Feiya SmartMedia PCMCIA Adapter

Object/Artifact

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The TRP Camera Obscura Collection

Name/Title

Feiya SmartMedia PCMCIA Adapter

Entry/Object ID

132

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Description

This SmartMedia to PCMCIA adapter was used to transfer photos from early digital cameras that used SmartMedia cards to laptop computers equipped with a PCMCIA slot, - a common setup before USB card readers became ubiquitous. SmartMedia was a popular memory format in the late 1990s and early 2000s used by Olympus, Fujifilm, and other early digital camera makers before being completely superseded by SD cards by the mid-2000s. A small but authentic artifact of the awkward early infrastructure of consumer digital photography.

Category

Accessories

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Feiya

Date made

1997 - 2003

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Model

Other Name

SmartMedia PCMCIA Adapter