OT Question for John Stafford.

John;


Since your resident the guru on computer stuff here
which is faster PCMIA or Firewire 400 for downloading
from a CF card.

512mb Ram on computer.

Many TIA.

Greg

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"Gregory Blank" wrote in message
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John;


Since your resident the guru on computer stuff here
which is faster PCMIA or Firewire 400 for downloading
from a CF card.

Me a guru? Not. I presume you mean a PCMIA adapter to download off a camera
to the PC, but regardless, I can't answer because the slowest part of the
chain is probably the camera itself. If it can't feed any faster than the
adapter, speed is a moot point.

Exacty what are you doing, Greg? Which camera, what PC and is it going to an
external drive. (FWIW, I don't ever worry about those issues. I use only
USB-2 and Firewire, and get a new computer every two years as part of the
day job. )

"Gregory Blank" wrote in message
...
John;


Since your resident the guru on computer stuff here
which is faster PCMIA or Firewire 400 for downloading
from a CF card.

Me a guru? Not. I presume you mean a PCMIA adapter to download off a camera
to the PC, but regardless, I can't answer because the slowest part of the
chain is probably the camera itself. If it can't feed any faster than the
adapter, speed is a moot point.

Exacty what are you doing, Greg? Which camera, what PC and is it going to an
external drive. (FWIW, I don't ever worry about those issues. I use only
USB-2 and Firewire, and get a new computer every two years as part of the
day job. )

In article ,
"jjs" wrote:

Since your resident the guru on computer stuff here
which is faster PCMIA or Firewire 400 for downloading
from a CF card.

Me a guru? Not. I presume you mean a PCMIA adapter to download off a camera
to the PC, but regardless, I can't answer because the slowest part of the
chain is probably the camera itself. If it can't feed any faster than the
adapter, speed is a moot point.

Exacty what are you doing, Greg? Which camera, what PC and is it going to an
external drive. (FWIW, I don't ever worry about those issues. I use only
USB-2 and Firewire, and get a new computer every two years as part of the
day job. )

Downloading via a PCMIA adapter (camera not attached) to a G4 Laptop
512mb ram/ 512mb & 1GB cards. B&H has a Firewire card reader that hooks
right to the Fire wire port....just wonder if the images will download
faster either to the HD of the laptop or to a CDrom by using Firewire.

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

In article ,
"jjs" wrote:

Since your resident the guru on computer stuff here
which is faster PCMIA or Firewire 400 for downloading
from a CF card.

Me a guru? Not. I presume you mean a PCMIA adapter to download off a camera
to the PC, but regardless, I can't answer because the slowest part of the
chain is probably the camera itself. If it can't feed any faster than the
adapter, speed is a moot point.

Exacty what are you doing, Greg? Which camera, what PC and is it going to an
external drive. (FWIW, I don't ever worry about those issues. I use only
USB-2 and Firewire, and get a new computer every two years as part of the
day job. )

Downloading via a PCMIA adapter (camera not attached) to a G4 Laptop
512mb ram/ 512mb & 1GB cards. B&H has a Firewire card reader that hooks
right to the Fire wire port....just wonder if the images will download
faster either to the HD of the laptop or to a CDrom by using Firewire.

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

"Gregory Blank" wrote in message
...

Downloading via a PCMIA adapter (camera not attached) to a G4 Laptop
512mb ram/ 512mb & 1GB cards. B&H has a Firewire card reader that hooks
right to the Fire wire port....just wonder if the images will download
faster either to the HD of the laptop or to a CDrom by using Firewire.

Go with Firewire. BTW - When you downoad to a CDROM, it's actually
downloading to work space on your hard drive. You just can't see it. After
you Burn the CDROM, the files are deleted from the hard drive.

"Gregory Blank" wrote in message
...

Downloading via a PCMIA adapter (camera not attached) to a G4 Laptop
512mb ram/ 512mb & 1GB cards. B&H has a Firewire card reader that hooks
right to the Fire wire port....just wonder if the images will download
faster either to the HD of the laptop or to a CDrom by using Firewire.

Go with Firewire. BTW - When you downoad to a CDROM, it's actually
downloading to work space on your hard drive. You just can't see it. After
you Burn the CDROM, the files are deleted from the hard drive.

In article ,
"jjs" wrote:

Go with Firewire. BTW - When you downoad to a CDROM, it's actually
downloading to work space on your hard drive. You just can't see it. After
you Burn the CDROM, the files are deleted from the hard drive.

Thx

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

In article ,
"jjs" wrote:

Go with Firewire. BTW - When you downoad to a CDROM, it's actually
downloading to work space on your hard drive. You just can't see it. After
you Burn the CDROM, the files are deleted from the hard drive.

Thx

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:37:10 GMT, Gregory Blank
wrote:

Since your resident the guru on computer stuff here
which is faster PCMIA or Firewire 400 for downloading
from a CF card.

Downloading a CF via Firewire ? That's kinda like using a
firehose to pump fuel into a lawnmower engine !

Note that USB 2.0 is by far the prevalent interface for
peripherals.

512mb Ram on computer.

X3

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
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