Memory card guide

xD-Picture Card: types, limits and which cameras take them

xD-Picture Card is the card format Fujifilm and Olympus used in many compacts. It comes in standard, Type M, Type M+ and Type H variants, and not every camera accepts every variant.

Sources checked 2026-10-19. 168 xD camera rows published.

What are Type M, Type M+ and Type H?

They are xD-Picture Card variants with different speeds and capacities. Olympus's compatibility chart defines the groups as Type M (M256 MB, M512 MB, M1 GB, M2 GB), Type M+ (M+1 GB and M+2 GB) and Type H (H256 MB, H512 MB, H1 GB).¹

Its chart groups the columns, for example one column covers M1 GB, M+1 GB and H1 GB together, so a tick means the camera takes the card sizes in that group.

Imaging Resource reported in January 2008 that Olympus's new Type M+ cards were said to be 1.5 times faster than regular Type M cards, and that Type M and Type H cards had been announced in capacities up to a maximum of 2 GB.²

What is the biggest xD card?

In the maker documents we re-checked, no xD figure goes above 2 GB.¹ Our largest figure across 138 Olympus chart rows and 20 Fujifilm manuals is 2 GB.

Olympus's 2006 announcement of its 2 GB Type M card said it may not be compatible with all digital camera models, and spoke of capacities eventually reaching up to 8 GB; our sources show no xD card above 2 GB.³

Does my Fujifilm FinePix take a 2 GB xD card?

The F31fd manual lists xD cards from 16 MB to 2 GB. The F30 manual lists them only up to 1 GB, and we found no Fujifilm statement that a 2 GB card works in an F30, so that is unconfirmed.⁴⁵

Does Type H work in a Fujifilm?

In the F31fd, yes, and Type H and Type M share the same compatibility. The F31fd manual says Type H cannot be used with Fujifilm's xD-Picture Card USB drive DPC-UD1, while Type M can.⁴ The F30 manual never mentions Type H, so we do not claim it either way.

Fujifilm's F30 manual also warns that with Type M cards, movie recording time may be reduced if you repeatedly record and erase, and says to erase all frames or format the card.⁵

Which Olympus cameras reject Type M or Type H cards?

Olympus's 2011 chart marks these cameras as taking standard xD cards only, with no Type M, M+ or H column ticked: C-60 Zoom, D-390, D-395, Stylus 410.¹

Where do the maker tables disagree?

Olympus's Japanese table lists Type H as 256 MB to 2 GB for the FE-5010, while the US chart's legend defines Type H as 256 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB only.⁶¹ We show both and publish no single number for H above 1 GB. The Japanese table also says Type M+ or H can extend continuous VGA (30 fps) movie recording time on the cameras it flags.

Can I use microSD in an xD camera?

Olympus lists some FE and SP models as taking a microSD card, with the MASD-1 attachment required.⁶ Only the models in that table are marked this way.

Where do I buy an xD card?

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Check your model's row below first: the largest size your maker lists may be smaller than 2 GB.

Cameras that take xD cards

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Sources

1. Olympus America: FE-Series xD compatibility chart (Wayback Machine copy, 29 June 2011) (read 2026-10-19)
2. Imaging Resource: Olympus announces xD Type M+ (23 January 2008) (read 2026-10-19)
3. Imaging Resource: Olympus 2 GB Type M xD-Picture Card announcement (press release, 8 August 2006) (read 2026-10-19)
4. Fujifilm FinePix F31fd manual (read 2026-10-19)
5. Fujifilm FinePix F30 manual (read 2026-10-19)
6. Olympus Digital Solutions Japan: Compatibility table for Media Card, FE-Series (modified 20 Aug 2010) (read 2026-10-19)