{"id":59,"date":"2014-12-17T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2014-12-17T21:26:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:26:29","slug":"a-christmas-card-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Card (reader)\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=622015844574691\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/?p=59\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"true\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>I am always required to file my pictures remotely throughout the day whilst working for newspapers and for processing I use my Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 laptop, which has a decent spec for a relatively cheap model.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously I have to first get the images from the camera\u2019s memory card into the laptop somehow. <\/p>\n<p>Every photographer has a different way of working, but I <em>generally<\/em> prefer to copy <em>all<\/em> of my memory card data to my laptop so that a) it\u2019s all safely backed-up so I can reformat the card when I reinsert it in the camera and b) it\u2019s quicker to browse and select images locally rather than continually polling the card.<\/p>\n<p>I have until now been using a Lexar Professional USB2 Dual Slot Card Reader plugged in to the laptop\u2019s USB2 ports (it doesn\u2019t have any USB3 ports). I also have a Lexar Professional USB3 Dual Slot Card Reader, but I generally only use that on my home PC, which does have USB3 ports.<\/p>\n<p>However, having latterly noticed that my laptop has an ExpressCard slot, I thought I would buy one and see if it\u2019s any quicker in terms of data transfer times.<\/p>\n<p>After a quick search of eBay I found a second hand Delkin ExpressCard 34 UDMA CompactFlash Adaptor for a little over \u00a35. This then simply plugged into the side of my laptop.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cf1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cf1-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"CF Card Readers\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cf1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cf1-1024x728.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexar USB (top) and Delkin ExpressCard Compact Flash Card Readers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I happened to have a random 9.16GB on my card when the Delkin arrived, so thought I would try copying that to the laptop as a kind of \u2018data time trial\u2019. The results are below\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tDelkin ExpressCard 34 = 4 minutes 39 seconds<br \/>\n\u2022\tLexar USB2 = 6 minutes 56 seconds<br \/>\n\u2022\tLexar USB3 (still plugged in to a USB2 post) = 7 minutes 3 seconds<\/p>\n<p>The Delkin card is the clear winner by 2 minutes 17 seconds, so I will be using it from now on. It also has the advantage of not requiring a cable.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, almost 10GB of data is perhaps more than you will usually be moving and obviously for significantly lower amounts the time difference will be less noticeable, but when you\u2019re up against the clock, any time saved can be a godsend.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Out of interest (and fairness) I also tried the USB3 card reader connected to my much more highly specified desktop PC and when connected to an actual USB3 port, achieved a quick time of 4 minutes 3 seconds for the 9.16GB transfer. Obviously this is irrelevant in the context of this laptop transfer test, but does show that the USB3 reader is a lot faster when connected to its intended interface and would perhaps therefore provide similar or even quicker results to the Delkin if you have a laptop equipped with USB3 ports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am always required to file my pictures remotely throughout the day whilst working for newspapers and for processing I use my Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 laptop, which has a decent spec for a relatively cheap model. Obviously I have to first get the images from the camera\u2019s memory card into the laptop somehow. Every photographer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobgreaves.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}