Please help me get my head around the numbers. I shoot PAL DVCAM on a 32GB Sandisk Extreme III CF card (30MB/s) I edit inn FCP7 and transfer media to a 7200rpm external HD connected by Firewire 800. The CF card is read in a USB2 card reader.
My question is this, if I got an Expresscard CF reader for my Macbook Pro would I see a useful increase in transfer speed
MBP, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Yes.
Well my problem Mr Bladerunner1712 is your vernacular.... if only you hadn't used the word 'useful'. I mean, what one person sees as useful, another sees as useless. So while Shane may be technically correct - he's not going to know if it's useful to you. Happy transferring!!
When I switched from a USB 2 card reader, to one that fit right into my Express34 slot, I saw the offload times decrease dramatically. What used to take 40 min, now took 20. 16GB SD card.
Transfer tiimes cut in half ... brilliant ... just what I wanted to hear. Thanks!
Please help with CF card transfer speeds
