best way to transfer pics from D70 to computer?

[Pete Silverstein]

What is the best way to transfer pics from my D70 to my computer? Should I use the transfer cable and take the pics directly from the camera? Should I take out the card and put it in a card reader? Which way is best as far as wear and tear on the camera? Or maybe it doesn't make a difference?

Thanks,
Pete

 

[CIASpook]

...but I recommend a card reader to preserve battery power on the camera. Additionally, if you have a USB 2.0 port and a USB 2.0 card reader, it will download a LOT faster.

And finally, Nikon View's Nikon Transfer works with card readers as well

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[Derek C]

Use a card reader.

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Fuji S1 pro
Nikon 18-35 f3.5 AFD
Nikon 28-105 f3.5 AFD
Nikon 70-300 f4-5.6 AFG
Nikon 28-80 G
Sigma 135-400 f4.5-5.6 APO
Sigma 70-200 f2.8 APO HSM EX

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[SrkY]

for sure use USB2.0. it is LOT faster, and I mean it

 

[TF442]

Card reader.

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[Udo]

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[tdkd13]

They make these cool card readers that actually mount into the computer case similar to how a floppy drive is mounted. The one I have is a 6 in 1 so it will read from:
Memory Stick
Compact Flash I & II
Microdrive (sames as CF)
Smart Media
SD card
USB Flash Drive

Its cool cause I can just plug the card in like a floppy and it pops up on screen. The downside is it takes up 6 drive letters in explorer so along with my 4 hard drives, DVD Burner, and floppy I have drive letters all the way out to "N" drive. My wife will ask, "hey where is that file I had asked you to save for me" and I will say, hmmm I think its in M:\Temp\Stuff, or else it is in N:\To Burn.
Anyways, the card reader works well
Ted

 

[mrtac2man]

Tim nikon D70

 

[Frank C.]

use a card reader
most computers have built in card readers anyways and some
recent lcds have them too ( like the latest Dells ).
USB 2.0 Hi-speed is very fast (480Mbits/second)
USB 2.0 Ful- speed is not (12Mbits/second)

What is the best way to transfer pics from my D70 to my computer?
Should I use the transfer cable and take the pics directly from the
camera? Should I take out the card and put it in a card reader?
Which way is best as far as wear and tear on the camera? Or maybe
it doesn't make a difference?

Thanks,
Pete

 

[Gary Barnett]

Card reader is cheap, widely available, convenience, battery-saving and wait for the it...FAASSST!
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[Rbid]

Yes, I guess that using a card reader will not drain your batteries as it happened to me... Once I forgot to remove and turn off the camera from the PC and few hours later the camera battery was almost empty, I noticed that the PC periodically accesses the CF card on the camera

That is, the D70/s batteries are drained when the camera is connected to a PC via USB for a long period.. and downloading a 2GB card full of pictures take a loooooooong time.

Definitely, I'm getting a USB 2.0 High-Speed card reader.. but...

... is there a card reader that we should avoid?

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--- Rbid (D7Ts

 

[Gary Barnett]

Just go for any reader with USB 2.0 support and there are plenty 5-in-1 or 8-in-1 card readers or even 15-in-1 to support wider range of memory cards.

Check this link out for one of the examples.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006374NW/qid=1122844308/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-0457159-7180620

It is a must-have, regardless of what camera you have and it doesn't need any driver for Windows XP so you can upload or view your photos in yours or friend's pc.

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[RLD]

--Name the drives. That makes it easier. In Explorer, Right Click on the drive, and select "Rename".

I've partioned my hard disk so it looks like C:, D:, K:, L:, M:, N:, & O;. But in WINDOWS Explorer, the show up as:
HP_Pavilion (c
HP_Recovery (D
E: thru J: are DVD, CD, and camera card slots
MONEY (K
Engineering (L
Data_Etc (M
PHOTO (N
BACKUP (O

Guess where the photography files are.

RLD

 

[kkay2000]

My favorite is a FireWire card reader; a bit more expensive than USB 1.1 or even USB 2.0 but if you have a Mac, this is the way to go.



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Mac user

 

[GR_Terminator]

Card Reader is the best way at all.....
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[chilipalmer]

What is the best way to transfer pics from my D70 to my computer?
Should I use the transfer cable and take the pics directly from the
camera? Should I take out the card and put it in a card reader?
Which way is best as far as wear and tear on the camera? Or maybe
it doesn't make a difference?

Thanks,
Pete

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Lewis
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