? about loading pics onto PC

When you upload your weddings pics on the computer, what cable do you use? After shooting weddings the amount of pics to upload is huge and my USB cable is just darn slow. What cable do you use and how fast/slow is it?

I always upload mine via a USB2 card reader, I never plug the camera in directly.

Make sure your using a USB 2.0 card reader and cable if your doing it the same way and also that your PC has USB 2.0 ports ..USB 2.0 = upto 480Mbps wheras USB 1.1 was only upto 12Mbps .... mucho difference if your uploading several GIgs worth of photos.

Further info http://www.everythingu​sb.com/usb2/faq.htm

Edit : As I said earlier I have never used the cable to connect directly to the PC for getting the photos off but from a quick looksie at the specs now it looks like the camera port should be USB 2.0 as well ..... if it is taking longer than it should youve probably got a link in the chain somewhere thats usb 1.1 or alternatively your CF cards are slow ?

Cable, Card reader, Ports on your PC and CF card speed is whats gonna effect how quick yah can download them, HDD, CPU and Memory could also be a factor depending on the age of your PC but most likely the first ones I mentioned.

I used the reader too and it took the same amount of time if not longer. I was told that there are other cables, that are much faster?

You're PC determines what USB port you have. If it USB ports are directly on the motherboard, then the only option to go to USB2 is to change that board... which means that you should probably upgrade your PC altogether (change motherboard, CPU, RAM, but keep your hard drives).

Your card reader may work with USB 2.0, but if your pc is only at USB 1.1, that's the protocol that will be used in the transfer.

hmmm... ok thats stuff I have no clue about and need to ask my husband. We just bought that PC 1 1/2 years ago or so.

The cable itself doesn't affect the connection speed. An expensive cable (worthless, IMHO), will only insure that the connection is good and that the signal transmitted is free of noise, etc. So unless you have problems transferring altogether (e.g. it may stop in the middle of a transfer for no reason, etc), then your cable is fine.

Yeah, it really depends on the motherboard. Fairly new PC (1-2 years old) may still have USB 1.1. It may be possible to add an extra card (PCI) to the PC that would allow you to have USB 2.0 (along with your already installed USB 1.1). But I haven't really checked those as I don't need one .

sblais wrote in post #2157961
You're PC determines what USB port you have. If it USB ports are directly on the motherboard, then the only option to go to USB2 is to change that board... which means that you should probably upgrade your PC altogether (change motherboard, CPU, RAM, but keep your hard drives).

If you are talking Apple computers the above my very well apply. I have no knowledge of Macs.

sblais wrote in post #2157976
Yeah, it really depends on the motherboard. Fairly new PC (1-2 years old) may still have USB 1.1. It may be possible to add an extra card (PCI) to the PC that would allow you to have USB 2.0 (along with your already installed USB 1.1). But I haven't really checked those as I don't need one .

If you are talking about a desktop PC, it's easy & cheap to get a USB 2.0 PCI card and install it into an expansion slot on the M/B. These cards may/should come with a driver to make all the components happy.

P.S. FWIW - Computers and writing software is how I currently put bread on the table.

Scott_Quier wrote in post #2158018
If you are talking Apple computers the above my very well apply. I have no knowledge of Macs.

I was talking PC all the time, but forgot to mention about PCI cards... only thought of it a few minutes later!

extreme IV cards with firewire card reader {drool}

Do you have a firewire port on your pc? Might want to try that out as well as long as your card reader supports it.

sblais wrote in post #2157968
The cable itself doesn't affect the connection speed. An expensive cable (worthless, IMHO), will only insure that the connection is good and that the signal transmitted is free of noise, etc. So unless you have problems transferring altogether (e.g. it may stop in the middle of a transfer for no reason, etc), then your cable is fine.

That is not correct, yes they are the same connectors but unless its a quality cable thats certified to USB 1.1 or 2.0 its likely that you wont get USB 2.0 speeds out of it. That doesnt mean that you have to spend a lot of money on expensive cables, it just means you should look to make sure that the cables are certified, preferably to USB 2.0 these days given that they dont really cost any more than 1.1 certified cables.

not sure if I have a firewire port.. I need to ask hubby.. he knows that stuff


And I have a Dell Desktop PC...

YOu can always buy a firewire card and cable if you have empty expansion slots in your pc. for example:
http://www.amazon.com …reWire-Card/dp/B00009WPOM
that's not an endorsement of the brand or the vendor- just showing you what you can do for faster pic dump to your computer. Plenty of good brands and good vendors to choose from

~wu

Banbert wrote in post #2158296
That is not correct, yes they are the same connectors but unless its a quality cable thats certified to USB 1.1 or 2.0 its likely that you wont get USB 2.0 speeds out of it. That doesnt mean that you have to spend a lot of money on expensive cables, it just means you should look to make sure that the cables are certified, preferably to USB 2.0 these days given that they dont really cost any more than 1.1 certified cables.

Sorry, I failed to mention that I was talking about cables working with the same standards (e.g. comparing 2 USB 2.0 cables). Otherwise, my argument still stands. I was referring to "expensive cables" (see my post) as for the cable freaks (e.g. similar to the "audiophiles").