09-30-2006, 06:00 PM
[quote DaviDC.]Does you camera not have a USB port? I haven't taken the card out of my Sony in months.
Readers are faster, much faster.
Can still shoot while copying another card.
USB ports wear out from the plug/unplug cycle. Rather have a broken card reader ($10 to replace) than a broken mini USB port on my camera, usually 100's of $$$ to repait.
Eat batteries while transferring data.
Readers mount as a "volume" so you can recover data, some cameras don't, so you can't recover data.
I also purchased a standalone battery charger ($12) for my Sony InfoLithium batteries. I have tested the USB port when I first got my camera, also used the AC Adapter once, to update the firmware. The plugs and receptacles are small and delicate, and very expensive to repair.
BGnR
Readers are faster, much faster.
Can still shoot while copying another card.
USB ports wear out from the plug/unplug cycle. Rather have a broken card reader ($10 to replace) than a broken mini USB port on my camera, usually 100's of $$$ to repait.
Eat batteries while transferring data.
Readers mount as a "volume" so you can recover data, some cameras don't, so you can't recover data.
I also purchased a standalone battery charger ($12) for my Sony InfoLithium batteries. I have tested the USB port when I first got my camera, also used the AC Adapter once, to update the firmware. The plugs and receptacles are small and delicate, and very expensive to repair.
BGnR