on 2/26/03 3:50 PM, Kevin Waterson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Bruce Dayton said >> Other than needing an interface for emergencies, I can't see any DSLR >> camera really needing a souped up transfer interface. >> >> I don't see the interface (USB 1, 2, Firewire) as being a big issue. >> Buy the card reader with interface you desire and be done with it. > > I do some work for various eisteddfods where parents like to be able to > see and purchase photos on the spot. The greatest problem with digital > here is that you cannot leave the performance area to take disks to the > guys out in the foyer with the computer, so you need many cards (expensive) > and a runner to be running them out to the computers for the families to see.
Cards are not that expensive. If you are running them back and forth, 4 or 5 128mb would work, $25-30 each, no big deal. Even if you go for the high price ones at $45-50 each, that is only $250, the price of 10-15 rolls of processed film. stan