I have always pulled my cards, popped them into a card reader and transferred them that way - now days using USB3 - it's quick.. though I've used everything from kermit to firewire in the past ;) As a windows user I also have a .BAT file I made up sitting on the desktop, insert the card, double click the bat which copies any files on the card in the reader to a folder for storage, makes up a bunch of smaller thumbnail sized images in a subfolder and a contact sheet which I can print if I choose Aside from the copying, Irfanview does all that backbone work command line style - ie, hidden without even launching. I'm sure a firewire card reader will be quicker than relying on whatever speed is limiting the transfer protocol from the camera(s) I'm also sure if you stuff a disk full of images, time the transfer, then go to a tame computer store and ask to test the speed of a card reader they'd be happy to let you time the same process for comparison - don't worry what computer or OS it is, just compare speed. I suspect you'll find transferring from the camera is your bottleneck good luck.
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