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Micah Burns Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #1 · Card Readers...which one is best? Does anybody have advice on card readers? I'll be transferring raw files from an sd card if that matters. Oct 06, 2008 at 03:56 PM

Hendrik Offline Moderator Image Upload: On p.1 #2 · Card Readers...which one is best? I use the Sandisk Extreme usb 2.0 reader Oct 06, 2008 at 06:27 PM

Phast1 Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #3 · Card Readers...which one is best? I use a Sandisk ImageMate 12 in 1 usb2. I've always figured 'keep it in the family' , my CF's & SD's are Sandisk so use the Sandisk reader too. Oct 06, 2008 at 07:28 PM

butchM Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #4 · Card Readers...which one is best? I am quite satisfied with the Sandisk Extreme 400/800 FireWire CF reader. Oct 06, 2008 at 08:55 PM

Micah Burns Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #5 · Card Readers...which one is best? Ok...newb question here so bear with me. Do all card readers use firewire and usb, or is there just a firewire specific reader? Is there that big of a difference between usb and firewire? Oct 06, 2008 at 09:20 PM

therock Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #6 · Card Readers...which one is best? Micah Burns wrote: Ok...newb question here so bear with me. Do all card readers use firewire and usb, or is there just a firewire specific reader? Is there that big of a difference between usb and firewire? Nope. Firewire or USB. I have not seen a dual or multi interface reader but I have not looked either. You gotta really want FW 800 to get it on a PC because you will need to get the hardware to support it. I run it but it cost me. To optimize USB avoid connecting hubs. When you use a shared bus it takes away. Oct 07, 2008 at 12:51 AM

Rockies Photo Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #7 · Card Readers...which one is best? I have never seen nor found an SD FireWire Reader. Firewire is a term trademarked by Apple. 1394 A & B are the actual terms, depending on whether you are referring to 400 or 800 MB/s. You will not be able to achieve anything faster than USB 2.0, with regard to SD. If you have both SD & CF cards, and would like to keep it simple, then the USB Extreme Reader is a good option. It has both SD & CF slots, and connects to any device that has a USB port. I myself use the Sandisk Firewire Extreme Reader, but I only use CF cards. I rarely need dual backup. And I have never had a Genuine Sandisk card corrupt on me. I bought a non-genuine once, and it failed inside of a week. But, I was able to send it back, and get my money back. Oct 07, 2008 at 12:52 AM

andrewd01 Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #8 · Card Readers...which one is best? The Sandisk Firewire reader is so much faster than any SD reader, that it almost justifies upgrading to a camera with CF alone. For SD I'd just get any Sandisk reader, I think the Extreme III cards are even supplied with a reader now. Oct 07, 2008 at 07:58 PM

Hammy Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #9 · Card Readers...which one is best? SD -> CF -> FW http://www.synchrotech.com/products/media-adapters-compactflash_eye-fi_sdhc_mmc-01.html Oct 07, 2008 at 08:22 PM

pchaplo Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #10 · Card Readers...which one is best? I have the Sandisc USB and Delkin Firewire. I prefer the Firewire - btw, Apple is not the only company that makes Firewire compliant devices. They are all over the place - even external hardrives. What would I like to see? An eSATA CF card-reader!!! Oct 08, 2008 at 02:31 AM

wlachan Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #11 · Card Readers...which one is best? Hendrik wrote: I use the Sandisk Extreme usb 2.0 reader I have this reader too and it works great, except it does not work with SDHC even though the faceplate indicates it does. For 2GB or less SD it is fine. For SDHC, I like my Micromate which is even faster than the Extreme reader. But being wide it might not fit some tight spots. Oct 08, 2008 at 06:22 AM

louis fusco Online Image Upload: On p.1 #12 · Card Readers...which one is best? i have used the old lexar cf firewire 400 for years, and it's always been totaly reliable compaired to my friends usb multi card sandisk. Oct 08, 2008 at 11:16 AM

Chuck Fry Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #13 · Card Readers...which one is best? I had a Lexar FireWire CF reader, but recently replaced it with Lexar's latest & greatest USB2 CF/SD reader because I needed SD capability. Rob Galbraith's benchmarks show it is the fastest, or nearly the fastest, card reader around. So far I'm very happy with it. Oct 08, 2008 at 04:23 PM

Michael White Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #14 · Card Readers...which one is best? I got 4 of the Lexar CF readers with the hub all USB. I like it I just wished Lexar would get smart and release a firmware upgrade for the setup so that it would appear as a single drive instead of four. That way every program could download from the four readers at once since the job of the hub is to allow you to download from the four readers at once. Oct 08, 2008 at 05:40 PM

Lowbyte Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #15 · Card Readers...which one is best? Thats the way USB works, each device on the bus is enumerated and assigned a device letter. What you really need is a software solution that will copy from all the drives at once. I think luminous landscape had a reference to Downloader Pro (from Breeze software) in an article on safari trips being able to do that. They come back from a day of shooting, connect 4 or 5 cards to the laptop and walk away as the software copies all the photos to multiple hard drives for backup. Oct 08, 2008 at 06:27 PM

Michael White Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #16 · Card Readers...which one is best? I use to use DL Pro all the time but Light room and Bridge are allowing the naming system that I prefer that I use to use DL Pro to get. I will still probably use it as My Card reader software saince it is the best for the naming system I use. Lightroom has really changed things for me. ALthough the Develop module is basically ACR but I like having a offline database I I was using Portfolio I wish I would have waited a few months to get it I would have bought Lightroom instead now I I have both. Oct 12, 2008 at 01:08 AM

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