![]() The Memory Stick format was designed by Sony back in 1998 and used almost exclusively by them for their digital cameras, video cameras and gaming devices. miniSD was around for a couple of years and then gave way to the more popular microSD card. miniSDīefore the advent of the microSD card, this was the memory card designed for small products (like cell phones and MP3 players). Most camera companies opted not to use MMC as their card format, although there were a few cameras which did rely on this form factor. The format looked almost exactly like SD cards (without the locking tab), even though they were different. This memory card was very confusing from the outset. Ultimately over time, the SD card format won the battle and xD was phased out. This card ranged from 16MB to 2GB and was designed as a competitor to the SD card format. The xD card format is another old card format and was proprietary, and only used by, Olympus and Fujifilm. These cards are long gone, but still hold a special place in my heart. ![]() It wasn’t until I visited Tokyo that I was able to find 128MB SmartMedia cards. ![]() I remember using 4MB and 16MB cards that were produced by Toshiba. ![]() Today, the larger cards would barely store one image from the current digital cameras on the market. The capacities ranged from 2MB all the way up to 128MB. The card was paper thin and rather remarkable in it’s day. The SmartMedia card goes way back, This was the first memory card I ever used in my first digital point and shoot cameras. ![]()
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