Olympus H 1 GB xD-Picture Card Flash Memory Card 202032

I purchased this card to go with the Olympus Stylus 720SW 7.1MP. It works really well but I do believe it slows down my camera. However - it does have a nice feature where where it activates the olypus stylus to have panoramic photo options! I loved this since I was in Hawaii I was able to take panoramic photos of the ocean and mountains . It was very useful and came in very handy ! This card also saves a lot of pictures ! Which was amazing since I was not near my computer to take them off !

This product was not compatible with my camera and I was unable to return the item to Amazon because I did not return the item within the time alotted by Amazon. Also the manufacturer was no help. I feel the product could have been described better. I will stick to big box stores when buying electronics next time.

Wow 620 photos from a single card (1GB)
Remember the cost of printing photos in the olden days?

Contrary to a lot of common opinion, as a user of xD cards I'm more than happy with their performance. Originally lauded for their smaller physical dimensions, they now seem to be derided for their (alleged) minimal capacities. For me, 2GB is just fine. If I get a major glitch during an image file transfer or in the field, I'd prefer to lose 100 pics rather than 800 pics! And yes; it can happen.

I'd rather use four 2GB cards than a single 8GB card any day, which really negates the "small capacity" argument in my opinion.

Similarly for the xD's often-quoted "slow" transfer rate. Using a card reader, do I really care whether it takes me 3 minutes or 6 minutes to transfer my pics to my PC? Not really; I'm not in that much of a panic! Price-wise, xD cards are now almost level pegging with SD cards - admittedly a couple of years ago that wasn't the case. Nowadays, their price differential is immaterial.

The major advantage of the "Olympus" branded cards is their ability to enable increased burst mode and panorama stitching in Olympus' cameras. Quality-wise, SanDisk et al are their equal - if you don't need their increased image handling capabilities.

Finally, for some obscure reason (known only to the Olympus and Fujifilm marketing departments!), larger capacities than 2GB have never been released commercially, although test lab prototypes of up to 8GB have been trialled successfully. Who knows why?

After about ten uses in my compatible Fuji FinePix A500 the card won't format in the camera or computer. The last time is was used the batteries in the camera died while shooting, so I'm thinking that might have something to do with it.... Not worth the hassle... SD and CF cards have my future business...