I was about to purchase F30...

zipper · 13th October 2006

until i read about the xD card issue with Fuji camera.. i searched more on dpreview and found out there were lots of complaints about this... err... so should i buy this "wow" camera despite of the xD issue???

Appreciate your feedbacks.

tomcat · 13th October 2006

I believe most of the problems experienced with the xD cards were when they were read by card readers, some of which are not fully compatible with the various types of xD cards used. If you are downloading the image files directly from the camera to the PC, I don't think there would be much problem.

fungoer · 13th October 2006

Agreed with the above. I have used Fujifilm camera with xD card for 4 years, previously with F700 & now F30, & I did not face any problem when downloading photos directly from camera to PC, nor loose any photo. So long as the supplied Finepix software is installed properly. Also, nowsaday there are more models of data-bank with card reader that can support both the old xD card and the new type H/M xD card.

Cheers!

ptwong · 13th October 2006

don't have a problem with XD card. F30 is a great cam even though i'm only using it's older brother.

StreetShooter · 13th October 2006

It's not a problem. Just consider the xD card as part of the camera. Connect to computer and transfer. Don't forego the benefits of the Fuji F30 just because of the xD card.

cyaw · 13th October 2006

Very early on I have been using a CF-xD adapter because of some reader not recognising the xD card. With the adapter into a CF slot of a card reader I have been enjoying problem-free downloading ever since.

singdude · 13th October 2006

I could not agree less about the XD card issue - it sux ! Its so annoying. I am really pissed off now as both my 1 gb, XD card is useless. When contacted fuji for exchange of cards, the reply was that their cards,when sold, are of fully functational so there is no policy of exchanging of cards. When I threatened to boycott fuji product altogether, I was told to bring the camera with the cards so that they could take a look.

I am really pisssed off !!

cy_j · 13th October 2006

Originally Posted by singdude

I could not agree less about the XD card issue - it sux ! Its so annoying. I am really pissed off now as both my 1 gb, XD card is useless. When contacted fuji for exchange of cards, the reply was that their cards,when sold, are of fully functational so there is no policy of exchanging of cards. When I threatened to boycott fuji product altogether, I was told to bring the camera with the cards so that they could take a look.

I am really pisssed off !!

Bro, just go straight down the service center. I did (my 1gb froze like a popsicled hell's angel). They did a one-for-one xchange. Happy as a clam now.

S11loop · 13th October 2006

I am using a cheapo $12+ mini card reader , it takes in CF , SD MMC , XD ...etc Using it since the day i got my f30 and no problem at all . Imho there is no perfect camera , how i wish the f30 is using SD mmc instead of the expensive and rare XD . But it is still very worth it after all the minor hassle as the images produce by this mini monster is

.

FYI this is the cheapo card reader i am using .

sk318c · 13th October 2006

So far no problem with xD cards.

There was once I went to the service centre to buy accessories, and another customer was shouting at the staff there about her xD Card not usable brand new.
She made an uUgly scene, but a technical staff (I think call Tan or Dan) checked with her and discovered that she never format the card with her camera before first use.

The staff even taught her not to touch the gold color plate of the card, and never do direct editing on the pictures stored in cards. Always transfer to PC, then do editing and rename, and try not to transfer back to camera.

micah4 · 13th October 2006

there are 2 brands of xD cards now...one is Oly (the only one originally) the other by Fuji (recently launched).

Perhaps someone shld take a poll and see if there are more Oly than Fuji or vice-versa that's giving more problems...or both.

Terence · 13th October 2006

Aren't the Fuji cards manufactured by Olympus as OEM cards?

micah4 · 13th October 2006

Originally Posted by Terence

Aren't the Fuji cards manufactured by Olympus as OEM cards?

Oh, really...then I got nothing to say!

...and just to share - I've a fuji 1GB xD, so far from day one, no problems...been using a card-reader since day one...made sure I never format/delete/writeto the xD card from the PC...any and everything to do with card, do within the F30 itself period.

titan7x · 13th October 2006

The cards were introduced into the market and developed by both Olympus and Fujifilm.
And they're manufactured by Toshiba and Samsung.

zipper · 13th October 2006

Thanks for all the feedbacks. I think i feel better now to go ahead to purchase the cam.

Best regards.

donchua · 13th October 2006

I only have problems when I use PC to view & delete the pics in the card.
Now no more using PC to delete the pic, problems aslo never come liao.

mastermind · 13th October 2006

i did lost a card full of pictures with the xD cards.. Didn't knew what's wrong but the camera and card reader refuses to recognise it. So had to format the card again. Never have such problems with other camera makers for 5 years and it happened to my 5 month xD card with my F11 once.

I do hope it don't happen again because the problem seem random in nature.

tomcat · 13th October 2006

If you have the Image Rescue software that comes free with Lexar cards, it can be used to retrieve image files from 'corrupted' xD cards. I used it successfully to rescue all the image files from my xD card when it got corrupted by my card reader.

Rampage · 14th October 2006

Originally Posted by zipper

until i read about the xD card issue with Fuji camera.. i searched more on dpreview and found out there were lots of complaints about this... err... so should i buy this "wow" camera despite of the xD issue???

Appreciate your feedbacks.

the f30 is my third fuji finepix cam. all 3 cams i had approx 2 xd cards. no probs at all so far. so i dun think there is any issue with xd card.

sriram · 23rd October 2006

My F30 is very new, but so far I have had no problems if I format the card in the camera each time I start a new shoot (or after downloading all pics on to PC). I've been doing this with my DSLR, and older P&S, no prob ever. I have seen probs when I deleted some pics thru a PC, put the same card back into a different cam and shoot - the cam tried to shoot but couldn't save the image.

13th October 2006	#1
zipper Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 287	I was about to purchase F30... until i read about the xD card issue with Fuji camera.. i searched more on dpreview and found out there were lots of complaints about this... err... so should i buy this "wow" camera despite of the xD issue??? Appreciate your feedbacks.

13th October 2006	#2
tomcat Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,456	Re: I was about to purchase F30... I believe most of the problems experienced with the xD cards were when they were read by card readers, some of which are not fully compatible with the various types of xD cards used. If you are downloading the image files directly from the camera to the PC, I don't think there would be much problem. __________________ Fish Pics:http://www.pbase.com/pschia/oddballs IR Pics:http://www.pbase.com/pschia/infra_red

13th October 2006	#3
fungoer New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 39	Re: I was about to purchase F30... Agreed with the above. I have used Fujifilm camera with xD card for 4 years, previously with F700 & now F30, & I did not face any problem when downloading photos directly from camera to PC, nor loose any photo. So long as the supplied Finepix software is installed properly. Also, nowsaday there are more models of data-bank with card reader that can support both the old xD card and the new type H/M xD card. Cheers!

13th October 2006	#4
ptwong Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Yishun Posts: 489	Re: I was about to purchase F30... don't have a problem with XD card. F30 is a great cam even though i'm only using it's older brother.

13th October 2006	#5
StreetShooter Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Katong Posts: 4,702	Re: I was about to purchase F30... It's not a problem. Just consider the xD card as part of the camera. Connect to computer and transfer. Don't forego the benefits of the Fuji F30 just because of the xD card.

13th October 2006	#6
cyaw Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 99	Re: I was about to purchase F30... Very early on I have been using a CF-xD adapter because of some reader not recognising the xD card. With the adapter into a CF slot of a card reader I have been enjoying problem-free downloading ever since.

13th October 2006	#7
singdude Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newcastle (UK) Posts: 193	Re: I was about to purchase F30... I could not agree less about the XD card issue - it sux ! Its so annoying. I am really pissed off now as both my 1 gb, XD card is useless. When contacted fuji for exchange of cards, the reply was that their cards,when sold, are of fully functational so there is no policy of exchanging of cards. When I threatened to boycott fuji product altogether, I was told to bring the camera with the cards so that they could take a look. I am really pisssed off !!

13th October 2006	#9
S11loop Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 3,283	Re: I was about to purchase F30... I am using a cheapo $12+ mini card reader , it takes in CF , SD MMC , XD ...etc Using it since the day i got my f30 and no problem at all . Imho there is no perfect camera , how i wish the f30 is using SD mmc instead of the expensive and rare XD . But it is still very worth it after all the minor hassle as the images produce by this mini monster is . FYI this is the cheapo card reader i am using .

13th October 2006	#10
sk318c New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 40	Re: I was about to purchase F30... So far no problem with xD cards. There was once I went to the service centre to buy accessories, and another customer was shouting at the staff there about her xD Card not usable brand new. She made an uUgly scene, but a technical staff (I think call Tan or Dan) checked with her and discovered that she never format the card with her camera before first use. The staff even taught her not to touch the gold color plate of the card, and never do direct editing on the pictures stored in cards. Always transfer to PC, then do editing and rename, and try not to transfer back to camera.

13th October 2006	#11
micah4 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 365	Re: I was about to purchase F30... there are 2 brands of xD cards now...one is Oly (the only one originally) the other by Fuji (recently launched). Perhaps someone shld take a poll and see if there are more Oly than Fuji or vice-versa that's giving more problems...or both.

13th October 2006	#12
Terence Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I'm a Llama! Posts: 4,716	Re: I was about to purchase F30... Aren't the Fuji cards manufactured by Olympus as OEM cards? __________________ Visit my photo blog Email only please, NO PM!

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titan7x Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 128	Re: I was about to purchase F30... The cards were introduced into the market and developed by both Olympus and Fujifilm. And they're manufactured by Toshiba and Samsung.

13th October 2006	#16
donchua Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tampines Posts: 7,814	Re: I was about to purchase F30... I only have problems when I use PC to view & delete the pics in the card. Now no more using PC to delete the pic, problems aslo never come liao.

13th October 2006	#17
mastermind Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 329	Re: I was about to purchase F30... i did lost a card full of pictures with the xD cards.. Didn't knew what's wrong but the camera and card reader refuses to recognise it. So had to format the card again. Never have such problems with other camera makers for 5 years and it happened to my 5 month xD card with my F11 once. I do hope it don't happen again because the problem seem random in nature.

23rd October 2006	#20
sriram Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,274	Re: I was about to purchase F30... My F30 is very new, but so far I have had no problems if I format the card in the camera each time I start a new shoot (or after downloading all pics on to PC). I've been doing this with my DSLR, and older P&S, no prob ever. I have seen probs when I deleted some pics thru a PC, put the same card back into a different cam and shoot - the cam tried to shoot but couldn't save the image.