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Summary: How many pictures will it store?
Review: How many pictures will it store? It is the most commonly asked question from digital camera enthusiast but usually the question that is the most difficult to get a straight answer about. Well, considering I worked in the memory industry for over 7 years I can help clarify this perplexing question and do so unbiased as I have since changed industries.
The SanDisk SDXD-512-A10 512MB xD Picture Card, like most 512MB cards, will store on average 568 pictures when used with a 2 megapixel camera, 426 images when used with a 3 megapixel camera, 256 pictures when used with a 4 megapixel camera, 204 images when used with a 5 megapixel camera, and 160 pictures when used with a 6 megapixel camera. These numbers are based off the assumption that you are going to shoot your images at the highest quality JPEG setting available for the camera and understand that they are estimates and may be off by as much as 10 percent due to numerous factors including the complexity of the scene being shot and the compression algorithm used by your specific camera.
I truly hope this review was helpful to you in determining whether this 512MB card is the right capacity for your specific needs.
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Summary: Shipped wrong product & didn't refund shiping
Review: I just went looking for the status on my order and found it had disappeared - I never even received an email that they were canceling my order. I can understand their pricing policy, but it sure would have been nice if they had communicated that it had been an error. The price they had online was comparable to other memory like Compact Flash so it appeared that it was a good deal, not a price mistake.
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Summary: More poor service
Review: I just went looking for the status on my order and found it had disappeared - I never even received an email that they were canceling my order. I can understand their pricing policy, but it sure would have been nice if they had communicated that it had been an error. The price they had online was comparable to other memory like Compact Flash so it appeared that it was a good deal, not a price mistake.
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Summary: Shipped wrong product & didn't refund shiping
Review: I ordered the 512M xD when it was cheaper than the current price, but they shipped me a 256M card instead. They said that it was a price mistake and to return the product for a full refund, which was find with me, but they did not refund the shipping! I can understand if I ordered the wrong product, but this was their error yet they still expect me to pay for their mistake?!
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Summary: Amazon doesn't honor their prices on this... Poor service
Review: Just wanted to let everyone know that Amazon had these listed at a much better price 10 days ago... I put one on order and was told originally 1-3 weeks.Next thing I know I get notified 3-4 weeks. So I decided to hold out. 10 days later I get an e-mail indicating they are cancelling my order due to a pricing issue. I have waited 10 days already and just find this out.. totally not cool service. Next time I will look elsewhere and advise everyone else to do the same. 5 year warranty on the product looks attractive.. better off buy a 256 MB Fuji card at Walmart for $99 and submitting the $25 rebate on this one... Rebate for thru 12/31/03
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Summary: Don't bother ordering here. Item sent not as advertised-
Review: Pictured is the Olympus-branded xD memory card. Right? Same is also pictured on the printed SanDisk insert. But, what you'll actually get is the Fuji-branded xD memory card which is cheaper because it is specifically NOT panoramic capable. Item appears to have been switched by either Amazon or it's source and plastic re-sealed bu glue or heat. Someone trying to "stick" Amazon with a swap? Possible. I sent a note to Customer Service to alert them of the error. They said "sorry" from India and would correct and resend. Guess what....I got another pack with the same erroneous Fuji memory card. In my book, this is called "bait and switch" and I believe it's illegal in most States. Do I dare let Amazon "fix" this error again? What do you think?
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Summary: Don't bother ordering here. Item sent not as advertised-
Review: Pictured is the Olympus-branded xD memory card. Right? Same is also pictured on the printed SanDisk insert. But, what you'll actually get is the Fuji-branded xD memory card which is cheaper because it is specifically NOT panoramic capable. Item appears to have been switched by either Amazon or it's source and plastic re-sealed bu glue or heat. Someone trying to "stick" Amazon with a swap? Possible. I sent a note to Customer Service to alert them of the error. They said "sorry" from India and would correct and resend. Guess what....I got another pack with the same erroneous Fuji memory card. In my book, this is called "bait and switch" and I believe it's illegal in most States. Do I dare let Amazon "fix" this error again? What do you think?
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Summary: xD Picture Cards - EL STINKO
Review: The mfgr's promo text says it's fast, but anyone who's ever done even an informal test knows it's dog-slow. In fact, xD is THE slowest-reading/writing media still developed. It's also one of the (if not THE) most expensive per MB, along with Sony's "Memory Stick" (now branching out into even more costly "Pro", "Secure" and "Select" subformats, hopefully helping to wake Sony-worshipers up (Sony is no longer king, folks; the 90's are LONG over. Keep an eye on Samsung - but that's another review - for the best these days). xD's one benefit: It's small; almost TOO small, and really easy to lose, only coming in black. Fuji and Olympus are the ones to blame, clearly hoping to retain unwitting users who end up forced into xD's incompatibility and expense with one of many xD-only digicams. Oddly enough, Secure Digital (SD) is almost as small, and is one of the FASTEST reading and writing formats in active development. Lots of cameras, MP3 players and other media devices use SD. What uses xD Picture Cards? Cameras. Fuji and Olympus cameras, to be exact. Nothing else of any real popularity. Apparently there's a lot of camera newbies who don't realize they got humped into a format that has no good reason to exist. Advice: If you've got an Olympus/Fuji camera, grab a 256MB card when they go on sale somewhere with a hefty rebate (or two, as mentioned in a previous review, in order to avoid placing all your digital eggs in a single proprietary, slow and expensive xD-basket) for about $70 or so each (as of 5-2004) and you and your camera will be happy for a while. As soon as you go shopping for another camera, look for fast and cheap media support from mfgrs that attract customers with innovation and performance instead of has-beens like the ones who rope the ill-informed and then attempt to chain them up in the backyard using format-inertia. As an illustration of faith in their format, even Olympus and Fuji know better than to cripple their top-quality Prosumer/SLR digicams with the all-around speed and price loser that is xD. If that doesn't say something to you, you're not listening... Have a goot one!
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Summary: Rate the product, not the service or price!
Review: The xD format is an excellent option for digital camera storage. Why? Speed/Size/Storage Capacity
The xD-Picture Card has one of the fastest read/write speeds on the market. Higher speeds can greatly enhance the user's experience with a product. For example, a photographer can take new pictures or view existing images more quickly with the xD-Picture Card media than with other, slower media formats.
The xD-Picture Card was designed to use minimal power. Users will benefit from the convenience and savings of longer battery life on a single charge. Small size (about the size of a penny), means smaller devices with lots of storage (512MB available now and plans to go to 8GB!) I like this format (I've used CF and SmartMedia) and appreciate new technology.
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Summary: Great but...
Review: why pay such a premium for the 512 meg size? If you use the dollar-per-meg calculation, it's easy to see why getting two 256 meg cards is a better approach. Not only will you have some change in your pocket but you won't have all your eggs in one digital basket should you lose the card. (Is that possible? Ask me!)
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