Finepix S602 Zoom Smart Media Card Max Size?

Evening peeps

I wonder if anyone could enlighten me as to the max media size taken by
the above camera. Its about 4 years old and I currently have a 128Mb
card (bought 4 years ago).

Looking to go on an extended holiday and take many pictures!

Also looking for best place to purchase same in the UK.

TIA

Cheers

Alan

 

I believe that 128 MB is the maximum size for Smart Media.

 

Doh!

I guess that answers that question somewhat conclusively then.

Cheers

Alan

 

I wonder if anyone could enlighten me as to the max media size taken by

SmartMedia cards never got any bigger than 128MB and are probably very hard
to find nowdays.

If the S602Z is like the S602Z Pro, then it can also use Compact Flash
cards; - just put it in the "microdrive" slot and you're done.

 

I believe as Peter Page noted in his post that you can use CF cards in your
602Z. With the price and capacity of Compact Flash cards, it is a good
choice. I'm pretty sure that your camera uses the FAT16 filesystem which
means that it won't recognize any more the 2 GB of space on a CF card. 2
gigs is huge for that camera anyway, and my feeling is that it's better to
have a few smaller capacity cards rather then one large one. That way, if
one card malfunctions while you're on a vacation in some lush tropical
paradise, you still have at least one more card to use.

 

Thanks guys

For some reason I was thinking that the CF type II slot would only take
an IBM micro drive rather than CF cards as well.

Fujitsu had an IBM 1Gb micro drive on their site for £39.99 but upon
mature refection as I think it may be somewhat more fragile, worse value
and consume more power, I have ordered a couple of 512 MB CF cards from
Crucial which cost me £28 (please don't all write and tell me where I
could have bought them cheaper!).

Thanks for the input.

Cheers

Alan

 

128 MB is maximium you can use Compact Flash but most 602 users prefer
smartmedia. You have a very good camera there and most people won't part
with them, I frequently enlarge up to A3 and have won prizes.

This site have them reasonably priced.

http://www.directfoto.co.uk/categor...jkijubdxjxdoqktokimyndvwdmpmzcjnexhbxeegtjrwz

Have a good read of the manual and use 3MP Fine for good results


Ray

 

Cheers for this guys - my CF cards turned up this morning and work a dream.

Whilst not a photography (more a point and shoot with everything turned
to auto person) I carefully selected the camera when I bought it in 2002
and despite it not having the headline megapixels of today have been
very pleased with the quality of photographs it takes. I certainly have
no intention of retiring it.

Any suggestions as to the best way of photographing the starlit night
sky whilst lying on my back (without tripod) in the wilds?

Cheers

Alan

 

Hi:
I also got the s602Zoon in 2002.
I spent 6 months living in Saigon, Vietnam with that camera and it held
up flawlessly.
The only problem with the camera is the adapter you have to put on the
front for filters or lenses.

May I suggest getting Powerex 2500 batteries for it.
You can shoot at 6M-H and have power to spare.
I use media cards but first bought a 1 gig micro drive which I use all
the time.
I bought the smart cards in case I was caught in Vietnam with a broken
micro drive.
Soon I hope to get a Nikon D200

Good Luck.

The Fuji helped me take a picture in Saigon that made it around the world.

 

My first digicam was the Fuji 6900Z, the presursor to the 602Z. It's still
around although hardly ever sees any use since I've moved on up to using
DSLRs. Just wait until you get that Nikon D200, you will love it. I have a
D50 and that camera is great, the D200 is beyond the D50.