Clueless about memory card HELP!

bishop brennan

First time here hoping someone can help me!
The brother gave me a "Polaroid pdc 3030" he got in ARGOS about 2 years ago and it has no memory card.I went in to ARGOS today and they said they dont sell the cards any more any more.The card is a smartmedia card and i dont have a clue if i can get them anywhere or if a different brand would work??
I would be greatful if anyone could help as im dumb when it comes to this stuff!

Zombrex

bishop brennan wrote:

First time here hoping someone can help me!
The brother gave me a "Polaroid pdc 3030" he got in ARGOS about 2 years ago and it has no memory card.I went in to ARGOS today and they said they dont sell the cards any more any more.The card is a smartmedia card and i dont have a clue if i can get them anywhere or if a different brand would work??
I would be greatful if anyone could help as im dumb when it comes to this stuff!

Smart Media cards have largely been discontinued as their design limited how large in capacity they could grow compared to other forms of flash media. For example Compact Flash cards have grown from 64MB to 8GB in the last 5 years, where as there is a limit on Smart Media that limits the maximum to 512MB. No matter what advances are made you are going to be stuck with that, so most camera makers have changed over to better formats

You could probably pick a second hand card, or unsold stock, up on eBay.

But honestly I would recommend you buy a new camera. The 3030 is only 3.2 mega pixels, you could pick up a new camera with more for about €70, and it would take a new format of flash memory card

real_484

hiya, just did a quick search for memory, and camera review. Reviews not so good for your camera, found some smart memory in link below.

http://www.shop4memory.com/products/smartmedia-card.asp

have used, very good.

max u can use is 128Mb, but to be honest better off getting a new camera, a standard camera phone would be better.

bishop brennan

Thanks Folks for the quick replies!!Missus just in from work and she called in to MAPLINS in Cork earlier and they had 1 left and the price was E82!!!Thank God she didnt buy it:eek:

Zombrex

bishop brennan wrote:

Thanks Folks for the quick replies!!Missus just in from work and she called in to MAPLINS in Cork earlier and they had 1 left and the price was E82!!!Thank God she didnt buy it:eek:

Yeah they used to be dirt cheap, but now they are rarer and all those poor camera owners with Smart Media camera need new ones they have rising in price. Supply and demand I suppose. Another reason to get a different camera, as the Smart Media cards are only going to get rarer and more expensive.

sceptre

bishop brennan wrote:

Thanks Folks for the quick replies!!Missus just in from work and she called in to MAPLINS in Cork earlier and they had 1 left and the price was E82!!!Thank God she didnt buy it:eek:

Both cards offered on shop4memory appear to be out of stock at the moment so you may well be back to square 2.

scargill

probably not worth a damn to you but I have a 16mb card you can have if you want it for nothing ?? PM me your address and I'll send it to you.

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found a 32mb card too - yours if u want it too.

bishop brennan

scargill wrote:

probably not worth a damn to you but I have a 16mb card you can have if you want it for nothing ?? PM me your address and I'll send it to you.

[edit]

found a 32mb card too - yours if u want it too.

Thanks scargill thats sound!would appreciate it!And thanks to everyone for the help and info!:)

Alun

Bishop Brennan, I've got a SanDisk SmartMedia USB card reader that's gathering dust in the attic, that you can have for nothing too if you want.

jaqian

bishop brennan wrote:

First time here hoping someone can help me!
The brother gave me a "Polaroid pdc 3030" he got in ARGOS about 2 years ago and it has no memory card.I went in to ARGOS today and they said they dont sell the cards any more any more.The card is a smartmedia card and i dont have a clue if i can get them anywhere or if a different brand would work??
I would be greatful if anyone could help as im dumb when it comes to this stuff!

Hi,
Try Freecycle ( the link is in my sig) I seen a few been given away recently for free there. Need to join Yahoo groups though a minor inconveinence.

J

bishop brennan

Alun wrote:

Bishop Brennan, I've got a SanDisk SmartMedia USB card reader that's gathering dust in the attic, that you can have for nothing too if you want.

Thanks Alun very kind of you!!I will pm you!