sd card readers ?

[sevres_babylone]

This is going to sound really prosaic. But you might just want to check out Staples and see what they have. At the very least, if you're not happy with your purchase, you can return the reader there.

 

[back alley]

This is going to sound really prosaic. But you might just want to check out Staples and see what they have. At the very least, if you're not happy with your purchase, you can return the reader there.

that's no problem jack, i buy there as well as places like london drugs.
if i had some more patience i could live with what i have now but they seem so slow to get the images from the sd card to the computer.

 

[JohnTF]

When I got my first faster and larger SD cards, I used an old reader to try and read files written on my other laptop. The other computer would not even boot with the old reader plugged in to the USB port.

I wasted a bit of time trying to figure the whole thing out.

Regards, John

 

[jdvf]

The German computer magazine c't tested several internal and external card readers last year: There were huge differences in speed between the readers. But even for below 10€ fast devices can be found.

The test can be downloaded here. (0,80€; unfortunately there is just a German version available)

I was thinking about accelerating the transfer process from my R-D1s to the computer, too. The idea of Wi-Fi enabled SD cards sounds interesting to me. Did anyone of you try an Eye-Fi card with the R-D1?

Greg

 

[Stefcuoz]

Guys ... I think when using an RD1, I have buy one last month, the speed must be forgotten, is the only digital can savor the taste of the film, except of course the M8-M9 but at prices well several.
Does it matter if the megapixel is only 6, does it matter if the SD takes a little 'more to download the image .... The RD1 is to be savored slowly, what matters is the image .

 

[LCT]

Not that slow. The R-D1 has the fastest shutter lag of all digital cameras i know of.

 

[Stefcuoz]

Dear LCT
What you say is sure correct, but I meant to slow such a taste of composing a picture with the rangefinder, the taste of failure and correct the picture frame to myr PC, the taste of use many different brands of lens on RD1.
If the shutter is faster ... better, i have make a best buy....
Really fast when I put my D200 and automatically snap .... but want to savor the taste of an image with the RD1 ..

 

[jdvf]

The idea of Wi-Fi enabled SD cards sounds interesting to me. Did anyone of you try an Eye-Fi card with the R-D1?

I just found out that that just one Eye-Fi card is supporting RAWs. And this card is only available with 4GB which does not work with the R-D1.

Greg

 

[LCT]

The R-D1 'burst mode' is slow of course 😉 Seriously, the buffer is too small to shoot at the same speed as a good old M3, in raw mode at least.

Dear LCT
What you say is sure correct, but I meant to slow such a taste of composing a picture with the rangefinder, the taste of failure and correct the picture frame to myr PC, the taste of use many different brands of lens on RD1.
If the shutter is faster ... better, i have make a best buy....
Really fast when I put my D200 and automatically snap .... but want to savor the taste of an image with the RD1 ..

 

[Mephiloco]

with 2 gb SD cards you won't see much of a difference between firewire and usb. I'd go with usb as it's much easier to find a usb reader locally and for cheap, and every computer has usb, not the case with firewire.

 

[Garfink]

Back Alley: I regularly use 32gig SDHC cards with my other camera gear, but with the 2gig SD cards for the R-D1, the difference in speed transfer between the computer and the card reader is negligible. So don't waste brain juices on maximizing it.

But with large cards the difference can be significant, especial if you have a tight work flow and professional, but for mere mortals, what is another few minutes, just grab some chips out of the pantry and watch some You Tube.

 

[back alley]

belated update...

i bought a multi card reader that claims to be high speed and it is faster, much faster, than the one i had been using.
perhaps the old one was just unusually slow...

 

[sepiareverb]

I love the Sonnet Express Card SD reader I have in my MacBook Pro. Plenty quick and always there!