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Summary: Like a charm...
Review: After much Amazon perusing, I decided to pick this reader to use with my Powerbook and Digital Rebel. So far it has worked great. The Firewire means very speedy downloads while I can just switch CF cards in my camera and keep shooting. I definitely recommend getting this if you're working with large photo files and OS X.
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Summary: Good reader, but stopped working after a month
Review: Everything was nice for a month or so, but then without any warning it stopped working. It might be a good idea to disconnect the reader from the PC when reader is not in use.
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Summary: Works with Macs
Review: I'd been meaning to get a compact flash reader as an accessory for my 3 year old Canon ELPH S110 which uploads pictures quite slowly over the standard USB 1.1 interface and has been known to power down mid-upload. Being a Mac user, I wanted to get a FireWire adaptor and not spend too much money, so I searched Amazon and found this device. So far, it's been about what I expected. I insert my card into the device, plug the device into an open FireWire port on my PowerBook G4, iPhoto launches and I click a button to start the upload. Here are some sample upload times for 150 phots of around 0.8 MB each:
Direct camera to computer connection with USB 1.1
PowerBook G4 12": 7 minutes 8 seconds
PowerMac G4 667 Mhz: 9 minutes 6 seconds Using Delkin Firewire Reader:
PowerBook G4 12": 4 minutes 25 seconds
PowerMac G4 667 Mhz: 3 minutes 29 seconds So, as you can see, the device is significantly if not spectacularly faster than a direct USB connection. I've used the device with both a SanDisk Ultra II 256MB card and a SiliconTech 128MB card with no apparent difficulties. Despite being much newer, the SanDisk card doesn't appear to be significantly faster than the older card.
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Summary: Finally, A CompactFlash Card Reader That Works!!!
Review: Lets face it folks, USB is not universal. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, or sometimes almost, but not always. I've tried over six USB 1.1 and 2.0 CF card readers, on different PC's and operating systems ... none to my satisfaction ... read errors, function device drivers not found, won't "eject" or dismount properly, etc, etc. The first time I pluged in the Delkin Devices READER-24 FireWire Reader - it worked!!! No special drivers needed either.
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Summary: Finally, A CompactFlash Card Reader That Works!!!
Review: Lets face it folks, USB is not universal. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, or sometimes almost, but not always. I've tried over six USB 1.1 and 2.0 CF card readers, on different PC's and operating systems ... none to my satisfaction ... read errors, function device drivers not found, won't "eject" or dismount properly, etc, etc. The first time I pluged in the Delkin Devices READER-24 FireWire Reader - it worked!!! No special drivers needed either.
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Summary: Bad Customer Service
Review: My reader worked great twice. The third time I used it the pin in the middle bent over and I contacted Delkin customer service and they said "The 5 year warranty is for factory defects only." If a product only works twice what good is a factory warranty.
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Summary: Time and battery saver for high MP cameras
Review: This card reader is a must have if you have a digital camera with high mega pixels (takes large pictures). I can transfer 256 MB to my hard disk in just over 1 minute. It seems to go about 4 MBytes / second on my PowerBook G4, where as the USB 1.1 (in Digital Rebel) went about 0.1-0.2 MBytes / second with my SanDisk 256 MB card (not ultra). It used to take me half an hour to transfer the entire card.
This saves the battery in my digital camera, and it saves me time, lots of time. Deffinitely worth the money if you do a lot of shooting. It comes with the 6 pin to 6 pin firewire cable.
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