Card readers?

[Zapins]

Downloading pics from my camera (RAW pics) takes forever. What kind of card reader will speed up this process? Will a generic USB 2.0 CF reader work well?

The fastest card I have is x133 kingston CF

[Topalov Djura]

I have transcend usb2.0 and work very well with good transfer.

[avp3]

Check out the Lexar readers. http://www.lexar.com/readers/index.html
I have been using the Firewire 400 reader for several years. Seems to be about twice as fast as my USB readers. I am using SanDisk Extreme III CF cards. If you are a PC user, you may have to spend $20 for a Firewire card.

[ben_r_]

I use an internal Mitsumi memory card reader/floppy drive thats USB 2.0 and/or a Sandisk Extreme III reader.

[snails]

I use a SanDisk firewire card reader, it is WAY faster than my slightly older SanDisk USB 2.0 reader

[DC Fan]

SanDisk ImageMate 12-in-1 (http://www.sandisk.com/products/item%281145%29-sddr-89-a15-sandisk_imagemate_12in1_readerwriter.aspx) USB 2.0.

9 mb/second with an inexpensive Kingston 2 GB CF card.

[Raivyn]

What is the difference between the firewire card reader and the ImageMate 12-in-1? Thanks!

[Anke]

Dunno if you can get much quicker than the SanDisk Extreme Firewire Reader, I love mine :)

[Nick5]

I had an old Lexar card that took very long to download on the computer.
I bought the SanDisk Extreme Card Reader and it takes about a minute for all of my pics to appear. Cost about $25.00