Fast CF card reader ?

[Antoine Fabi]

Hi,

I'm looking for a fast CF card reader.
What are your suggestions ?

thanks

Antoine

 

[Kevin Halverson]

Hello Antoine,

For which type of interface?

There are many options including:

CF to PCMCIA
CF to Express Card
CF to SATA
CF to PATA

With a better idea as to the application I could make a more specific suggestion.

Kevin

 

[LEON]

Hello Antoine,

For which type of interface?

There are many options including:

CF to PCMCIA
CF to Express Card
CF to SATA
CF to PATA

With a better idea as to the application I could make a more specific suggestion.

Kevin

Hello Kevin,
For me it would be CF firewire 800, Lexar is good, no ?
BTW, You do not forget the mount, do you ?
Jean Luc Leon

 

[Antoine Fabi]

Hi Kevin,

I want to download my CF card directly to my computer's hard drive.

Now i have a CF/USB2 that is VERY slow.

 

[Antoine Fabi]

Jean-Luc,

I'll give a look at Lexar

thanks

 

[Kevin Halverson]

Hello Antoine,

If you have an open bay in the computer case, then a CF to SATA or PATA is a very fast solution.

Here is a link to a few options:

http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS7338644701.html

or

http://storagemojo.com/2007/04/06/build-your-own-notebook-flash-drive/

Kevin

 

[Kevin Halverson]

Hello Kevin,
For me it would be CF firewire 800, Lexar is good, no ?
BTW, You do not forget the mount, do you ?
Jean Luc Leon

Hello Jean Luc,

Firewire 800 is a fine choice, but I like having the reader internal and not tethered via a cable.

As for the mount, no we have not forgot. There are a number out on beta testing now (getting some feedback from users) and we expect to have the full production run out in the next few weeks. Please email me and I will get you more information.

Kevin

 

[Antoine Fabi]

thanks to both of you!

How much time will it take to download a full 8G card ?

Antoine

 

[Lexicon]

Unless you have a fast card, getting a fast reader won't do anything for you. What brand and model CF card are you using?

 

[Antoine Fabi]

RED (Lexar) 8GB

 

[Lexicon]

RED (Lexar) 8GB

Then go with the Lexar Firewire but you should know that there are a lot of problems with Firewire in both the latest OS release and Vista so if you know of someone who already has the reader, I would borrow it from them and see how it works on your machine. There are also numerous hardware issues with Firewire 800 on the PC so you will need to look into getting an add-in card that is known to work with the Lexar reader if you are using a PC.

 

[Dylan Reeve]

I've been using a SanDisk Extreme FW800 reader with good results. Takes me about 4 minutes to offload a 8GB RED card.

 

[Antoine Fabi]

4 minutes for a 8G card seems very good.

Thanks!

 

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

do i need something different from (fw800) or better Fast CF card reader dirve to use it with my MACBOOK i have seen befor that something internaly
that can be connected through macbook ?:help: