storage medium
I have an Olympus c-2100uz and find that even though I am still trying to
learn how to use it, the storage medium it uses, the Smart Memory card, is being phased out. Olympus says that the camera will not be able to make use of any other storage card. Is this the way it all is headed? Your camera is only good as long as the memory for it is available? Really makes me nervous about ever getting a new camera. Oh, almost forgot to ask ... just how long do these storage cards last? Thanks. |
Cassie wrote: I have an Olympus c-2100uz and find that even though I am still trying to learn how to use it, the storage medium it uses, the Smart Memory card, is being phased out. Olympus says that the camera will not be able to make use of any other storage card. Is this the way it all is headed? Your camera is only good as long as the memory for it is available? Really makes me nervous about ever getting a new camera. Oh, almost forgot to ask ... just how long do these storage cards last? Thanks. The cameras use different types of "flash" memory. All flash memory is the same to users like us because all types of flash use what are basically tiny capacitors on the silicon chip (which is inside of those little flash cards) to store electrical charge. Short of catastrophic damage to the card, this charge will not deplete... therefore the data can stay on the chip for *years*. The *minimum* long term performance of most flash memory arrays call for 20,000 read/write cycles with _minimal_ loss of data even then. The current memory cards you have will probably outlast the life of the camera. Stock up on an extra card or two when they are on sale, and toss them into a drawer somewhere on the off chance that the card(s) you use now will fail for some external reason (loss, physical damage, etc.). I wouldn't worry about it. |
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Cassie wrote: I have an Olympus c-2100uz and find that even though I am still trying to learn how to use it, the storage medium it uses, the Smart Memory card, is being phased out. Olympus says that the camera will not be able to make use of any other storage card. Is this the way it all is headed? Niche formats will be discontinued. Mainstream formats (SD card, CF card) will be readily available for another decade at least --- tons and tons of appliances use and depend on them. And there are many other manufacturers around (Lexar, SanDisk, etc. etc. etc.) if your camera maker stops doing so. Your camera is only good as long as the memory for it is available? I would not worry about the market leading formats with diverse manufacturers. Really makes me nervous about ever getting a new camera. Oh, almost forgot to ask ... just how long do these storage cards last? Thanks. The current memory cards you have will probably outlast the life of the camera. .... since that may be 'just' 3 years --- look at the cameras that were new in winter 2001. Which one would you care to use today? How about ones from 1999? Stock up on an extra card or two when they are on sale, and toss them into a drawer somewhere on the off chance that the card(s) you use now will fail for some external reason (loss, physical damage, etc.). I wouldn't worry about it. Good advise for a niche format. With common formats (CF, SD) I'd wait as prices are falling all the time. Just compare today's prices with those of last year ... -Wolfgang |
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