I can't get to the pictures on an xD-PictureCard!
Unfortunately, this is another case of corporate proprietary technology that simply won't work. This time, Olympus and Fuji produced cameras for awhile which used the xD-PictureCard type of memory card. Now, they switched over to a standard format, SD and MicroSD, which effectively means that the older cameras are obsolete.
What really sucks is that you didn't find this out before you took years worth of pictures. The bad news is, most card readers for xD just won't work. They might go as far as offering for format the card, but that will only erase all of your pictures.
One time, i had some luck using a 17 in 1 USB cardreader, which actually had the xD format on it. Alas, that is probably a thing of the past, since new card readers probably won't even offer xD as a format. You might look for a used one on eBay, but the odds are that you will buy one that says it is for xD, but your computer still won't recognize it.
Blame Fuji or Olympus, they were unable to comply with computer standards, so your camera was a rip-off. You might try Googling for an answer, but let me assure you after having tried; You will need to be a computer genius to understand the first thing. Even if you are a computer genius, the best you will do is to understand fully why i say that the technology is obsolete and that the computer won't recognize the xD format.
Still reading? xD is an emoticon; x is squeezed eyes and the D is a laughing mouth. i didn't find it funny, but i will avoid Olympus and Fuji cameras from now on..
What really sucks is that you didn't find this out before you took years worth of pictures. The bad news is, most card readers for xD just won't work. They might go as far as offering for format the card, but that will only erase all of your pictures.
One time, i had some luck using a 17 in 1 USB cardreader, which actually had the xD format on it. Alas, that is probably a thing of the past, since new card readers probably won't even offer xD as a format. You might look for a used one on eBay, but the odds are that you will buy one that says it is for xD, but your computer still won't recognize it.
Blame Fuji or Olympus, they were unable to comply with computer standards, so your camera was a rip-off. You might try Googling for an answer, but let me assure you after having tried; You will need to be a computer genius to understand the first thing. Even if you are a computer genius, the best you will do is to understand fully why i say that the technology is obsolete and that the computer won't recognize the xD format.
Still reading? xD is an emoticon; x is squeezed eyes and the D is a laughing mouth. i didn't find it funny, but i will avoid Olympus and Fuji cameras from now on..
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