My new laptop has a firewire 400 input. How much faster would downloads be vs a USB 2.0 card reader? Any recomendations? Thanks
ralff Senior Member 766 posts Joined May 2008 Location: Asheville NC More info | Aug 30, 2009 16:53 | #1 My new laptop has a firewire 400 input. How much faster would downloads be vs a USB 2.0 card reader? Any recomendations? Thanks Canon 6D - Canon 7D - gripped, Canon 50D - gripped, EFS10-22mm, 17-40 f4 L, nifty-fifty, EF 28-135mm IS, 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L IS USM, Tokina AT-X 100mm f/2.8 ProD Macro, Benbo Trekker, Feisol 3371 w/ Kirk BH-3 ball head - Epson Pic-Mate, Epson 2200, Epson 3880
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wheels55 Hatchling  7 posts Joined Jun 2008 Location: Suburban Chicago More info | Aug 30, 2009 19:27 | #2 SanDisk extreme firewire reader will do a 386MB data transfer in 29 seconds vs 49 seconds for the same transfer with a USB reader. Check out the Sandisk web site. Good luck.
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Aug 31, 2009 04:26 | #3 wheels55 wrote in post #8551536  SanDisk extreme firewire reader will do a 386MB data transfer in 29 seconds vs 49 seconds for the same transfer with a USB reader. Check out the Sandisk web site. Good luck. You sure that's not comparing Firewire 800 with USB? i thought FW 400 and USB 2 were pretty similar. Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist
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I finally googled firewire vs usb 2 and due to the way firewire comunicates with the pc vs usb 2, the firewire can be as much as 70% faster. Am now looking for a firewire card reader, shoot large raw and want to speed up the downloads. Thanks Canon 6D - Canon 7D - gripped, Canon 50D - gripped, EFS10-22mm, 17-40 f4 L, nifty-fifty, EF 28-135mm IS, 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L IS USM, Tokina AT-X 100mm f/2.8 ProD Macro, Benbo Trekker, Feisol 3371 w/ Kirk BH-3 ball head - Epson Pic-Mate, Epson 2200, Epson 3880
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MRdolittle Goldmember  2,399 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2008 Location: Stockholm / Sweden More info | Aug 31, 2009 08:17 | #5  Permanent banLexars FW800 UDMA readers are excellent. Regards
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