Looking for a new card reader

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As the missus is actually starting to use the camera I gave her, she's started borrowing my card reader. Seems like a perfect opportunity to let her keep it and get myself another one. :naughty:

Anyway, was wondering what people would recommend. Looking at a budget of around £30 and quite liked the look of THIS one. Anyone here got one? Any opinions on it? Any other recommendations?

Ta muchly
 
I went to microdirect yesterday and got a funky blue card reader for £8, came with a USB cable and does the job.

Not sure why you would want to spend more ?
 
I bought a cheapie, and I often download more than 1,000 images from several cards from Weddings, and I find it just happily whirrs in the background or I go for a coffee

No idea why you'd need a fast one unless you were downloading in the field during a shoot :shrug:

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
I bought a cheapie, and I often download more than 1,000 images from several cards from Weddings, and I find it just happily whirrs in the background or I go for a coffee

No idea why you'd need a fast one unless you were downloading in the field during a shoot :shrug:

DD
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I'm impatient. :p
 
USB2.0 is USB2.0 any reader that is USB2.0 compliant can only go at USB2.0 speeds whether it costs £10 or £100.

Thats why I never understood the problem. :D
 
ChrisH said:
USB2.0 is USB2.0 any reader that is USB2.0 compliant can only go at USB2.0 speeds whether it costs £10 or £100.

Thats why I never understood the problem. :D
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Because the USB imposes an upper limit that a lot of readers don't reach. If you've got UDMA cards then it's worth getting a decent UDMA reader - like the Lexar one. I tried three USB readers - a cheap one from Tesco - 26 MB/s; a more expensive one from the net - 18 MB/s; and the Lexar Pro - 38 MB/s. All measurements with a 45 MB/s Sandisk card, transferring 1GB to an SSD.

So buying the right reader can mean you wait half the time to transfer images. For a minimal extra dosh.
 
Purely subjective experience from me, I've had internal card readers that were supposedly USB2 but crawled along compared to my Sandisk external card reader. Just because it has USB2 stamped on it doesn't mean it is which is why in general it's better to stick to a known brand.
 
fabs said:
As the missus is actually starting to use the camera I gave her, she's started borrowing my card reader. Seems like a perfect opportunity to let her keep it and get myself another one. :naughty:

Anyway, was wondering what people would recommend. Looking at a budget of around £30 and quite liked the look of THIS one. Anyone here got one? Any opinions on it? Any other recommendations?

Ta muchly
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I use that one, very happy with it.
 
Has it arrived yet, what do you think of it My USB1 reader just took 1hr 25 mins to upload 4gb of jpegs so I think it's time I upgraded :lol:
 
wack61 said:
Has it arrived yet, what do you think of it My USB1 reader just took 1hr 25 mins to upload 4gb of jpegs so I think it's time I upgraded :lol:
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I haven't actually used it in ager yet, but I've already hit a problem with it. The button on top of it is to supposed to automatically open your chosen importing software (LR in my case) but it doesn't seem to work. I raised it with Sandisk and they discovered the same thing (obviously it's a mac thing). It isn't vital as I can still open LR manually as before but it is a function that should work but doesn't so it's annoying me. :bang:
 
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