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Over the past two years I have bought a couple of card readers, both of which stopped working after a short period of time.

At the moment I am transferring photographs from the camera to my computer via a usb cable and Canon software.

Can anyone recommend a reader that will connect directly to a usb port? I don't mind the cost so much, providing it will last more than a year.:)
 
7 Day Shop sell a multi format card reader for £2.99. I had to buy a new one as the SDHC card I'd bought for my new S95 wouldn't read in my old "SD only" card reader (progress eh?)

Seems to work OK (had it since Christmas).

You could buy a few at that price!

David
 
Trig's said:
:agree: With either version but I now have the USB 3 version ( its not that much more than the earlier version - if you shop around) also dad handy if you ever get a camera that takes CF cards :thumbs:
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Just bought one of these bad boys due to my impending purchase :)

Will be dead handy and looks pretty compact
 
FYI, i bought a cheap SD card reader ages ago, either from 7DS or Play, was only a couple of pounds....But upload speeds to the PC were crap!

The Lexar is much quicker! :D
 
Many thanks everyone. I think I shall go for one that will takes multi cards. I might even decide to upgrade my camera in the future, one less thing to buy if I do. :thumbs:
 
The Hama 35-in-1 is cheap and as fast as you'll get for USB 2.0.
 
hollis_f said:
I'm sure they're excellent, if you don't mind waiting for your images to drip through to your PC.
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I haven't run any speed tests but I've transferred hundreds of megabytes at a time (photos and files) and it didn't seem slow to me. 30 seconds per GB seems about right. Considering I'll maybe have 500 pictures (roughly 8 GB) as a maximum, and I'm not on a deadline, I don't mind waiting 4 minutes to clear a card. I wouldn't call that slow.

Thanks,
Rick
 
casts_by_fly said:
I haven't run any speed tests but I've transferred hundreds of megabytes at a time (photos and files) and it didn't seem slow to me. 30 seconds per GB seems about right.
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Really? 33 MB/s! That's damn impressive - even faster than the Lexar reader. Would you mind running CrystalDiskMark to get some proper benchmarks? I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in something that fast.
 
I would, but is seems to be windows only and I'm on a mac. Is there an equivalent you know of? I found AJA system test (numbers below).

I checked it by dragging a 750 MB file from desktop to disk and the back, timing each start and stop time. On my work computer it was a bit under 30s. On my home computer it was 28s for a 712MB. That calculates to ~25 MB/s if my math is right. Yes, it was one file so multiple files will take longer. AJA system test calculated 20 MB/s for a 1 GB video file (and an 11.2 MB/s write rate). I don't know what it does differently, but it obviously slowed things a little. For the portability of the reader and what I need, it is plenty fast enough.

Thanks,
Rick
 
This.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandisk-Ima...AJJY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309895949&sr=8-1

Sandisk ImageMate All in 1 card reader.

I had used a couple of cheap card readers but they were nothing like as good as this one.

This reader has Up to 34MB/s transfer speed.. which is quick...

Also, it has a button which you programme, and when you press it, the computer opens up your favourite image editing programme!

In my opinion, for £25, it's a great buy, and will last for years. Cards fit in so easily and you don't feel like they're going to break..
 
Quoting Hans-Jürgen Reggel (about an earlier reader/writer):

That SanDisk reader will give you about 1/3 of the Extreme IV speed at 3x the price of generic models that might be even faster.

OK, so SanDisk devices are now up to speed, but a Hama for a fiver is still a better buy, in my eyes.
 
inlineadam said:
This reader has Up to 34MB/s transfer speed.. which is quick...
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Up to..... The marketing droids dream phrase. What it really means is that they're not promising any real speed, only that it will be slower than 34MB/s.
 
Mine's from poundland, maybe not the quickest but it does the job.
 
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