xD-Picture Card
A 16 MB xD-Picture Card from Fujifilm | |
| Media type | Memory card |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 16 MB to 2 GB |
| Developed by | Olympus, Fujifilm |
| Manufactured by | Toshiba, Samsung |
| Dimensions | 20 × 25 × 1.78 mm (0.787 × 0.984 × 0.070 in) |
| Weight | 2.8 g (0.099 oz) |
| Usage | Digital cameras, voice recorders |
| Released | July 2002 |
| Discontinued | 2009 |
xD-Picture Card is an obsolete flash memory card format, developed jointly by Olympus and Fujifilm in 2002 as a proprietary alternative to existing formats. It was primarily used in digital cameras produced by Olympus and Fujifilm, and was also adopted by Kodak in some models. xD cards were available in capacities ranging from 16 MB to 2 GB. While their file transfer speeds were good by 2002 standards, by the late 2000s they offered less capacity, were slower, and were more expensive than SD cards. The format was phased out in 2009, when Fujifilm and Olympus transitioned to the more widely supported SD card format.