Re: Looking for a memory card reader...

2015-04-28 Thread Paul
Six months, interest free... -p On 4/28/2015 11:13 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 4/28/2015 12:19 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: A few months ago I got a spectacular deal on a refurbished HP laptop with the only provisio that the built-in SD card slot didn't work. No problem, really. External card readers

Re: Looking for a memory card reader...

2015-04-28 Thread P.J. Alling
On 4/28/2015 12:19 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: A few months ago I got a spectacular deal on a refurbished HP laptop with the only provisio that the built-in SD card slot didn't work. No problem, really. External card readers are cheap these days, right? Oh yes. And it's even better than that: http://

Looking for a memory card reader...

2015-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
A few months ago I got a spectacular deal on a refurbished HP laptop with the only provisio that the built-in SD card slot didn't work. No problem, really. External card readers are cheap these days, right? Oh yes. And it's even better than that: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/SpecialFinancingAvai

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-04 Thread Zos Xavius
Yeah, I have a 1.5tb mybook external that is 3.5", so has an external power supply. I'm pretty sure the power supply fried the board on the drive as it spins up, but refuses to be recognized by the USB bridge or connected directly to SATA. It just refused to come online one day. The mechanical part

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-04 Thread John
YMMV. The only hard-drives I've ever had fail in use were Western Digital. Especially problematic have been their "MyBook" external USB drives which have really, REALLY piss-poor power supplies. On 9/4/2014 4:07 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: I forget which hosting company, but recently a very large i

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-04 Thread Zos Xavius
That's the one. Judging by those numbers, it looks like hitachi is totally the way to go right now. On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: > >> I forget which hosting company, but recently a very large internet >> hosting company p

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-04 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: > I forget which hosting company, but recently a very large internet > hosting company produced statistics on their hard drive failure rates. You may be thinking of Backblaze: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/ -- PDML

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-04 Thread Zos Xavius
I forget which hosting company, but recently a very large internet hosting company produced statistics on their hard drive failure rates. This company uses cheap consumer drives so the figures were interesting. Topping the list on reliability was Hitachi followed by Western Digital. This was intere

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread David Mann
On Sep 4, 2014, at 1:06 pm, Brian Walters wrote: > Interesting. I usually cart a laptop around when I travel, but this would > reduce some weight. I usually bring my laptop as well but now that I'm afraid to tilt the screen I thought something like this could be of use. But then I figured a

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Matthew Hunt : This may be of interest to photographers who travel without a laptop. Western Digital has a new line of portable hard drives with a built-in SD card reader and the ability to back up the card without a computer: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8472/western-digital-launches

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread Igor PDML-StR
This sounds like a good idea. It reminds me of Sanyo Hyperdrive that I had used for a few years, but stopped using because its HDD became too small, and the card-reader was too slow for the moder card size and speed. I am also a bit worried about low-priced WD HDDs. I am a bit more

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/9/14, Matthew Hunt, discombobulated, unleashed: >This may be of interest to photographers who travel without a laptop. >Western Digital has a new line of portable hard drives with a built-in >SD card reader and the ability to back up the card without a computer: > >http://ww

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I bought a couple of WD drives some years back (around 2008), two RAID enclosures with two 1T drives each. The WD enclosures went belly-up within a year or two. I pulled the drives out and fitted them into good quality enclosures from Other World Computing, and reconfigured them as individual s

Re: WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread Richard Womer
ay be of interest to photographers who travel without a laptop. > Western Digital has a new line of portable hard drives with a built-in > SD card reader and the ability to back up the card without a computer: > > http://www.anandtech.com/show/8472/western-digital-launches-my-passport-wir

WesternDigital portable hard drive with SD card reader

2014-09-03 Thread Matthew Hunt
This may be of interest to photographers who travel without a laptop. Western Digital has a new line of portable hard drives with a built-in SD card reader and the ability to back up the card without a computer: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8472/western-digital-launches-my-passport-wireless

Re: Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]

2014-03-30 Thread Rob Studdert
ged > filesystem. > > What you suggest about the card reader could be possible I suppose. I > was hoping that there might have been a bug in the K-3's firmware that > they have quietly fixed with one of the recent updates. > > Should this happen to me again (so far it

Re: Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]

2014-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that additional info and your findings, Ciprian. I'm glad to hear that you were able to extract shots from the damaged filesystem. What you suggest about the card reader could be possible I suppose. I was hoping that there might have been a bug in the K-3's firmware that

Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]

2014-03-30 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
s sorely > pissed off. For me however it was even more strange --- I have a Pentax K-30, SanDisk Extreme 16 GiB: * I've locked the card for read-only; (I always do this for precaution, and as a habit because of OS X, which insists in creating hidden files and folders even when th

Re: recommendations for usb 3 sd card reader

2013-11-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
Darren and others: For people who are in that situation, I recommend an inexpensive solution of how to get USB-3 ports. I did this for my desktop and for my laptop. Desktop: I bought this PCI adapter card: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/696114-REG/Transcend_TS_PDU3_2_Port_USB_3_0_PCI.htm

Re: recommendations for usb 3 sd card reader

2013-11-20 Thread Darren Addy
e to upgrade to a USB 3 >> SD card reader. >> Fry's, oddly enough, only seemed to have USB 2 readers in stock. >> Any recommendations for USB 3 readers, that should go a bit faster? > > I did this exact upgrade a little over a month ago. What I ended up > getting was

Re: recommendations for usb 3 sd card reader

2013-11-19 Thread John Celio
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > All of my SD card readers are USB 2. I'd like to upgrade to a USB 3 > SD card reader. > Fry's, oddly enough, only seemed to have USB 2 readers in stock. > Any recommendations for USB 3 readers, that should go a bit fas

Re: recommendations for usb 3 sd card reader

2013-11-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Colen wrote: All of my SD card readers are USB 2. I'd like to upgrade to a USB 3 SD card reader. Fry's, oddly enough, only seemed to have USB 2 readers in stock. Any recommendations for USB 3 readers, that should go a bit faster? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

recommendations for usb 3 sd card reader

2013-11-19 Thread Larry Colen
All of my SD card readers are USB 2. I'd like to upgrade to a USB 3 SD card reader. Fry's, oddly enough, only seemed to have USB 2 readers in stock. Any recommendations for USB 3 readers, that should go a bit faster? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good to hear you're back in business. Paul On Jul 24, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > OH problem all solved now, RObert, but thank you > > I trashed the cf card - didn't lose anything that mattered... bought a new > card reader > > P.J. was great help in

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
OH problem all solved now, RObert, but thank you I trashed the cf card - didn't lose anything that mattered... bought a new card reader P.J. was great help in finding and solving what was going on - ann On 7/24/2011 19:36, Robert and Leigh Woerner wrote: http://www.lexar.com/down

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-24 Thread Robert and Leigh Woerner
Robert in Greenville, SC From: Ann Sanfedele To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sat, July 23, 2011 5:04:30 PM Subject: Re: Memory card and card reader problem I knew you meant drivers :-) and yes! yellow question mark is there --- right over the second line that

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John -- I'll send you a reply off list ann On 7/24/2011 11:48, John Sessoms wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele Looks like it is the USB port... computer doesnt seem to know it is there. It should be drive F but when I plug either the card reader or my canon P & S into it , the drive doe

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele Looks like it is the USB port... computer doesnt seem to know it is there. It should be drive F but when I plug either the card reader or my canon P & S into it , the drive doesn't even come up... The only drives that come up are C, D , E - E is the big old

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
P.j. said essentially the same thing.. but it hung up... then gave me the "program is not responding" junk... tried a coule times ann On 7/23/2011 17:20, William Robb wrote: On 23/07/2011 3:04 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I knew you meant drivers :-) and yes! yellow question mark is there --- ri

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread P. J. Alling
ardware, to open the device manager. Check to see if you have any yellow question marks displayed. On 7/23/2011 4:33 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Looks like it is the USB port... computer doesnt seem to know it is there. It should be drive F but when I plug either the card reader or my canon P &am

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread William Robb
On 23/07/2011 3:04 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I knew you meant drivers :-) and yes! yellow question mark is there --- right over the second line that says "USB Mass storage device" So whats my next move? Uninstall it and let Windows find it and reinstall it. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
o open the device manager. Check to see if you have any yellow question marks displayed. On 7/23/2011 4:33 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Looks like it is the USB port... computer doesnt seem to know it is there. It should be drive F but when I plug either the card reader or my canon P & S into

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Sanfedele wrote: Looks like it is the USB port... computer doesnt seem to know it is there. It should be drive F but when I plug either the card reader or my canon P & S into it , the drive doesn't even come up... The only drives that come up are C, D , E - E is the big old exter

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread P. J. Alling
directly from my point and shoot... that didnt work either. conclusion - it isn't the card reader thats mucked up ... The pins look fine and it didnt take much effort to slip a card in.. The 2.0 does appear to be cooked, however - but that isn't a biggy at all - the files that really

Re: Memory card and card reader problem p.s.

2011-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
The the 1terra drive is in the E port... the system recognizes that but I really dont want to remove it to double check that the card reader is fine as the 1t is where all the photos go. Not to mention the backups ann On 7/23/2011 16:33, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Looks like it is the USB

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Looks like it is the USB port... computer doesnt seem to know it is there. It should be drive F but when I plug either the card reader or my canon P & S into it , the drive doesn't even come up... The only drives that come up are C, D , E - E is the big old external drive... wh

Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele So I was talking more photos of the gear I got (of and with) and a couple of other things yesterday - put it in the card reader , put the card reader into its little USB port, as always, and nada... that little chime that goes off when I do this doesn't chime... I try

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread P. J. Alling
without asking, (yes, it does that sometimes). CF cards have their own controller much like any other memory device. If that's cooked the data may still be there but recovery would be very expensive. One way to see if your card reader might still be good would be to plug it into the USB

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
to select a device.. whereas,when things are working properly, it detects it... it recognizes there is a card reader in the port. I could have just bopped over to Staples and ask them to try it but the weather is keeping me from venturing out at least not more than a few steps. at the moment I&#x

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread John
horse I have a 1 GB card just gathering dust that you are welcome to if that would help John G On 7/23/2011 9:50 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: So I was talking more photos of the gear I got (of and with) and a couple of other things yesterday - put it in the card reader , put the card reader into its

Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
So I was talking more photos of the gear I got (of and with) and a couple of other things yesterday - put it in the card reader , put the card reader into its little USB port, as always, and nada... that little chime that goes off when I do this doesn't chime... I try three times -- then

Re: help needed with pentax software and card reader

2011-01-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
But not to worry. When you plug your CF card reader into your USB slot, it shows up as an external hard drive (probably drive E:). E is occupied with a 500 gig hard drive :-) however F is what comes up... If you've got things set up so that Zoom Browser gets started automatically to try to

Re: help needed with pentax software and card reader

2011-01-09 Thread John Francis
The one big thing is that you will have to give up using Canon Zoom Browser; that program can't handle RAW files from a Pentax camera. But not to worry. When you plug your CF card reader into your USB slot, it shows up as an external hard drive (probably drive E:). If you've got thi

help needed with pentax software and card reader

2011-01-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
So here is my problem... the loaner is an ist d - and I have the software loaded for PEntax Browser and Pentax Lab... but I don't have the cord that goes from the camera into the USB2 port... couldn't find one anywhere. However, I do ahve a little card reader - a Targus that takes the

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-13 Thread Christine Aguila
My card reader in my tower is slow too. With SDHC, I'm in the market for a USB card reader, which I'll probably pick up with week. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 201

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-10 Thread eckinator
onally I just buy SanDisk for reliability and Digisol because everyone on amazon seemed so happy with it... it is a card reader and not a lens, after all. Speaking of which, happy happy joy joy micro enablement, I scored a new B+W Käsemann slim build circular polarizer for less than 40% of amazon =) Chee

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread steve harley
On 2010-06-09 01:51 , eckinator wrote: I had an email conversation with the owner of DigiSol, a company that makes exclusively cardreaders, and he said that an external reader is always the better solution if oyu have the space because there are no EMP regulations crippling performance or requiri

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread eckinator
2010/6/10 John Francis : >> >> Yeah same here, I still have a PCMCIA SD reader kicking around... I >> doubt it is more than a paperweight these days. > > You could just about say the same for my *ist-D > > At the moment it's the emergency backup in case my K10D misbehaves; other from > that the las

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 07:08:14PM +0200, eckinator wrote: > 2010/6/9 John Francis : > > > > For the *istD I used a PCMCIA adapter - originally the IBM one that I bought > > with my microdrives, but later on a Cardbus one with rather better > > performance. > > Yeah same here, I still have a PCMC

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread eckinator
2010/6/9 John Francis : > > For the *istD I used a PCMCIA adapter - originally the IBM one that I bought > with my microdrives, but later on a Cardbus one with rather better > performance. Yeah same here, I still have a PCMCIA SD reader kicking around... I doubt it is more than a paperweight thes

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:36:36AM +0100, Cotty wrote: > FWIW I just bought Stef a Lexar CF/SD USB 2 card reader - his 1D only > takes CF cards and I was dubious about the cheap plug-in CF card readers > on the market after reading reviews. It hasn't arrived yet but will > report

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-06-09 2:17, steve harley wrote: i max (infrequently) out at 16 GB; with a fast card, you should be able to get close to 30 MB/sec, which would mean you could download 30 GB in ~17 minutes; that wouldn't bother me too much -- i'd just get it started and do something else; it's often longe

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread Cotty
FWIW I just bought Stef a Lexar CF/SD USB 2 card reader - his 1D only takes CF cards and I was dubious about the cheap plug-in CF card readers on the market after reading reviews. It hasn't arrived yet but will report back when it does. I have a Lexar Firewire CF card reader but his Macfanbo

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-09 Thread eckinator
2010/6/8 Adam Maas : > My PC has a SD reader in it. Like most built-in readers it's > convenient but rather much on the slow side. I use my Sandisk 12-in-1 > reader instead. I had an email conversation with the owner of DigiSol, a company that makes exclusively cardreaders, and he said that an ext

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-06-08 19:31 , Doug Franklin wrote: Your practice must be different than mine. I sometimes shoot 20-30GB a day, and transfer it all at the end of the day, in my hotel room or tent. A 40% or so delta would make a /huge/ difference to me. That's the main reason I always use the card r

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread John Francis
larger varieties. > > And if you have a computer with a built in card reader, don't be > surprised if you find it won't support the highest capacities released > after it was designed. YMMV, of course. My new(-ish) notebook - a Compaq 8710w - has a built-in card rea

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread Doug Franklin
ence to me. That's the main reason I always use the card reader instead of the camera on a cable. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread Doug Franklin
nd if you're buying a new computer, make sure it handles your cards. I recently found that my reader that handles 4GB SDHC cards just fine won't deal with the 8GB and larger varieties. And if you have a computer with a built in card reader, don't be surprised if you find it won&#

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-06-08 14:22 , Adam Maas wrote: My PC has a SD reader in it. Like most built-in readers it's convenient but rather much on the slow side. I use my Sandisk 12-in-1 reader instead. i'd be interested to hear how fast it is in practice the MacBook Pro SD reader is pretty fast; Apple says it

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Bob W wrote: > This PC ( a netbook ) has an SD reader built in. The bigger computer (17" > laptop) has a multicard reader built in. All very convenient except they > didn't include CF, which is what I use in the Olympus. > > Bob I have four cameras that all use CF

RE: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread Bob W
This PC ( a netbook ) has an SD reader built in. The bigger computer (17" laptop) has a multicard reader built in. All very convenient except they didn't include CF, which is what I use in the Olympus. Bob > > My PC has a SD reader in it. Like most built-in readers it's > convenient but rather

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread David J Brooks
Mine is about 8 1.2 years old and on USB 1. Take it from there.:-) Dave On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:38 PM, steve harley wrote: > a slight diversion, but i think it's worth mentioning that some computers > have card readers built-in, which may seem a small convenience, but if you > use it enough it

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread Adam Maas
My PC has a SD reader in it. Like most built-in readers it's convenient but rather much on the slow side. I use my Sandisk 12-in-1 reader instead. On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:38 PM, steve harley wrote: > a slight diversion, but i think it's worth mentioning that some computers > have card readers bu

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread steve harley
a slight diversion, but i think it's worth mentioning that some computers have card readers built-in, which may seem a small convenience, but if you use it enough it can be a major selling point; i certainly use the SD slot in my computer a lot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-08 Thread John Sessoms
it sucks battery power. If the battery dies during the download, it can sometimes corrupt the images on the card. Plus you can't use the camera until you recharge the battery. From: Ann Sanfedele dumb question, maybe why do yo have to use a card reader at all? just plug the camera into th

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-07 Thread eckinator
Good luck =) If all else fails blame it on me and order one online. Cheers Ecke 2010/6/7 David J Brooks : > Staples did not have the SD(HC) card i wanted so i slid next door and > did the unspeakable, looked at Wal-mart. > They do have stright SD cards but not in stock. I';ll just keep checking. >

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-07 Thread David J Brooks
Staples did not have the SD(HC) card i wanted so i slid next door and did the unspeakable, looked at Wal-mart. They do have stright SD cards but not in stock. I';ll just keep checking. Dave Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Reg

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-06 Thread Joseph McAllister
They probably do not offer it anymore (the prices are a lot less too) but the first 8 gig SDHC Sandisk cards I bought at Costco over two years ago came with a single card reader (USB 2.0 is usually the clue) in each package. Only 1/2 inch wider and 3/4 in ch longer than the card itself

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-06-05 10:03, eckinator wrote: a good card reader is a lot faster in my experience That's why I use a card reader ... several times faster transfer rates. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Then I'd have to find the camera cord in the tangle in my top desk drawer. On 6/5/2010 10:02 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: dumb question, maybe why do yo have to use a card reader at all? just plug the camera into the computer, no? then it doesn't matter what size card you have , r

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 6/5/2010 7:40 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I have a three year old Lexar multi card reader, it takes the standard SD, CFII etc. We now have a Staples store in town and they have memory cards on sale this weekend. The SDHC cards to be precis. How can i tell if my reader will accept the SDHC cards

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Good answer - good answer :-) > I don't shoot enough anymore to care how fast it is, I guess but, as > always,  I don't want to spend any cash on something that I can do > without spending anything. > > ann Well, they did not have the o

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Adam Maas wrote: The card reader is usually a lot faster, you can leave it plugged into the computer so no fiddling with cables, it doesn't drain your camera batteries and if you have more than 1 card to copy from it's generally a lot quicker to swap as there's no card door in

RE: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread Bob W
> dumb question, maybe > > why do yo have to use a card reader at all? just plug the camera into > the computer, no? > > then it doesn't matter what size card you have , right? > > ann it uses up the camera battery and shortens its life. -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread Adam Maas
The card reader is usually a lot faster, you can leave it plugged into the computer so no fiddling with cables, it doesn't drain your camera batteries and if you have more than 1 card to copy from it's generally a lot quicker to swap as there's no card door in the way. -Adam On S

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread eckinator
a good card reader is a lot faster in my experience cheers ecke 2010/6/5 Ann Sanfedele : > dumb question,  maybe > > why do yo have to use a card reader at all?  just plug the camera into the > computer, no? > > then it doesn't matter what size card you have  , right? &g

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
dumb question, maybe why do yo have to use a card reader at all? just plug the camera into the computer, no? then it doesn't matter what size card you have , right? ann Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-06-05 7:45, Cory Waters wrote: That's what I did. CW On 6/5/2010 7:40 A

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread David J Brooks
e. > > Dave >> >> On 6/5/2010 7:40 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>> >>> I have a three year old Lexar multi card reader, it takes the standard >>> SD, CFII etc. We now have a Staples store in town and they have memory >>> cards on sale this we

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-06-05 7:45, Cory Waters wrote: That's what I did. CW On 6/5/2010 7:40 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Do i just but one and try it, and then buy a new reader if it does not like the card. That's what I did, too. Several times, in fact. A few months after SDHC came out, I got a 4GB card.

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread David J Brooks
ant to shot the whole day on one card just in case. Dave > > On 6/5/2010 7:40 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> I have a three year old Lexar multi card reader, it takes the standard >> SD, CFII etc. We now have a Staples store in town and they have memory >> cards on sal

Re: OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread Cory Waters
That's what I did. CW On 6/5/2010 7:40 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I have a three year old Lexar multi card reader, it takes the standard SD, CFII etc. We now have a Staples store in town and they have memory cards on sale this weekend. The SDHC cards to be precis. How can i tell if my r

OT Card reader question

2010-06-05 Thread David J Brooks
I have a three year old Lexar multi card reader, it takes the standard SD, CFII etc. We now have a Staples store in town and they have memory cards on sale this weekend. The SDHC cards to be precis. How can i tell if my reader will accept the SDHC cards, I have seen some posts here about some

Re: SD Card reader question

2009-01-31 Thread John Francis
I've just bought a couple of Transcend 4GB SDHC classs 6 cards that cost around $10 apiece, including a USB 2.0 SDHC card reader. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 04:55:48PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Many older readers don't work correctly with SDHC. Card readers are > pr

Re: SD Card reader question

2009-01-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Many older readers don't work correctly with SDHC. Card readers are pretty inexpensive ... I use the Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 and Extreme Card Reader, both USB 2.0. Both are fast and work beautifully with SDHC cards. Godfrey On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Cory Waters wrote: I rec

Re: SD Card reader question

2009-01-31 Thread Joseph McAllister
Probably why Sandisk gives away a free USB reader with every Extreme /// card (that's packaged as such). Many of the readers more than a year old just can't handle them, even if USB 2.0. On Jan 31, 2009, at 14:36 , Cory Waters wrote: I recently purchased a couple Sandisk UltraII 4GB SDHC c

Re: SD Card reader question

2009-01-31 Thread AlunFoto
2009/1/31 : > When I bought a SanDisk Extreme III SDHC (4 gb) it came with a SanDisk > "MicroMate" (small card reader plug-in w/USB prong). Good thing it did > because > none of the card reader slots in my computer worked with it. (And it's not > that >

Re: SD Card reader question

2009-01-31 Thread Eactivist
(4 gb) it came with a SanDisk "MicroMate" (small card reader plug-in w/USB prong). Good thing it did because none of the card reader slots in my computer worked with it. (And it's not that old a computer.) Solved a lot of problems. Marnie aka Doe :-) --

SD Card reader question

2009-01-31 Thread Cory Waters
I recently purchased a couple Sandisk UltraII 4GB SDHC cards. Until now, I've had only 2GB cards. One of my card readers works fine with the new cards but my IOGearGFR901SD doesn't seem to recognize the cards. I'm wondering if it doesn't support the SDHC cards. I can't find any mention of t

Re: OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread Cory Papenfuss
d line or editing > config files but I think some of the advice is written in Klingon > > I've got a multi-card reader (Using Centos-4, a clone of Redhat Enterprise 4). It wouldn't see anything other than the CF slot until I added the following lines to /etc/modp

Re: OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
uld do the rescue act :) > > regards, subash > > On 5/4/07, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Anyone out there using a multi-card reader under Linux? > > > > I've got a multi boot system (Windows XP/Ubuntu 6.1) and while >

Re: OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread S J
do it automagically. :) am at work now but can send you the details later in the day. if you are in a hurry, google should do the rescue act :) regards, subash On 5/4/07, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > Anyone out there using a multi-card reader under Linux? > > I&

OT: Card Reader for Linux

2007-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
Hi all Anyone out there using a multi-card reader under Linux? I've got a multi boot system (Windows XP/Ubuntu 6.1) and while I've got most peripherals working with Ubuntu, my el-cheapo, no-name card reader isn't recognised. I'm prepared to go out and buy a new one but

I quess my other CF card reader is NOT USB 2

2006-12-17 Thread David J Brooks
Needed to buy another card reader when i bought the k10d. I opted for a Lexar 5 in one. This one had usb 2 on the package, were i dought the other one did. I downloaded two 300 meg folders in about 30 seconds each. Life will be MUCH better now. Dave Equine Photography in York Region

Re: 750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/9/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Fer gosh sakes, a Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 reader, the best >and fastest reader I've found, is only about £29 at Jessops... You >can get cheaper (slower) ones for a tenner or so. Why waste money on >a USB 1.1 model? Because

Re: 750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Cotty wrote: > I expect I'll pick up a USB 1 SD reader for the lad, he's got more > spare > time than me ;-) Fer gosh sakes, a Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 reader, the best and fastest reader I've found, is only about £29 at Jessops... You can get cheaper

Re: 750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/9/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >There's only one multi-card FireWire card reader on the market that I >was able to find. I bought one and tested it, found it somewhat slow, >returned it. Slower than using an SD->CF card adapter in a standard &

Re: 750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
tter build, and a metal >> body. >> Oh yeah and a rangefinder. In fact an M8 ;-) > > Oops, forgot the card reader question. > > Anyone make an SD FireWire card reader? They all seem to be USB 1 > and 2... There's only one multi-card FireWire card reader on the

Re: 750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Scott Loveless
On 9/21/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Received a Pentax 750Z today. It's not bad. It's a lot smaller than the > Canon G2 we have, but the flip out screen is a lot flimsier. No problem > - 7MP should do nicely. Everything seems to work (it was refurbished > grade A stock) and it's cute. I h

Re: 750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Cotty
tock) and it's cute. I hate all these whirry zoom lenses that >unfold and erect themselves. A camera like this with a fixed focal >length lens would be nice. Actually with better build, and a metal body. >Oh yeah and a rangefinder. In fact an M8 ;-) Oops, forgot the card reader questi

750Z and card reader question

2006-09-21 Thread Cotty
Received a Pentax 750Z today. It's not bad. It's a lot smaller than the Canon G2 we have, but the flip out screen is a lot flimsier. No problem - 7MP should do nicely. Everything seems to work (it was refurbished grade A stock) and it's cute. I hate all these whirry zoom lenses that unfold and erec

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