Apparently the new cardbus PCMCIA cards are MUCH faster - even faster than firewire if I remember...
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 April 2004 06:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: A RAW question... > > > > > > How does the speed on a PCMCIA adapter compare to firewire speed? > > Much slower. A 1GB microdrive takes something like 20 mins > to copy to my notebook (not quite as fast a system as my > desktop box, but still a fairly reasonable system - it's a > 2.4GHz P4 HP pavilion). As noted, the firewire transfer runs > about 3x or 4x that speed, and that's limited by the transfer > speed of the Microdrive. With a fast CF card transfer speeds > should be significantly higher. > > At present I'm wondering whether to buy a USB adapter (only > worth it if I've got USB 2.0 on the notebook, which I don't > think I do), go for the firewire option with an external > power cable adapter (rather silly, because the power supply > is much larger than the CF reader), or just live with the > PCMCIA adapter speeds (awkward, especially if I've got the > wireless card plugged into the other PCMCIA slot). > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of John Francis > > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: A RAW question... > > > > > > > > > > > > Tanya Mayer wrote: > > > > > > > Well, it just took me exactly 1 hour and 26 minutes to > download my > > > > almost full Microdrive from the shoot! I think this > will become one > > > > of those "start it up and walk away" jobs! > > > > > > You'll get no sympathy here, young lady! > > > I just got a big package in the mail containing all the slides I > > > shot > > > in California a couple of weeks ago. Almost as many as > your wedding > > > shoot. They'll be grinding their way through the bulk > feeder on the > > > slide scanner for many more hours. Talk about a "start it > up and walk > > > away" job! > > > > My new FireWire CF reader arrived today. The good news - > it downloads > > a full 1GB microdrive in around 6 minutes (the speed limit is the > > drive). The bad news > > - it's powered off the FireWire bus, so it doesn't work > with my notebook > > computer (which only has a 4-wire connector). I guess the > PCMCIA adapter is > > going to have to stay in service a little longer. > > > >
