Hello,
I tried to search, but kept finding internal readers and firewire (only have USB 2.0)
I am using a 5d Mark II with Sandisk 60mb/sec Extreme CF card
Can someone recommend a fast card reader i can use?
honorarytitle Member 49 posts Joined Sep 2008 Location: Bucks County, PA More info | Mar 30, 2010 23:30 | #1 Hello, Cameras: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon Rebel XSI
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Mar 31, 2010 05:45 | #2 Fastest USB reader I've tried is the Lexar UDMA. If you're using a laptop with an ExpressCard slot then the Lexar reader is lightning fast (rated to over 100 MB/s). Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist
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mayuka Member 245 posts Joined Dec 2009 More info | Mar 31, 2010 06:44 | #3 hollis_f wrote in post #9905366  Fastest USB reader I've tried is the Lexar UDMA. If you're using a laptop with an ExpressCard slot then the Lexar reader is lightning fast (rated to over 100 MB/s). This rating is useless since usb 2.0 can only do 30 mb/s... Firewire 800 readers can do 100 mb/s too...
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Mar 31, 2010 07:01 | #4 mayuka wrote in post #9905525 This rating is useless since usb 2.0 can only do 30 mb/s Er, did you read those words what I wrote? I said ExpressCard, not USB. mayuka wrote in post #9905525 Firewire 800 readers can do 100 mb/s too... Which might be slightly relevant; if the OP hadn't already said that he hasn't got Firewire. Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist
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mayuka Member 245 posts Joined Dec 2009 More info | Mar 31, 2010 07:15 | #5 hollis_f wrote in post #9905587 Oh, and I don't think a transfer rate of 100 millibits per second is very fast at all.  Oops. I wanted to quote honorarytitle not you, but you know what I meant...
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DoctorDiesel Senior Member  394 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: West of Scotland More info | Mar 31, 2010 07:43 | #6 Quite a few expresscard to cf adapters are iffy with big cf cards for some reason ? why, I use a FW reader but as that isn't an option, how about an express card to fw adapter? (if you have an expresscard socket that is!...if not...guess you are stuck with usb2 40 yrs in photography and still learning from all you good people...Thanks
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Mar 31, 2010 10:36 | #7 Doctor Diesel wrote in post #9905759 Quite a few expresscard to cf adapters are iffy with big cf cards for some reason ? And a lot of them are just expresscard - usb adapters, so offer no speed advantage. But the Lexar is remarkably quick with my 60 MB/s 32 GB card. Transfers of 75 MB/s!! Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist
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DoctorDiesel Senior Member 394 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: West of Scotland More info | Mar 31, 2010 11:35 | #8 Frank, have you a model number or link for your reader also, is it a 54 or 34 size adapter? 40 yrs in photography and still learning from all you good people...Thanks
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Mar 31, 2010 12:53 | #9 |
187 Member 40 posts Joined Jan 2010 More info | This is not available yet. Have you actually used one or are you just reading specs?
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DoctorDiesel Senior Member 394 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: West of Scotland More info | Mar 31, 2010 14:43 | #11 Anyone know where you can get one in the UK? 40 yrs in photography and still learning from all you good people...Thanks
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187 Member 40 posts Joined Jan 2010 More info | Come on Frank, Did you ever see one of these?
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nduralt Member 126 posts Joined Feb 2010 Location: Toronto, Canada More info | Mar 31, 2010 19:53 | #13 hollis_f wrote in post #9905366 Fastest USB reader I've tried is the Lexar UDMA. If you're using a laptop with an ExpressCard slot then the Lexar reader is lightning fast (rated to over 100 MB/s). Agreed... The LEXAR with firewire is the best solution... I download regularly 32 gig (sandisk extreme) cards in just minutes. 7D w/BG-E7 || 50D (Naked) || 480EX || Sigma 24-70 || Canon 70-200 2.8 IS || Canon 50 1.4 || Several kit lenses || TC-80N3 || SanDisk Extreme || Lexar Professional || Redrock Micro Cinema Kit || Manfrotto 190XPROB W/804RC2 || Manfrotto 501HDV+525MVB Pro Video Kit with 520BA || (Internet Marketer 1st, Photographer 2nd, Videographer 3rd) SEO Toronto
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Bloodbean Member  242 posts Joined Nov 2009 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand More info | Mar 31, 2010 21:29 | #14 The Lexar ExpressCard is available online here http://www.beansaver.com/hotdeals.php?category=654 7D, Rok 8mm, Sigma 10-20, Canon 17-55, Canon 50 1.4, Tamron 90 macro, 70-200L f4, FDn 135 f2, Sigma 170-500, Celestron C8 2,000mm f10
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nduralt Member 126 posts Joined Feb 2010 Location: Toronto, Canada More info | Mar 31, 2010 21:35 | #15 Bloodbean wrote in post #9910469 The Lexar ExpressCard is available online here http://www.beansaver.com/hotdeals.php?category=654 Troy Unless all you have is a USB please spend the money and make the best of your equipment. Here's a link to the reader I have: http://www.lexar.com/readers/pro_udma_reader.html 7D w/BG-E7 || 50D (Naked) || 480EX || Sigma 24-70 || Canon 70-200 2.8 IS || Canon 50 1.4 || Several kit lenses || TC-80N3 || SanDisk Extreme || Lexar Professional || Redrock Micro Cinema Kit || Manfrotto 190XPROB W/804RC2 || Manfrotto 501HDV+525MVB Pro Video Kit with 520BA || (Internet Marketer 1st, Photographer 2nd, Videographer 3rd) SEO Toronto
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usb 2.0 and FAST transfer rates are impossible nowadays. For making proper use the FAST transfer rate of modern cf cards, you need something else than usb 2.0 
