Format

Digital Media

From CompactFlash to SD, cards smaller than a matchbox hold the family photos and clips shot on the first digital cameras.

First CompactFlash card
1994
Output Method
USB/ Google Photos
Formats accepted
5 card types · CD
Largest (CF)
43 × 36 mm
Smallest (xD)
25 × 20 mm
Output
JPG / MP4

Fig. 1 — SD, SmartMedia and xD cards

SD card
SmartMedia card
xD-Picture Card
Photographs1826Negatives1835Slides1936CD-ROM1985CF1994SmartMedia1995MMC1997SD1999xD2002

§ 01 — Timeline

How memory cards evolved

  1. A SanDisk CompactFlash card1994
  2. A SmartMedia card and its gold contacts1995
  3. A Siemens 16 MB MultiMediaCard1997
  4. Early SanDisk and Panasonic SD cards1999
  5. A Fujifilm 16 MB xD-Picture Card2002

1994 · 1 / 5

CompactFlash

SanDisk introduced CompactFlash. Small and sturdy, it became the card of professional digital cameras.

Digital Media Digitisation
Fig. 2 — Old digital media

§ 02 — Capture’s digital media digitisation service

Digital Media Digitisation

What is old digital media?

Old digital media refers to outdated or obsolete forms of digital storage and formats that were once popular for storing and sharing data, but have since been surpassed by more modern technologies. Examples include CD-ROMs, MMC cards and xD-Picture cards.

Digital Media Storage

Old digital media formats like SD cards and CD-ROMs/DVDs are rapidly becoming difficult to read because often newer devices do not support them.

Saving it to USB or Google Photos after digitisation protects it from loss and view it at any time.

Digitise Digital Media Now

§ 03 — What formats do we support?

We also accept these formats

The memory cards side by side, drawn to scale. Capture reads and transfers every one of them, plus CD-ROM discs.

  • CompactFlash

    CompactFlash

    43×36 mm · 1994

    SanDisk
  • SmartMedia

    SmartMedia

    37×45 mm · 1995

    Toshiba
  • MMC

    MMC

    24×32 mm · 1997

    Siemens · SanDisk
  • SD

    SD

    24×32 mm · 1999

    SD Association
  • xD-Picture

    xD-Picture

    20×25 mm · 2002

    Olympus · Fujifilm

Roughly to scale (width × length · year introduced)

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: CompactFlash — Mister rf (CC BY-SA 4.0) · SmartMedia — Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0) · MMC — Multicherry (CC BY-SA 4.0) · SD — Jacek Halicki (CC BY-SA 4.0) · xD-Picture — Qurren (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Digitise Digital Media Now

§ 04 — Preserve

Still have old memory cards?

New phones and computers have dropped these card slots, and old cards can stop reading. Copy the photos and videos off while you still can, and keep them to view and share.

Digitise Digital Media Now

Digital Media Digitisation Service Cost

HK$200/ item

One flat price per item, card or disc. We read the photos and videos off it and save them as JPG and MP4.

Choose a USB drive or Google Photos for delivery.

Capture · Our team

Any Questions?
Feel free to contact
our Memory Specialists

Not sure what format you have or how best to handle it? WhatsApp us and one of the team will take a look.

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