>
> 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.
> > >
> >
> >
>
