[nagromme]

I'm seeking an INTERNAL reader for my camera's SD cards: one that goes in my PowerBook's cardbus slot--not an external USB device.

Is this a lot faster than sending photos via USB? Can anyone recommend a particular product? How about MacAlly?
http://www.macally.com/spec/speciali...ing/pcm04.html

Many thanks!

EDIT: ...And will iPhoto recognize the insertion of an SD card and allow importing just like USB?

[Sean Li]

Yes, it's faster than USB. Not sure if it's faster than Firewire though (I've seen conflicting reports). Personally, I've found it more convenient to have an adapter rather than an external reader.

I don't think you can leave it permanently inserted though, as you'd have a difficult time removing the SD or CF card from the adapter once it's in the PCMCIA card slot.

I haven't tried the MacAlly version, but I've got a Sandisk that works pretty well for SD cards, and a Sandisk and Lexar adapters for CF cards that work well too.

[chipchen]

dazzle makes a bunch of these.... they sell em at compusa. as for iphoto, no... it won't pick these up. but you can just drop all the images into a specific directory in the iphoto library

[Sean Li]

Actually, I've found that if the camera is originally recognized by Image Capture or iPhoto, that its memory card inserted either into the PCMCIA slot or through an external Firewire or USB readers does get recognized by iPhoto (or Image Capture).

[nagromme]

Thanks all! And thanks for the iPhoto tip. If iPhoto doesn't accept the SD card automatically, I'll try one round of USB-connection and then try the card again!

Just curious... how can a USB card reader be faster than a direct USB connection? USB is still the bottleneck, right? (No, this doesn't apply to my cardbus situation, I'm just curious.)