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I have been fully satisfied with the Olympus CAMEDIA X-1 digital camera in aspects of its speed in recording and reading images by means of xD-Picture Card as memory card; its high portability and durability because of its small, compact and all-metal body design; and its great user-friendliness due to the full instructions on the LCD display screen.
I recall my 'traumatic' experience with Canon PowerShot A-series digital camera models that use CompactFlash Card as recording medium: I was an international traveller in Osaka, Japan and tried to capture landscape pictures on occasion of my invited visit to the worldly famous floral exhibition there. I was delayed noticeably when taking consecutive shots and the scenes were changed in style in short time. The use of CompactFlash Card brought about much technical inconvenience to me. Although the image quality of Canon PowerShot A-series models are nice, their sizes and weights are not convenient to carry outdoors. Now I turn to using Olympus digital products, and find them psychologically enjoyable.