Memory card reader

[David Grabowski]

David.....on your Imagemate.....does it come with a longer chord to
plug into the short pigtail on the reader? Also, how is the action
when inserting the cards......do they go in and out easy like when
inserted into the e-10?

Yes on both counts. The extention is about 3' and the cf card at least slips in as easy as to the camera, in fact feels just as it would slipping the card into the camera. The SM is slightly less smooth than going into the camera, but really it comes down to making sure it's not cocked in the first place. Honestly I haven't used the smart media slot for downloading, just slipped the card in to check for fit.

David

 

[DoubleD]

Or if you are such an expert you could just post the specs so I
dont have to waste my time doing it. It would've taken you what, 5
more seconds to type it? No matter, I'll spend the time looking it
up - I dont want to put you out.

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Okay, 480Mbps compared to 400 for firewire. I guess it is faster. Rah.

GageFX

Please people.. lets not get suckered into believing everything
your read. The specs are theoretical not real. USB2 is not Faster
than Firewire. Only on paper.

USB also suffers from no separation of data channels.

If you connect a USB 1 device, such as a keyboard to your USB 2
port, you will slow the entire port down to USB1 speeds.

Fireware does not have this limitation.

Philip G.
http://www.cgrafx.com

Ok I want to know exactly what firewire means and what 1394 port means when we are talking about memory card readers? I have a 1394 port on the back of my pc......will this be an advantage? Sorry for my ignorance on computers. Ask me to add 2000 square feet onto your house and you would be so happy with my expertise that you would want to kiss me full on the mouth.

 

[philip]

Ok I want to know exactly what firewire means and what 1394 port
means when we are talking about memory card readers? I have a 1394
port on the back of my pc......will this be an advantage? Sorry for
my ignorance on computers. Ask me to add 2000 square feet onto
your house and you would be so happy with my expertise that you
would want to kiss me full on the mouth.

1394 and Firewire are the same thing. Apple originally trademarked the name firewire and was charging a small license fee for its use, but has recently recinded the licensing requirement and made the name available for anybody using the 1394 standard.

In its present form, firewire (1394) supports data rates up to 400 mbps. It offers reserved bandwidth, that can be utilized as a constant data rate pipe. This means that bandwidth can be set aside for a specific task, making it extremely useful for things like video, where you need to have a constant stream of uninterrupted data.

The spec for firewire 2, or 800 mbps, I believe was recently approved and you should start to see this higher speed interface showing up in the next few months or so.

USB and USB2 are also serial based interfaces, but they are strictly a shared data interface. Any device on the bus can drain bandwidth away from anything else on the bus. In addition, while USB2 will support USB1 devices, it does so by slowing down the entire chain to USB1 speeds.

does that help?

regards,

pg

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Philip G.
http://www.cgrafx.com