The only consumer camera I know of that has dual slots this year is the
Olypmus C-5050- which also allows you to run XD. If I was you I would
probably run XD rather than Smart Media and pop a CF in there for backup.
Supposedly XD is better for battery consumption and speed transfers.

"Paul Martins" <paul.martins@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me what (if any) the speed difference between read and
write
> operations for Smartmedia and CompactFlash II is?
>
> I have a camera with dual slots and I am currently using Smartmedia. Will
I
> see a visible improvement by switching to CompactFlash II?
>
>