"Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@quick.com.au> writes:

> Yes, it looks very much like SmartMedia will eventually die a death,
> and I'm sure Olympus will _eventually_ bring out a CF model...
> 
> In the mean time I'm not sure which if any of the CF cameras to
> choose, or to just stick with the "camera" choice and put up with the
> media problem.
> 
> Just to clarify, should I expect to be able to simply plug he CF card
> into a pcmcia slot in my laptop and be able to access the pics?
> 
> And there is an adapter that will plug into my IDE port too... and
> both approaches should work ok with NetBSD?
Just for the record, I decided to get a Kodak DC220.  It has a CF, but
it also has a USB connector.  We obviously don't have support for this
device yet under NetBSD, but it does work.  Win98 can xfer pictures
over usb.