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CompactFlash Travel Card Reader Reccomendation
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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I'm looking to buy a CompactFlash card reader for when I'm traveling so I can't conserver batteries but still back up pictures as they take them. There are hundreds out there but I have a small set of criteria that I'm looking for and was hoping that somebody may have some suggestions.
I'm looking for a reader with at least some combination if not all of the following:
Any help would be appreciated.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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If you have a 15 or 17" PowerBook, you can use a PC Card adapter, which you can get on eBay for like $5. You plug the CF card into it, and then it into the PowerBook.
Otherwise, I'd just suggest a normal USB multi-card reader like SanDisk's USB 2.0 6-in-1 and 8-in-1 readers.
tooki
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I have a 15" PowerBook 667 and I'm defintely looking for just a CF reader I don't want anything too big.
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Originally posted by tooki:
If you have a 15 or 17" PowerBook, you can use a PC Card adapter, which you can get on eBay for like $5.
Those aren't very fast though. Unless you get a 32 bit CardBus adaptor like Lexar's. And speaking of Lexar... Their Firewire CF card reader is, I'm pretty sure, the fastest out there currently (though there is some info today about a new Lexar reader being announced). This reader is also very small and has a detachable FW cable, making it easy to transport. I use mine with a thin Apple FW cable for even more transportability. As for looks, you can decide for yourself.
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Admin Emeritus Join Date: Oct 1999
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The PC Card ones are plenty fast -- a normal CF card cannot benefit from CardBus, because CompactFlash is simply PC Card with less pins! Some of the really high-speed cards use special transfer modes, perhaps the CardBus reader uses a similar approach.
There may be some CardBus-enabled CF cards out there, but I haven't heard of any.
Regardless, unless you use a card over 32x, it is theoretically and technically impossible to gain any speed from the CardBus unit, and the $5 PC Card adapter will do nicely. I use a PC Card adapter with my 12x CF card and it's faster than using USB 2.
tooki
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Hey, the guy (or gal) specified FAST as a criteria. If s/he spends the money on a FAST reader and uses slow cards, that's his/her problem I reckon. I use fast CF cards and I definitely see a difference between a standard PC card reader and a FireWire card reader. FW is much faster. I just (finally, since I ordered it in June) got my Lexar CardBus reader, but haven't done any speed tests yet. When I do, I'll post back.
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Thank you both, I will take a look at each  .
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