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Summary: This little thing is a workhorse
Review: I bought this little card reader for using a compact flash card that came with my first digital camera. At first, I had been loading directly from the camera into a software program which places the photos in an on-screen album. That process seemed too slow; and I really didn't want everything in an album. The reader is so much faster and easier. You put the card in the reader's slot, plug the USB cord into the computer, and an icon of a disk appears on screen. Click on the icon, and in the window that opens there are several folders. A couple of the folders have items in them that seem to be informational or for functionality, and which I leave untouched, but other folders are created for storing your photos when you use your camera. Click on these folders to display a window full of small images of your photos, (you can click on them to enlarge them). It is easy to remove any of them to the trash if I don't like them, or to move them into other folders on my hard drive, a disk, an album, or wherever I want to store them. Or I can immediately open them with a photo imaging program, (I usually use Photoshop Elements). When I got this little gadget, it immediately made the process of loading my photos onto the computer much better for me. I've had it for several months, and it's been completely reliable.
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Summary: No complaints!
Review: I bought this little card reader for using a compact flash card that came with my first digital camera. At first, I had been loading directly from the camera into a software program which places the photos in an on-screen album. That process seemed too slow; and I really didn't want everything in an album. The reader is so much faster and easier. You put the card in the reader's slot, plug the USB cord into the computer, and an icon of a disk appears on screen. Click on the icon, and in the window that opens there are several folders. A couple of the folders have items in them that seem to be informational or for functionality, and which I leave untouched, but other folders are created for storing your photos when you use your camera. Click on these folders to display a window full of small images of your photos, (you can click on them to enlarge them). It is easy to remove any of them to the trash if I don't like them, or to move them into other folders on my hard drive, a disk, an album, or wherever I want to store them. Or I can immediately open them with a photo imaging program, (I usually use Photoshop Elements). When I got this little gadget, it immediately made the process of loading my photos onto the computer much better for me. I've had it for several months, and it's been completely reliable.
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Summary: This little thing is a workhorse
Review: I can't understand why some card readers cost literally 3-4 times the price. I've used this with Windows 98 and with Windows XP. You pretty much just plug it in and it works. I can't believe I used to connect my digital camera to the PC to download photos! This is so much easier (not to mention easier on my expensive camera).
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Summary: Works as Good as It Looks
Review: My Dazzle-brand Compact Flash (CF) card reader died the other day, and I had to transfer about a hundred photos directly from my camera to computer via a serial cable (the camera's USB cable went missing years ago, prompting the purchase of the Dazzle card reader in the first place). A couple hours and a reboot or two later, the pictures were safely transferred. First thing the next morning I went out and got this Lexar card reader (mainly because it was the only brand CF reader the store stocked, rather than a decision to go specifically with Lexar or avoid Dazzle). Being able to transfer a hundred photos in minutes instead of hours (not to mention being able to transfer directly to my serial-portless PowerBook) is a joy.
I'm very pleased with the Lexar model. It works; it has the same translucent purple casing as the two Lexar JumpDrives I already own; and the transparent cabling is a nice touch - it looks like it should glow while in use, but sadly it does not.
The only potential downside to this model is that the circuit board is not shielded inside the casing. If the CF card should get inserted at the wrong angle or you take the card reader to the beach (or anywhere bits of sand or dirt are likely to find their way into inconvenient places), it seems the internal components of the card reader could be damaged fairly easily.
Still, it gets the job done, and a heck of a lot quicker than some alternatives. If you have the choice of this model or one with better-secured innards, you might feel more comfortable with the other model or brand. By taking reasonable care with it, though, I expect I won't have to endure a serial cable-based file dump until another few years have passed.
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Summary: Cute, really cute
Review: Yes! This small thing is a perfect reader of compact flash cards. When I got it I was really amazed by the small size --- just a little bigger than a flash card. This is really good for traveling when space in the backpack is limited. This just adds a new drive to the computer that can read compact flash cards --- forget about aquiring pictures from cameras! I don't need to worry about installing the messy software of different cameras to my computer, as far as all the cameras take pictures with compact flash card.
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