Which CF Card Reader?

[Cliff]

Just wondering what CF card readers people are using as mine seems to take AGES to download my RAW shots.

[colin C]

Re: Which CF Card Reader?

I have a USB 2 card reader built into my PC, but an external Sandisc USB 2 multi card reader for my MAC.

My first card reader was USB 1 and it would take around 75 minutes to load around 6GB of RAW files. When I changed to USB 2, I loaded the same card in around 7 minutes.

It was worth every penny!

Colin

[Tareq]

Re: Which CF Card Reader?

I have 4 CF card readers, 2 of them are like many cards in one, another one is just for CF and SD, and the last one which is the best and fastest ever is just for CF and this one only is working via fireWire 800 and it is really Rocket in downloading my RAW files, i download my 12GB CF card full in about 4-6minutes, also that card reader of CF/SD only is fast enough and similar to my FireWire card reader speed, so which one do you want to know about?

[Colin]

Re: Which CF Card Reader?

I too have a Lexar Firewire reader and the speed increase over a usb one is great, highly recommended and it was about £25 off eBay.

[Tareq]

Re: Which CF Card Reader?

I too have a Lexar Firewire reader and the speed increase over a usb one is great, highly recommended and it was about £25 off eBay.

Yes, i have that Lexar CF card reader of Fire Wire 800, also my card reader of CD/SD only is from Lexar, the rest are just general brands which i never use unless i have cards rather than CF/SD.

[Cliff]

Re: Which CF Card Reader?

Thanks for the replies folks. Looks like I need to shopping.