Olympus C-5050 Zoom - Manual (Page 26)

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Inserting a card
“Card” in this manual refers to the xD-Picture Card, SmartMedia, Compact
Flash and Microdrive. The camera uses the card to record pictures.
The xD-Picture Card and SmartMedia use the same slot, as do Compact
Flash and Microdrive. Cards used in the same slot cannot be inserted at the
same time.
Card basics
The card corresponds to normal camera film for recording the pictures you
have taken. Pictures recorded and stored on the card can easily be erased,
overwritten, and/or edited on a PC.
The following cards can be used: Read the instructions for the card carefully
before use.
• 2 MB SmartMedia cannot be used.
• Commercially available 5 V SmartMedia cannot be used.
• 340 MB Microdrive cannot be used.
• This camera may not recognize a non-Olympus card (such as a 3 V
(3.3 V) SmartMedia), or a card that was formatted on another device
(such as a PC, etc.). Before use, be sure to format the card on this
camera.
“Formatting cards” (P.175)
xD-Picture Card
(provided)
• 16 to 128 MB SmartMedia (SM)
(optional)
• 4 to 128 MB Compact Flash (CF) (optional)
• You can use small flash memory cards
and commercially available cards.
Microdrive (optional)
• You can use Microdrive that supports
CF+Type II (Compact Flash expansion
standard). Microdrive is a compact hard
disk drive. Be sure to read the
“Precautions for using Microdrive”
(P.29).
c Contact area
Comes into contact with the camera’s signal read contacts.
d Write-protect area
Attach the provided write-protect seal when you want to protect your data from
accidental erasure or overwriting. xD-Picture Card does not have a write-protect area.
e Index area
Use the provided index label to indicate the card’s contents.
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