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Memory cards - types - usages???

Posted on 05/05/2012 2:05:09 PM PDT by djf

Quick stop at a garage sale and grabbed this thingamajig called a "CameraMate".

USB plug into my computer.

Accepts 4 types of memory cards, the only type I have is a Compactflash (which I don't really use, I use USB sticks, but it is a curiosity).

So I am wondering about the other types of cards this thing can read and what their sizes/types/usages are.

There's a slot for MS, a slot for SD, a slot for CF (Compactflash), and a slot for xD/SM

Anyone know the skinny on these other card types?

Thankx!!


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To: ShadowAce; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thanks djf.


21 posted on 05/05/2012 10:42:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: All

Thanks to everyone for their replies, I learned a lot!

Will stick to high speed USB sticks for now, but it’s nice to have a universal reader, heck, only cost me a buck. Garage sales RULE!!


22 posted on 05/06/2012 5:00:05 AM PDT by djf ("There are more old drunkards than old doctors." - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; stylin_geek; ...

23 posted on 05/06/2012 5:42:03 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: djf

I’ve been using SD cards for several yrs., primarily in cameras.

Learned of a feature last week that I didn’t know. (duh)
They have a write protection lock on them just like the old floppy.

Where have I been?


24 posted on 05/07/2012 2:50:07 AM PDT by Vinnie (A)
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To: Erasmus
Personally, I prefer CF cards for two reasons.
  1. They are faster (or at least can be faster. This is an issue in higher-end cameras, because of the size of the files. If you're doing sports photography, and want to dump a shot or to per second to the card, you to have a fast card.
  2. You can label them. Micro-SD cards are just too freaking small IMO, as you can't put a useful label on them so you can tell what is on it. SD cards are a little better, but CompactFlash cards actually have a place on them to write what is on them.

Yeah, I know. Everybody likes these cool little cards barely bigger than your pinky nail, but I believe there is such a thing as something being too freaking small to be useful.

25 posted on 05/07/2012 9:12:43 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: smokingfrog

Thanks for that link...


26 posted on 05/07/2012 9:15:58 AM PDT by tubebender (I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.)
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To: rawhide
Feh ... those square thingies are going nowhere.

If it don't take these:

It's worthless ...

27 posted on 05/07/2012 9:20:36 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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