

The XD card can also be plugged out of a camera and connected to a PC using a card reader. One of the best advantages most users liked about XD-Picture Cards is that they contained no flash translation layers and came with better flash-file systems that could easily access the card’s hardware.Ĭameras using xD-Picture cards can transfer image files to a computer using an IEEE 1394 cable or USB. This card was co-developed by Fujifilm and Olympus, and introduced into the camera market around July 2002.Īfter release, xD-Picture Cards were also produced under other camera brand names including: SanDisk, Lexar, and Kodak.

xD-Picture Cards are not commonly used nowadays since they have a low memory holding capacity of 16MB to 2GB. An XD Picture Card is a type of a flash memory-card format used in most digital cameras such as Fujifilm and Olympus cameras.
