Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:51:24 -0500, Ken Heard wrote:
> I expect to buy next Tuesday a Canon 60D body which can use SD, SDHC and
> SDXC recording media. SDXC cards are considerably more expensive than
> the other two, in part I suppose because they use the Microsoft exFAT
> file system; so royalties must be paid.
>
> Besides the cost, I am concerned whether SDXC cards can be read by Lenny
> and successors on my PC and Lenovo laptop. Apparently a special driver
> is needed to do so.
>
> In view of the foregoing I wonder whether I am better using the SDHC
> cards instead, because their unit cost ($ per mB) are lower than the
> SDXC unit cost, and because they do not use a proprietary file system
> still with patent protection.
You can get an idea on the status of SDXC by reading the Wikipedia
article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SDXC
> Has anyone had any experience with SDHC and SDXC cards in digital
> cameras to share?
My Nikon D80 uses SD/SDHC cards. I can read/write both of them with no
problems at all in Lenny when I connect the camera via USB.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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