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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 20, 2021 15:15:19 GMT
You guys with Sony cameras, what sort of memory card fits your cameras ?
We have inherited a Sony CyberShot camera.
It uses some weird Memory Stick Duo; luckily one was in the camera.
In the bag of goodies that came with the camera is some sort of adapter = MSAC-M2 Memory Stick Duo Adapter; I have no idea when where or why we may need this adapter.
We have a complete arsenal of card readers and I thought there wasn't a memory card made that we didn't have covered --- until now...
Neither the Memory Stick Duo, nor the MSAC-M2 Adapter will fit in anything we have.
I got to looking on Amazon and am now even more confused; I typed Memory Stick Duo in the search bar and have scrolled through three pages so far and not yet a single Memory Stick Duo have I found; however, I am seeing plenty of Memory Stick Pro Duo, Micro SD adapters for the same, Memory Stick Pro HG-Duo, and a bunch of Memory Stick Pro HG-Duo HX Magic Gate and Memory Stick Pro HG-Duo Magic Gate Mark II.
I gather that none of those options are compatible and I have not yet found a single Memory Stick Duo, nor have I found any Micro SD adapters compatible with Memory Stick Duo.
I see several multi-card readers that claim support for MS, M2, and MMC; I have no idea what those three are; would any of them be compatible with this Memory Stick Duo ?
This whole business is a confusing mess.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 20, 2021 16:32:28 GMT
Ho that's a can of worms. Sorry, I can't help at all. I've never owned a camera that used them. My first digital (ca 2001) was a Nikon Coolpix that used the large compact flash cards as did my first Minolta DSLR. My last Sony DSLR and the current Sony mirrorless use SD cards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_Stick |
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Post by michelb on Nov 20, 2021 16:46:33 GMT
My wife still has a Sony DSC-H50 using Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo. Here is the adapter I have been using from the start. I don't think the Sony card format is compatible with more recent formats. The same cards seem to be used also on electronic toys.
I was able to find recently both 32 GB cards and new (adaptable) batteries. There are also chargers and card readers available easily.
This camera has a good 15x zoom, so it can be a useful complement to my fixed lens Fuji 100S and my Samsung S8. I am fond of normal and wide-angle lenses and I tend to travel much lighter.
I don't need to use the adaptor which is probably only necessary with my old HP C7280 Printer (near end of life...)
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 20, 2021 17:21:55 GMT
No one has mentioned XD cards - it seemed no device supported them - When I got a new camera, I made sure it took SD cards  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 20, 2021 18:27:29 GMT
My wife still has a Sony DSC-H50 using Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo.
The one we got is a CyberShot DSC-H5 It takes two plain old AA batteries; in fact, it came with four Sony brand rechargables and a Sony two-at-a-time charger. When we first got it, other than everything lighting up and looking as if it were ready for action, it was dead as a doornail and wouldn't take a picture (what is a doornail ?). I searched and searched and found that this was a common designed obsolescence fault with the Sony CyberShots; there was absolutely nothing physically nor mechanically wrong with the camera; like later model HP printers that are the source of so many class actions, it had just reached that magical number/usage date where it's brain told it it was time to quit working. More diligent searching came up with a post from an old boy who had devised a sneak-in-the-back-door hack that would circumvent this purpose-designed shut-down. One requirement for the hack to work was a fresh pair of those pricey Ultimate EverReady Lithium batteries that you can arc weld with. I got the expensive batteries and followed all the steps; and, lo and behold, the thing went to working as if nothing had ever been wrong. As soon as it started working, I swapped the high-dollar batteries for a fresh-charged pair of rechargables to see what it would do and it worked fine. I need to screenshot that old boy's instructions in case the information disappears when I may ever need it again. As things currently stand, I have to plug it's cord into the computer to offload any pictures, which is quite an annoyance. If I could somehow simplify this procedure with either a card reader that will accept the cards, or an adapter that will allow use of micro-SD cards, I intend to turn it over to my 8-yr-old ward and heir, sort of as a step between her Canon SD880 point-n-shoot and a genuine Canon big girl camera. I was amazed at how completely weightless the CyberShot is; the two batteries are the heaviest thing about it. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 20, 2021 18:37:48 GMT
No one has mentioned XD cards - it seemed no device supported them - That is a new one on me. Our first digital was an HP MP415. We still have it and it still takes excellent photos; however, the rear LCD screen is burned out and there is no way to see the menu or what is going on. I used it like that for several years, being careful to never touch any buttons that might change a setting; as, working blind, I would never be able to fix whatever I messed up. It takes normal SD cards, but only 1GB. When I bought it new, it didn't come with a card; I had to buy a card at Walmart and, as best I remember, a 1GB card was a bit over $38.00; I bought a pair of 64GB cards just a couple days ago for $16 the pair. |
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 20, 2021 18:54:42 GMT
No one has mentioned XD cards - it seemed no device supported them - That is a new one on me. xD cards were used in Olympus cameras in the 2000s. My first digital camera, an Olympus P&S (Camedia) used these cards. They are now obsolete. xD-Picture Card |
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 20, 2021 18:58:50 GMT
Yep - I had XD cards for my Olympus Camera
Luckily my PC at that time was able to read these cards, but nothing else seemed to be able. Made sure to buy a camera with an SD card when I replaced the Olympus
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Post by Chris on Nov 20, 2021 20:46:16 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 20, 2021 20:46:16 GMT
xD cards were used in Olympus cameras in the 2000s. My first digital camera, an Olympus P&S (Camedia) used these cards. They are now obsolete. xD-Picture CardYep - I had XD cards for my Olympus Camera Luckily my PC at that time was able to read these cards, but nothing else seemed to be able. Made sure to buy a camera with an SD card when I replaced the Olympus Believe it or not, the first fourteen card readers on this page are XD compatible; and, two of them, XD are the only cards they read. www.amazon.com/s?k=XD+card+reader&i=electronics&ref=nb_sb_noss_2I may have seen reference to XD in the past, but today is the first time I ever paid them any mind. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 20, 2021 20:50:12 GMT
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 20, 2021 22:22:40 GMT
“ Believe it or not, the first fourteen card readers on this page are XD compatible; and, two of them, XD are the only cards they read.”
I don’t remember them being readily available when I had that camera.
It was BetaMax all over again. LOL
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 20, 2021 22:35:06 GMT
It was BetaMax all over again. LOL Last year, a good friend of mine kicked the bucket. He was never married and could be considered a borderline hoarder; way over on the far border. At his estate sale, he had two working Betamax machines and at least two pickup loads of movies. I still have two working movie disc machines and probably forty or fifty movie discs; do you remember those ? The picture and sound quality was great and they beat aggravating tape-eating VHS players seven ways to Sunday. I also have a great-sounding fully-functional 8-track stereo in an overhead console in one of my trucks; somewhere around here is a suitcase full of 8-track tapes. |
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Post by cats4jan on Nov 21, 2021 0:08:23 GMT
Beta was always a better product - it was the video stores buying vhs format that killed beta
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 9, 2022 9:34:47 GMT
I just now realized I didn't revisit and provide the rest of the story. I got this; however, I only paid $5.31: www.amazon.com/dp/B08CSX48V5/?coliid=I3E3P9NB7OECYS&colid=2LJRCR7AO72AJ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_itand This: www.amazon.com/dp/B083W6VH1S/?coliid=I2EPGQZ89L3X3M&colid=2LJRCR7AO72AJ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_itWe already had some 32- and 64-GB Micro-SD cards to use in the adapter. The Micro cards are so tiny that I just do like most everyone else using Micro adapters; I just leave the Micro card in the adapter and put the whole works in the reader. The reader I linked to is also a three-port USB 3.0 hub; I have tested it and I can install a card in each slot and a flash-drive in each of the three USB ports and each opens a new window with a new drive letter; I can move and copy from card-to-card and from any card to any USB port. That little five-dollar adapter has turned the little SONY into a camera that I might actually use once in a while --- or more likely, turn it over to my 8-yr-old ward and associate, sort of a step between her Canon SD880 and a genuine Big Girl Camera. |
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