SD and XD cards

**wizard1974uk** · 6th June 2004

Just following on from the link smaur posted. The Fukipix uses XD cards.

So what is the difference between SD and XD?

**Looey** · 6th June 2004

This is an SD (Secure Digital) card:

This is an XD (XD-Picture Card) card:

SD cards are used more widely in the cheaper range of cameras and they are used in some mobiles phones like the N-Gage.

The XD card was created jointly but Fuji and Olympus.

**wizard1974uk** · 6th June 2004

Crikey they are small compared to the SDs.

**flipper321** · 6th June 2004

Yup, although now it's pretty obvious just to re-iterate, despite the similar naming convention (SD / XD) these cards have nothing to do with one another.

**toto67** · 6th June 2004

Originally Posted by wizard1974uk

Just following on from the link smaur posted. The Fukipix uses XD cards.

So what is the difference between SD and XD?

This m8 give you a break down of the different type of cards available.....
and sonw info on them

http://www.steves-digicams.com/flash_memory.html

**theodotcom** · 11th June 2004

The n-gage and most mobiles use mmc cards, the xd cards at max capability will be able to go upto 8Gb on one card, hence the video feature of some cameras would allow for much longer recording, fuji is now releasing cameras that have much better video resolution, when a 8Gb card is released you'll be able to record quiet a lot of video.