Just received a note from long-time reader David S. Weikel that Olympus 32MB SmartMedia is finally shipping in the US, which will be a huge relief for C2000Z owners who are struggling on 8 and 16MB SmartMedia cards. Here's an extract of his email:

"After waiting patiently for over a month, I finally received my order for 4 pieces from hardwarestreet.com. Of course the only way the C2000Z will do a locked exposure panoramic series is with Olympus brand media and these work just fine." (Thanks also to David for the picture).

David got four pieces giving him a total of 128MB!!!