Detailed specifications are tightly controlled by Olympus and Fujifilm, which charge licensing fees and royalties and require non-disclosure agreements in exchange for the technical information required to produce xD-compatible devices. [19] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Very similar to a standard NAND chip. Modified XD readers can be used to read arbitrary NAND chips. Faster xD Picture Cards launched: Digital Photography Review". Dpreview.com. 2008-01-23 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Small maximum capacity relative to other memory card formats. First-generation xD cards (Type S) have a maximum capacity of only 512MB. Type M expands the theoretical maximum capacity to 8GB (8000MB), but as of January2009 [update], there are no cards available with capacity greater than 2GB. The increasing pixel counts of digital still cameras and the growing use of these cameras for advanced audio and video recording are driving the demand for higher capacity storage," said John D. Blakeslee, business manager, digital memory products, Olympus Imaging America. "Olympus plans to apply this high-capacity technology to develop the xD-Picture Card for Olympus digital cameras with memory capacities eventually reaching up to 8GB." This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( July 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Some Olympus cameras offer camera-based panoramic processing. In those cameras that support both xD and CompactFlash cards, panoramic processing only works with images stored on the xD card, if installed. Newer Olympus cameras have neither xD cards nor this restriction.

a b "XD Media Specification". AlaudaProject. SourceForge. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Introduction of OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens system camera". Olympus Corporation. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. June 16, 2009 [..] Olympus [..] is pleased to announce the OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 Olympus says that its xD cards support special "picture effects" when used in some Olympus cameras, though these software features are not intrinsically hardware-dependent. Type H and M+ cards however, are required in newer models to capture video at high rate (640×480 @ 30fps). Due to changes in the cards' storage architecture, newer Type M and H cards may have compatibility issues with some older cameras (especially video recording). Compatibility lists are available for Olympus: Olympus America's [17] and Fujifilm's. [18] Newer cards are incompatible with some card readers. SanDisk Introduces One Gigabyte xD-Picture Card; New High-Megapixel Olympus and Fuji Cameras Spark Demand for High-Capacity xD-Picture Cards Return From Life's Everyday Adventures With High Definition Proof: The New Olympus STYLUS TOUGH-3000". Olympusamerica.com. 2010-01-07 . Retrieved 2011-07-05.

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FE-Series: xD Compatibility Chart". Olympus America. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. a b "Alauda Linux Driver Development". AlaudaProject. SourceForge. Archived from the original on 2010-09-24. Project complete: merged into upstream Linux kernel. Digital photographers are taking more photos and they are doing so with cameras of higher resolutions. Fujifilm has responded to this influx of high-resolution pictures by providing a media card that doubles the memory capacity of the current 1GB product. The new 2GB xD-Picture Card provides the storage space necessary to keep these photos until they are printed and shared.

Olympus Introduces New High-Speed xD-Picture Card For Digital Cameras". Olympus Press Pass. 2008-01-22. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Olympus began to move away from the xD format with the mid-2009 [3] announcement of the E-P1 camera, which supported only Secure Digital memory cards. [4] As of Spring 2010, all new Olympus cameras announced at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show and Photo Marketing Association International Trade Show can use SD cards. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] This changeover to the SD card format has never been officially announced by Olympus Corporation. The higher-end DSLR cameras such as the E-3 and E-5 among others continue to use CompactFlash cards as well. Certain final Olympus cameras using xD cards are also supporting microSD cards with a special, included adapter.Type M/M+ and Type H cards [ edit ] xD-Picture Card, 1000MB, type M xD-Picture Card, 512MB, type H A size comparison of an xD-Picture card with a MicroSD Card Are You Ready For Your Closeup? Three Olympus Stylus Cameras Zoom In With Style". Olympusamerica.com. 2010-01-07 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Olympus America Inc. - CCS Department. "Archived Products > E-P1". Olympusamerica.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Memory: SD Memory Card(SDHC compatible) [xD cards are not included in entry] Generally more expensive than other memory card types. As of September2009 [update], 2GB (2000MB) xD cards' retail prices are approximately three times those of same-capacity SD cards. Olympus Panorama Header". Robert Haus. 2007-12-09. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. Restore the panorama feature on Olympus smartmedia, with a hex editor, a Zio USB smartmedia reader, the smprep.exe program that is installed with it, and Windows 98/ME/2000.

Memory cards past, present and future - What you need to know about the different card formats". 7 December 2017. New Olympus Stylus Tough Cameras Dare To Go Where Other Point-And-Shoots Fear To Tread". Olympus America. February 2, 2010 . Retrieved 2011-07-05. The xD-Picture Card is an obsolete form of flash memory card, used in digital cameras made by Olympus, Fujifilm, and Kodak during the 2000s. The xD in the xD-Picture Card stands for eXtreme Digital.Many newer Olympus and Fujifilm digital cameras accept the more popular SD or CF cards, in addition to or instead of the xD format.