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Other than ease of use, is it quicker to use a card reader to transfer your images to PC rather than the cable method?
 
Yes, I find that it is quite a bit faster to use a card reader and there is no need to have your camera switched on. Having said that I believe some card readers to be faster than others.
 
my card reader is a lot faster than through cable from camera plus it saves battery on your camera or having to hunt for power cable
 
This is something I've been thinking about for a while. Anything I should specifically look for in a card reader to make sure I get the fastest available?
 
Yer whats best, quicker the better for me. Cable takes aggggeeessss
 
mines a ---- Digitalrev USB2.0 All-in-one Card Reader
 
Ideally, you want a USB2 card reader or a firewire card reader, assuming they're supported by your PC. I find this is where you'll really see a difference in card speed too - downloading images to your PC.
 
From a previous thread I think a consensus was reached that as long as it was USB2 or firewire, then go for the cheapest you can get!
 
Another thing to look out for is the design of the card reader ... I will explain: I have a camera which uses compact flash cards. Now these things have two rows of holes into which go corresponding pins which are at the bottom of the compact flash card reader socket - just like in the camera. However, unless the CF socket is long enough to ensure that the card is properly aligned before the final "shove", it is very easy to get the holes in the card and the pins in the reader socket misaligned. Result - bent pins in the card reader socket which are either difficult or impossible to straighten out.

I have to say that this is not normally a problem in the "stand alone" card readers but the one in my PC is a different matter - the CF socket which guides the card onto the pins is only around 15mm in length which means very little stability as the card goes in - it can wobble from side to side very easily as it goes in and now ..... it is broken! So ... I am left to using my USB 2 card reader in a USB socket - no worries but more than a bit annoyed that my built in CF reader is unusable now. (Hope all of this makes sense)!

Alan
 
Hi,

and you won't do any better than this one from Amazon

Hama 35 in 1 Card Reader - £5.12 including free delivery, have a search on here as I recommended the same one a few months ago and all who bought one were well impressed.

Mike.
 
I use an Integral USB2 multi card reader because I have 3 different types of card to read from.
Apart from saving the cameras batteries it also saves having 3 lots of camera to pc cables hanging around.
 
I have a card reader built into the front of my PC, and it transfers at around 2.5mB/s, I've also got an "Integral" branded external USB card reader and I can pull images off at around 25-28mB/s using that. Using the camera is somewhere in between.
 
mikeyb said:
Hi,

and you won't do any better than this one from Amazon

Hama 35 in 1 Card Reader - £5.12 including free delivery, have a search on here as I recommended the same one a few months ago and all who bought one were well impressed.

Mike.
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Cheers, will get this one
 
My laptop (and PS3) has a built-in SD reader which makes life so much easier. My old 400D used to use CF and I used to hate getting a card reader adapter or fiddling about with the mini-USB cable plugging into the camera. It's brilliant to be able to slide it into the PS3 and then view your freshly taken pictures on a 60" plasma. :love:
 
+1 for the Hama 5 in 1 card reader, cracking piece of kit for the price of one and a half pints!

Do you get a USB cable with it?
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Yes it comes with a USB cable
 
Thanks, will order tonight :D

Can you recomend a good CF card?
 
I personally use Sandisk extreme III, never had any problems but shop around because the prices can vary enormously.
 
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