actually some of the highend DSLRs are moving away from it. the Nikon D4 uses XQD cards

 

[gorobei]

thats basically all that uses it now, actually some of the highend DSLRs are moving away from it. the Nikon D4 uses XQD cards

i think some of the qhd video cams were heading toward SSD.

 

[Anubis]

yea they are same with the 60+ MP digital cams, file sizes are just massive, most of those dont have internal storage they simply write directly to a HDD/Comp

 

[gorobei]

at some point they might as well just put a wifi connection in every camera and just stream to the final destination.

 

[lxskllr]

at some point they might as well just put a wifi connection in every camera and just stream to the final destination.