martcol Senior Member  866 posts Joined May 2002 Location: Kent, UK More info | May 07, 2004 11:49 | #1 I have just moved from a USB 1.0 to Firewire card reader and the difference is amazing. I got a little round pot thingy from Sandisk and it plugs in to my lap top (via a hub) with other things. I can even access Raw images as though it were an additional drive using C1. "All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth."
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gkas Senior Member 511 posts Joined Nov 2002 Location: Southern California More info | May 07, 2004 12:30 | #2 A USB 2.0 card reader is also the same speed as FireWire, and they're only about $10 from Fry's or mail order. All the FireWire cards I looked at were $40+. Good, but pricey. Gerry Kaslowski
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karusel Goldmember  1,452 posts Joined Nov 2003 Location: Location: Location: More info | May 07, 2004 13:54 | #3 I second that. 8) Firewire is an excellent choice, minus the cost. 5D and holy trinity of primes. Now the 90mm TS-E TS-E fly bit me. I hate these forums.
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CyberDyneSystems Admin (type T-2000)  More info | May 07, 2004 15:40 | #4 gkas wrote: A USB 2.0 card reader is also the same speed as FireWire, and they're only about $10 from Fry's or mail order. All the FireWire cards I looked at were $40+. Good, but pricey. Yes... but part of the advantage of Firewire that Martcol is writing about is it's inherent lack of a need to rely on system resources to operate.. IE CPU cycles and RAM... GEAR LIST
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May 08, 2004 00:50 | #5 I'm not knowledgable about computers and was reluctant to go towards Firewire. Also I use a laptop that's a year old so adding cards to that is not easy (possible?) The difference in price between a Firewire reader and USB 1.0 is about 3 times but we're only talking under £40.00 for the FW reader. The improvement to my quality of life is enormous! My reluctance to use FW was mostly about benefits of date transfer speed but that is only part of the story. So, I used to think what difference does it make if a photo downloads in 10 seconds or 15 (or whatever)? But the othere benefits are as if not more, important. "All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth."
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Laziferous Goldmember  1,570 posts Joined Jun 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD More info | May 08, 2004 07:54 | #6 martcol wrote: Also I use a laptop that's a year old so adding cards to that is not easy (possible?). Martcol The good thing about a laptop, is just being able to plug a card into the PCMCIA slot. You don't need to open anything. I have a USB 2.0/Firewire adapter for my laptop. It was about $40 US. Works out nicely since I have an old IBM Thinkpad 600. It only had 2 USB 1.1 ports and the inability for an internal CD-RW. I got an external that runs through the USB 2.0 port, so now my ancient laptop, can burn a disc at 52x... not to mention accomodate any card reader I wish to plug into it. Of course, that's redundant, since I also have a PCMCIA compact flash reader blah something clever blah blahdie blah.....
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