faster download card reader?

[jeanie]

can someone recommend me a super fast CF card reader?
mine is taking ages to download a 4GB card.takes about 4-5 minutes!

pls advise on
1)brand
2)price
3)where to buy

thanks

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by jeanie can someone recommend me a super fast CF card reader? mine is taking ages to download a 4GB card.takes about 4-5 minutes! pls advise on 1)brand 2)price 3)where to buy thanks

that is already faster than most card reader...

[Jer]

Looking for one as well. Any good recommendation

[londonray]

try the firewire ones? those tend to run very fast... szekiat has also tried a pcmcia CF card reader and that one is even faster i think... just that it's quite ex... like $80-$100 for a card reader that can only read CF... well... 4-5mins isn't that long actually... just plug it in before you shower and all the pics will be in your com when you come back rite?

[Denosha]

The Transcend usb2.0 multi-card reader. Spotting it on the RobGalbraith's benchmark tests and decided to get one for myself. It really is very fast. Faster than most of the firewire readers (excluding the Extreme IV one IIRC). Sustained reading rate of >16mb/s with my transcend CF cards.

[jeanie]

Originally Posted by londonray try the firewire ones? those tend to run very fast... szekiat has also tried a pcmcia CF card reader and that one is even faster i think... just that it's quite ex... like $80-$100 for a card reader that can only read CF... well... 4-5mins isn't that long actually... just plug it in before you shower and all the pics will be in your com when you come back rite?

4-5 mins fast ah?
goodness, i didnt know we're still lacking in technology of data transfer.

i was hoping there's something which i plug my cf in and transfer takes less than 20 secs.

[jeanie]

Originally Posted by Denosha The Transcend usb2.0 multi-card reader. Spotting it on the RobGalbraith's benchmark tests and decided to get one for myself. It really is very fast. Faster than most of the firewire readers (excluding the Extreme IV one IIRC). Sustained reading rate of >16mb/s with my transcend CF cards.

where to buy.how much?

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by jeanie 4-5 mins fast ah? goodness, i didnt know we're still lacking in technology of data transfer. i was hoping there's something which i plug my cf in and transfer takes less than 20 secs.

you are thinking too much... if dSLR is able to write at that speed, we can shoot burst mode at 8FPS without stopping until the whole card are full... thats like 200MB per sec...

[Bluestrike]

A USB2.0 has very big bandwidth for transfer. right until now, very few devices max out that.

No matter how fast a card reader cna read... it oso depend on how fast the card itself chunk out the data... if the max read speed of the card is 8MB/s ... then... ?? so it doesn't mean you got a very fast card reader.. it means the timing can cut down by 50% or so...

Please keep this in mind when going for those reader.
well as long as it within the limit, I dun see any problem.

*imagine the days of USB1.1.....*

[jeanie]

Originally Posted by Bluestrike A USB2.0 has very big bandwidth for transfer. right until now, very few devices max out that. No matter how fast a card reader cna read... it oso depend on how fast the card itself chunk out the data... if the max read speed of the card is 8MB/s ... then... ?? so it doesn't mean you got a very fast card reader.. it means the timing can cut down by 50% or so... Please keep this in mind when going for those reader. well as long as it within the limit, I dun see any problem. *imagine the days of USB1.1.....*

ok.thanks.means i still have to wait 5 minutes.
damn...that's eternity.

[jfoo]

USB2 is better for burst rate transfers, ie many small files. Firewire400 is better for sustain rate transfers, good for large files (>50mb). Dunno about Firewire800 since haven't test out.

[Denosha]

Originally Posted by jeanie where to buy.how much?

$35 at Memory World.

Originally Posted by jeanie ok.thanks.means i still have to wait 5 minutes. damn...that's eternity.

Well. If you get 16mb/s sustained rate on the whole 4000mb (altho 4gb cards are likely to be less than this), it should take about slight more than 4 mins. 4/5 eternity!

[jeanie]

if i plug my d200 to my computer, you guys reckon the transfer rate will be faster?

[erizai]

Confirmed slower.

Firewire800 is But i dont see any card reader at the market, yet.

Originally Posted by jeanie if i plug my d200 to my computer, you guys reckon the transfer rate will be faster?

[ortega]

don't belong here

computer gadgets is not photography gadgets

tread moved

[versatile]

How fast you want? Most USB 2.0 unless you are using Firewire..

[jeanie]

Originally Posted by versatile How fast you want? Most USB 2.0 unless you are using Firewire..

i want as fast as possible.best below 1 minute.

[erizai]

Firewire800--about 1min30sec for 4gb transfered. but dunno where to buy??

Originally Posted by jeanie i want as fast as possible.best below 1 minute.

[biggulp]

Originally Posted by jeanie i want as fast as possible.best below 1 minute.

Even if such a fast card reader were to exist, your data transfer would have been bottlenecked by your hard disk (and let's not even consider the data throughput of your cf card), assuming you are using a modern ide/sata hdd writingn around 50mb/s. You have to realize that there's no solution to such high speeds you are looking for. Why do you need to transfer so much data in less than a minute? Would waiting a few minutes more severely hamper your productivity?

[arpinkor]

I think currently these 2 are the fastest:

Sandisk Extreme Firewire Reader

Lexer Pro CF Reader

Anyone knows about price/availability of these in SG ?