I have a olympus 4000c digital camera and have used smartmedia cards (128mb). I want to expand to 1G, but
ive been told that they don't use those anymore. Does anyone
have a clue?
2007-02-11 10:03:09 · 5 answers · asked by stephen g 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Yes SmartMedia Cards have been obsolete since their highest capicity was 128MBs while the SD cards now hold like 4Gs for a cheaper amount of money than the 128MB SmartMedia Cards.
With cameras now at 8MP and 10MP you take huge picture files that are about 20-40MBs of memory. Thats an enmourmous amount of space which these 128MB cards would hold like 5 shots. Thats why they are not being produced.
2007-02-11 13:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by Koko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smartmedia are no longer being used because the maximum it can support is 128MB. There are adapters that allow you to use xD-Picture card in the smartmedia slot but the camera's firmware might not support the extra size.
2007-02-11 10:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by ⊂( ﾟ ヮﾟ)⊃ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can still find some smart media cards, either "new" old stock, or on eBay. The biggest is 128mb.
The 4000c was a great little camera for its day! I had one and really liked it. The new Oly P&S cameras are pretty nice, too!
2007-02-11 12:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ara57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of the cameras that used SM have refused to die (amen) so you have to get what you can.
But what do I know. I still play with film cameras too.
2015-07-20 07:40:55 · answer #4 · answered by William 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty much
sd cards have taken over
2007-02-11 11:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by Elvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋