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Olympus Smart Media Card

by phenry Nov 14, 2004 11:45AM PST

I would like to know how long a Smart Media Card can be used. Does the quality of pictures decrease with the age of the card?

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Re: Olympus Smart Media Card
by snapshot2 Forum moderator Nov 14, 2004 11:29PM PST

All Smart Media cards are manufactured to a common specification.

If they are not damaged in any way, their life should exceed the life of the memory that is in your computer.

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Re: Olympus Smart Media Card
by newtriumvirate Nov 17, 2004 9:51AM PST

I used a 128 MB Smart Media card in my old camera for 2 years. It never let me down on picture quality or had any type of problem. I quite literally took thousands of pictures on that card. I hope this helps.

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Re: Olympus Smart Media Card
by Mary Nov 19, 2004 4:02AM PST

My Olympus smart media card is 3yrs. old and still going strong, never had a problem with it. In fact I am still using the original Olympus recharchable batteries I bought 3yrs ago and they are just as good and I do take a lot of photos with my Olympus.

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Smart media image quality
by jkeine Mar 3, 2005 6:14AM PST

Smart media cards are digital in nature so there is no degrading of the image; it either works or it does not. They can get corrupted by trips through the washer / drier, xrays via airport screening, or stepping on them.

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