Difference between an xD-Picture Card and SD Memory Card?

Question

I have just bought my first digital camera. Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 2 cards mentioned above please?

Answer 1

1) they are different sizes.



2) xD was developed by Fujifilm and Olympus and used only in their cameras. By comparison, SD is used by a variety of manufacturers.



3) Pretty much SD memory cards are made by a wide variety of memory makers; contrary to another poster, they are not "proprietary to SanDisk" inasmuch as you can buy SD cards from multiple manufacturers and was developed by Toshiba, Panasonic/Matsushita, and SanDisk.



4) Some cameras can accept both SD and xD memory (typically a Fujifilm camera). If you have the option, pick the SD card which is usually less expensive and can be used in many other cameras/devices.



5) SD cards also come in more speeds, and some cameras and memory card readers can take advantage of the technology in the card to read/write faster. xD seems to be limited to two types and looks to be a dead-end technology.

Answer 2

Both serve the same purpose. Storing images from your camera until you're ready to put them on something else; usually a computer.



Depending what type of card your camera has been designed to use, you will be stuck with one or the other. SOME cameras have two slots allowing the user to choose between SD, compact flash, memory stick or XD Card, etc.



SD Cards and Compact Flash Cards are designed and proprietry to Sandisk. XD Cards are designed and proprietry to Fujifilm.



All types of card come in varying capacities (measured in Gb or Gigabytes) and varying speeds (usually expressed as a number followed by an x). 1Gb is a good size for most people. If your camera is anything other than a professional dSLR then speed won't matter at all.



With XD Cards (which are genereally more expensive but do the same job as an SD card) there are Type H cards and type M cards. Type M are standard and sometimes are available in larger sizes. Type H cards may be limited to smaller sizes (1 or 2 Gb is still plenty though) but are theoretically faster than Type M. Although all compact cameras are fairly slow and both cards will be limited by how fast your camera can take photos.

Answer 3

Xd Picture Card

Answer 4

The simple, bottom-line, reality-check answer is the xD card was created by Olympus and Fujifilm so that they could force you to buy their memory cards for their cameras. xD Picture cards remain proprietary even today.



SD Cards were originally created by Panasonic,SanDisk, and Toshiba but have NOT been proprietary for several years, many companies manufacture these cards.



SD cards are increasing cheaper than xD cards because they are so much more popular. SD cards come in larger capacities, faster-than-xD cards are available. Since they are so much more popular it is easier to and cheaper to get cards readers (with USB2) and you are more likely to one day have some other device that can also use your SD card.



I disagree with the previous answer that "anything other than a professional dSLR then speed won't matter at all". Increasingly non-SLR cameras certainly can take advantage of fast memory cards, especially for recording videos. Faster memory cards can show differences when taking "burst mode" pictures in sequence. Another advantage of a faster card is that they are intrinsically more reliable.

Answer 5

Xd Cards

Answer 6

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Difference between an xD-Picture Card and SD Memory Card?

I have just bought my first digital camera. Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 2 cards mentioned above please?

Answer 7

Different sizes

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Answer 9

different sizes, other than that



check on prices too, usually the sd is cheaper