What is the best way to transfer files to the PC...Using the USB or removing the CF card everytime and using my card reader??
izzy35 Senior Member 251 posts Joined May 2008 More info | Jun 20, 2008 19:25 | #1 What is the best way to transfer files to the PC...Using the USB or removing the CF card everytime and using my card reader?? Canon Xti | Canon EFS 18-55 (Kit Lens) | Canon 70-200 f/4L IS
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numbersix fully entitled to be jealous  8,964 posts Likes: 109 Joined May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area More info | Jun 20, 2008 19:28 | #2 Card reader. It's much faster and you don't use the camera's batteries while downloading pictures. "Be seeing you."
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tomd Cream of the Crop  13,282 posts Likes: 31 Joined Jan 2007 Location: I live next to my neighbor More info | Jun 20, 2008 19:31 | #3 |
davekadolph "Fix the cigarette lighter"  6,140 posts Gallery: 1 photo Joined Mar 2007 Location: West Michigan--166.33 miles to the Cook County courthouse More info | Me Too Middle age is when you can finally afford the things that a young man could truly enjoy.
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silvex Cream of the Crop  More info | Jun 20, 2008 19:44 | #5 card reader. I have the sandisk extreme firewire800. Much faster than the USB2 .
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Calicajun Goldmember  More info | A good card reader, it's much faster. Remember, Stressed spelled backward is Desserts.
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Jun 20, 2008 20:27 | #7 All of your thoughts is EXACTLY what i thought...Then someone told me today that the constant removal and insertion in and out of the camera, will mess it up...They made it seem like it was a MORTAL SIN!!! my PC tower has a reader... Canon Xti | Canon EFS 18-55 (Kit Lens) | Canon 70-200 f/4L IS
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Calicajun Goldmember More info | Most PC towers (mine for sure) use USB 1.0 and is very slow. Using a external card read has increased the download times by a factor of 10 for me. Remember, Stressed spelled backward is Desserts.
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Jun 20, 2008 20:33 | #9 Calicajun wrote in post #5761837  Most PC towers (mine for sure) use USB 1.0 and is very slow. Using a external card read has increased the download times by a factor of 10 for me. Nah...mine is 2.0 Canon Xti | Canon EFS 18-55 (Kit Lens) | Canon 70-200 f/4L IS
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GlennNK Goldmember  4,630 posts Likes: 3 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Victoria, BC More info | Jun 20, 2008 21:14 | #10 Dissenting opinion here - I use the USB cable - seldom remove a CF card except to rotate them for a rest. When did voluptuous become voluminous?
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primoz POTN Sports Photographer of the year 2005  2,532 posts Likes: 2 Joined Dec 2004 Location: Anywhere where ski World cup makes its stop More info | There actually is best way. All my 1d cameras have only USB 1.0, so considering I need to get photos down as fast as possible, and considering I actually use more then 1 card, there is best way... card reader PhotoSI
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AdamC Goldmember 3,719 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: newcastle.nsw.au More info | Jun 21, 2008 04:08 | #13 primoz wrote in post #5763255 There actually is best way. All my 1d cameras have only USB 1.0, so considering I need to get photos down as fast as possible, and considering I actually use more then 1 card, there is best way... card reader 
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Jun 21, 2008 07:01 | #14 izzy35, Sony A6400, A6500, Apeman A80, & a bunch of Lenses.............
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Mark Dammit I need sleep  3,386 posts Joined May 2008 Location: Perth, Australia More info | Jun 21, 2008 09:55 | #15 Card reader Mark
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