Nikon D50

[Gidders]

Originally Posted by Saphire

I have only filled a 1gb card once and it took nearly half an hour to upload imagine how long with a 2gb.

Saphire - I use CF rather than SD cards but I think the speed ratings are on the same basis. I have a 1gb Trancend card which is rated at 80x which is not as fast as your Extreme III and yet that transfers a full card in under 2.5 minutes using a card reader. A thought - are both your card reader & PC USB ports USB 2?

[Leif]

Originally Posted by Saphire

Leif I use a high speed card and card reader I have the Sandisk III which is quite fast I also have a 512kb card which I put in camera just while I upload to the PC via the reader but I still find this slow. When I am away I carry a 40gb portable storage drive which you can now get for around £99 which is very useful, they are now very appealing. Two 1gb cards equals 1, 40gb storage device and they hold a heck of a lot of images.

Hi Christine. It never occurred to me to buy a portable storage device! Doh. Leif

[Saphire]

Gidders is there anyway to check whether the reader is usb 2 . It is plugeed into a usb 2 port but it doesn't say on the reader itself.