technology of Flash card formats

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sd/xd/mini sd/compact flash, et al...

Are these due to be replaced by anything soon? I ask because I am thinking about getting an expensive SLR digital camera. Like 1600+ bucks.

I think it's safe to say they will be around for a while. The only other technology currently used, that I know of, in photography and video are hard drives... and they're losing ground to flash-based media as their capacity increase (you can get a 32Gb SD card for 120$ or so).

Personally, I would not worry about the change in media, just do research on the type of memory card your camera would use (micro-SD, SD, XD, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Compact Flash). For instance, I know that XD cards tend to be more expensive than SD cards, found that out the hard way after buying an Olympus camera.

So do your research but don't worry about flash cards going away anytime in the near future. And even if something new came out, it would be so expensive that it would be impractical for pretty much any customer to buy except for pros.

Perfect. That is just the reassurance and facts that I wanted. Thanks.

oh...silly me, I thought you meant all the 'Whats 4 times 3?' cards that overanxious baby boom parents bored Gen X'ers with in the 80s...

personally I'd be more worried/concerned about the LENSES