Decent Card Reader Suggestions Please

[leon]

Hi Guys, I know I have asked lots of questions over the last few days regarding my re build of my PC, and I thank you all for your support and help.

Now I ask just one last question, :thanx: promise, what would be a good brand/model for a card reader device to connect tho the PC. :shrug:

It needs to be reasonably good as I have heard some really bad stuff is out there and not worth looking at.

Thank You in advance. :)

Leon :thumbsup:

[glend]

Leon, you took me back to my punch card reader days. Thanks.

[Dennis]

Hi Leon

If your PC is USB3 capable, definitely get a USB3 Card Reader as it will upload your photos much faster than a USB2 device.

I use a Lexar USB3 Card Reader that has a Compact Flash (CF) and SD Slot. I made sure of 2 things:

1. It was USB3
2. It could read my UDMA7 CF Cards.

I made sure it was capable of reading UDMA7 Cards as I had an older UDMA6 Reader that would not read my newer UDMA7 CF card.

Cheers

Dennis

[leon]

Thanks Dennis, yes, I do need one that will read CF, I will check it out.

Leon

[silv]

I avoid taking my flash card out of my camera. It'll damage the contacts over time.
I always connect the camera via USB cable to get the files off.

[leon]

Thanks Annette, I do know what you mean, and actually the software that I lost enabling me to do that with the Canon 5D has been re-installed from the web, so all is good again so i probably wont need one after all.

Thank you for your responses.

Leon

[acropolite]

You won't go far wrong with a SanDisk SDDR-289 ImageMate All-in-One USB 3.0 Reader, fast, flexible and good price.
http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod8051.htm

[leon]

Thanks Phil, I will keep that in mind.

Leon

[sil]

I use the Lexar Pro (http://www.lexar.com/products/card-readers/Lexar-Professional-USB-3-Dual-Slot-Reader.html) dual slot reader. Never had a problem, just does its job, unlike all the cheap crappy Chinese readers I end up buying or getting with memory cards (I test memory cards immediately to ensure they aren't faked sizes) so when i get a new type of memory card I usually grab a reader or two to start me off. The Lexar has proven reliable for me, not a single issue with it. I also use TeraCopy (as an alternative to Windows copy) and when I copy/move files from a memory card its to a "Source Images" location on my NAS and TeraCopy does a verify for me to ensure the files copied fine and can be read fine from my NAS so if either memory card or NAS starts to fail Teracopy will catch this for me (nothing yet, I only use top Sandisk cards for my gear and never had issues with any except slack "lock" mechanisms that lock the memory from being written to when inserted in one of my cameras).

No doubt there are other great card readers besides the Lexar Pro but I've no reason to try any others anymore.

[leon]

Thanks Sil, for your response and suggestion.

Leon