Olympus 5050 C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual (11 MB) - Page 26

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 1 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. Getting started 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. c d e Microdrive (optional) c e • 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). cContact area Comes into contact with the camera's signal read contacts. dWrite-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. eIndex area Use the provided index label to indicate the card's contents. • 2 MB SmartMedia cannot be used. • Commercially available 5 V SmartMedia cannot be used. Note • 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) 25