The xD-Picture Card provides the highest capacity in one of the smallest memory formats available today. Featuring rapid data transfer speeds, it is ultra compact for the most portable devices. The xD-Picture Card is fully compatible with all xD devices.
The xD-Picture Card™ is compact for smaller and more stylish digital devices. It’s powerful for amazing memory capacity now, and increased memory capacity in the future. It’s durable, making it a media you can trust with your most valuable data. And it’s versatile, for unprecedented device flexibility. xD-Picture Cards - the most advanced digital media cards ever for the best digital images yet.
Compact and durable, the xD-Picture Card is the ultimate reusable digital media. It’s just as easy using non-xD devices as well, thanks to a number of groundbreaking adapters that are available including a CompactFlash™ Adapter, SmartMedia™ USB Reader/Writer, and PCMCIA/PC Card Adapter. The manufacturer listed write speeds for xD-Picture Cards are: for the 16 MB and 32 MB card, 1.3 MB/s and for the 64MB and higher cards, 3 MB/s. Both offer a minimum read speed of 5 MB/s. The xD Type M cards have a faster standard rate of 4.0MB/s for reading and 2.5MB/s for writing.
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Storage Chart - Number of Pictures and Media Files Per Flash Card
Storage
Capacity |
Camera Type |
Music** |
Audio Books+ |
Video++ |
E-Mail+++ |
| 2 MP |
3 MP |
4 MP |
5 MP |
6 MP |
8 MP |
MP3 & WMA |
Books |
Minutes |
Files |
| 128MB* |
149 |
113 |
95 |
74 |
60 |
40 |
24 |
13 |
8 |
2,720 |
| 256MB* |
298 |
226 |
180 |
149 |
119 |
79 |
48 |
26 |
17 |
5,440 |
| 512MB* |
595 |
452 |
381 |
298 |
238 |
159 |
95 |
51 |
34 |
10,883 |
| 1GB* |
1,190 |
905 |
762 |
595 |
476 |
317 |
190 |
102 |
68 |
21,766 |
| 2GB* |
2,379 |
1,808 |
1,524 |
1,190 |
952 |
635 |
380 |
204 |
136 |
43,532 |
| 4GB*
|
4,758 |
3,619 |
3,046 |
2,381 |
1,905 |
1,270 |
760 |
408 |
272 |
87,064 |
| 8GB* |
9,516 |
7,238 |
6,092 |
4,762 |
3,810 |
2,540 |
1,520 |
816 |
544 |
174,128 |
(MP=Megapixels: MB=Megabytes, GB = Gigabytes)+
* Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and is not available for data storage. Some devices may not support all of the options listed. Consult your owner's manual for supported configurations.
** Approximate number of songs. Assumes 4MB file size. Results may vary based upon compression rates and devices used.
+ Approximate number of audiobooks. Assumes 2 hours of MP3 Format 2 content or 3.7MB/hr. file size. Results may vary based upon format quality of download.
++ Approximate minutes of video clips. Assumes MPEG1 format, 1.5Mbps file size. Results may vary based upon video compression rate.
+++ Approximate number of file attachments. Assumes 35K file size attachment per email. Results may vary based upon file size. .
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