My older Mavica didn't have the card slot, so couldn't use "memory sticks" when Sony came out with them. The work-around was to use the "floppy disk adapter" that would accept the memory sticks. At that time, the adapter and memory sticks cost as much as a good camera does now. If you are a "die-hard" you might still be able to find the adapter and memory sticks, but they are fragile and slow. Back to the DCM/CMPicon carbines: I found out that one of my carbines was from CMP by "googling" the S/N. Google came back with a link to an auction that pictured my carbine! Not quite like having the papers, but I saved images of the auction hoping that it might give me an advantage when time comes to sell it. I doubt that this method works very often, though! - Bob