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XD Card? Really?

  • 22-06-2010 9:35pm
    #1
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭


    I recently got a camera as a present. It's an Olympus Camera.

    Took me ages to get around to buying a memory card and just as i was about to buy a nice, large-storage, SD card, i tried out an SD card and it doesnt fit.

    Turns out the only card will fit is an XD card and surprise surprise, the only ones i can find are made by Olympus. They're also horribly expensive! (2GB of storage for €35 is not value for my money!)

    Does anyone know where i might get one for cheap? Does the XD card even have any advantages over an SD card to justify it's large price tag compared to SD?


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  • #2
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    eBay?????

    Currently a 2GB XD (Irish Top Seller) for less than €15 + €1-ish postage

    XD are also made by Fuji.


  • #3
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    AnCatDubh wrote: »
    eBay?????

    Currently a 2GB XD (Irish Top Seller) for less than €15 + €1-ish postage

    XD are also made by Fuji.

    Yeah i searched eBay but eBay isnt ideal at the moment due to lack of Credit Card.

    :(


  • #4
    Kxiii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭Kxiii


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    Yeah i searched eBay but eBay isnt ideal at the moment due to lack of Credit Card.

    :(

    Apply for a prepaid Credit Card like 3V online should be out to you in a couple of days. The misses uses hers every where online.


  • #5
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Kxiii wrote: »
    Apply for a prepaid Credit Card like 3V online should be out to you in a couple of days. The misses uses hers every where online.

    Oh yeah, i actually think i have one of those! Super!


  • #6
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    CAn't you also transfer money from your bank onto a paypal account these days?


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  • #7
    zerohamster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭zerohamster


    Also you can create a paypal account and transfer money from your bank account to paypal which takes a few days to process (the transfer time to their bank)
    ebay own paypal and it is very secure and buyer friendly in case anything goes wrong such as counterfeit cards etc...


  • #8
    zerohamster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭zerohamster


    Effects wrote: »
    CAn't you also transfer money from your bank onto a paypal account these days?
    beat me to it haha ;)


  • #9
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Cheers lads :D

    So does anyone know if there is any actual advantage to an XD card over an SD card?


  • #10
    zerohamster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭zerohamster


    no problem,

    There is no advantage over SD cards, infact most XD cards are slower at reading and writting to.
    XD is only used by Olympus and Fuji.
    overall though cameras that tend to use XD arent all that fast at reading and writting anyway so XD suits them fine.


  • #11
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    2GB XD for 9.99stg

    That's the best price I've found them at


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