Card Reader

[Breezy]

I have some how misplaced my card reader since Sat Anybody got a good one that they recommend? I have no clue where the stupid thing is. Guess I will be using the Camera cord until I find it

[CaptainTom]

You can buy a card reader at almost any department type store. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc. I have three or four and they are all different brands and they all work the same.

[Dobick]

If you are talking CF -- then sandisk makes a good cheap one. I have two, one that constantly accompanies my laptop, and one with my desktop computer at the house.

for SD, I have one made by Iomega, that is in the shape of a thumbnail drive that you slide the card into the end, and use it just like a thumbnail usb drive. Very handy to have, and easy to carry around.

Both options are in the 10-12 dollar range

[Breezy]

Thanks guys Kent I think the thumb drive one is the one I have or should I say had.
I had it sat incase I ran out of memory snce the SOny is double Pixels from the minolta.
Any thanks again I just didn't know if there was one I should stay from. I will have dh pick me one up at the NEX.
Thanks again :D

[Breezy]

the camera cord wasn't too bad. my 4gb card is only taking about 6 minutes to load. I was expecting much worse :D

[kenw]

if you have a laptop with a PC Card / PCMCIA slot, buy an adapter for that. It fits into the PC Card slot, the CF slips into that. Fry's has them for <$20.

the advantage is that the adapter card doesn't stick out and can stay in the slot 24/7.

[Breezy]

Thanks Ken
we don't have a frys though

[jloyphoto]

I've been using this one for a while and really like it:

http://tinyurl.com/294y8h

[Breezy]

Thanks for the link Jeff.
looks interesting and next time I order from Adorama I may throw one in, but I just placed an order last night :( Before knowing that my reader is missing.

[kenw]

EBay et al have the PC card readers, I got mine at Best Buy years ago.

EBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-PCMCIA-Co...QQcmdZViewItem

[KdLaneJr]

Breezy, I had mixed issues with card readers several years ago. Finally put a combo USB 2.0 card reader/floppy disc drive into my computer. Did a good job, but nothing compared to the Sandisk EXTREME USB 2.0 reader that I am using now. The only thing faster out there on the market that I know of is the firewire version specifically designed to work with the Extreme IV cards.

When I shot candids at Black Dress project one of the photographers needed his cards downloaded. The USB dongle type card reader that we tried using first crawled slower than a newborn baby. I was able to download 9gb of images using my extreme reader in the same time the other reader downloaded 1gb.

Not all readers are the same and sometimes you do get what you pay for.

[Breezy]

ok thanks Ken. I will do some research and hopefully get the house back in order tomorrow as I have another newborn shoot Sat. Hopefully it will turn up. If not I will make do with the cord until the new year.
Thanks again to you all for the suggestions