02-14-2003, 03:20 PM
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Cameras with SD slots
I know a lot of people have been asking about digital cameras with Secure Digital slots. A number of new Konica cameras do - in fact, they have dual SD and Memory Stick slots.
Even if you consider the Memory Stick to be a detriment, at least it does have a SD slot in the first place, which most cameras don't... in case you're looking for a solution to interchange media with your Pocket PC. Apart from this 4-megapixel model, they also have a 5-megapixel and a 3-megapixel model with the dual slot setup.
What other good digital cameras out there feature SD?
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02-14-2003, 03:33 PM
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I had a similar discussion recently and found there were 2 pieces of helpful information.
One was the search engine at dpreview.com which allows for searches by feature. Sadly, at this time there are not a ton of SD cameras out. I imagine this will change (I hope) as the price of a reasonable sized SD card has plummeted recently.
The other suggestion was the Minolta DiMAGE X. Seems like a nice little camera with some good reviews.
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02-14-2003, 03:35 PM
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I have been waiting for a topic like this! Since I don't own a digital camera yet  ops: , I have been looking for some specifically with an SD slot. The only ones I could find were the Kodak cameras.
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02-14-2003, 03:38 PM
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02-14-2003, 03:39 PM
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There are some good compact cameras that are coming out in the future if anyone can wait.
They were announced at CES.
The Casio Exilim EX-Z3
and Pentax Optio S
Links are to the dpreview CES reports.
They both use Pentax's new sliding lens technology which makes them breakthrough cameras for the 3MP+3x-Zoom category.
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02-14-2003, 03:48 PM
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I was going to say Kodak Cameras but someone beat me to it. Kodak is actually moving away from CF slots. While some may not like Kodak cameras, I love the menu interface and find them plenty feature rich enough. Now granted I am not a professional photographer, but if I was I would be looking at the Cannon digital cameras anyway and those are around 3 - thousand as opposed to 2 - 4 hundred.
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02-14-2003, 03:59 PM
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Most of the Fuji cameras come with SD slots!!
I have had my Finepiz 4700 for a few years and think it great!!
Andy.
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02-14-2003, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by andykemp
Most of the Fuji cameras come with SD slots!!
I have had my Finepiz 4700 for a few years and think it great!!
Andy.
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Hmmm- I thought Fuji was pushing the XD cards and the previous format of choice was smart media. :?:
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02-14-2003, 04:15 PM
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the minolta dimage x and f100 are two good cameras that uses the sd card. and as mentioned, a lot of kodaks do too. the fuji's uses xd, not sd...a memory format they co-developed with olympus if i'm not mistaken. plus there are countless numbers of miniDV camcorders out there that uses the sd slot as storage for photos (although i would never use a camcorder to snap pictures). more and more cameras will be coming out with sd cards in the future...i hope. the higher end ones will probably stick to compactflash because compactflash is faster than sd...not to mention that there are 24x compactflash cards that are already out there.
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02-14-2003, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by hvlien
...the higher end ones will probably stick to compactflash because compactflash is faster than sd...not to mention that there are 24x compactflash cards that are already out there.
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hvlien- would the write speed have an impact on the number of shots you can take in a given period (like 3 shots per x number of seconds) or do the cameras have an internal memory buffer that works as a stage for slower write storage mediums?
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