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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file transfer question
Hello all.
I use the full line of Canon 5D cameras…original, 2, 3 and 4.
My most frequently used bodies are the 5DM3 which is 22.3 MP, the 5DM4 is 30.4 MP.
While it’s a nice difference in megapixels it isn’t ginormous, but downloading images from the 5DM4 to my computer (using firewire 800 on a Mac Pro running High Sierra with 32 gigs of RAM) takes ages. I’m using Lexar Pro compact flash cards (UDMA 7, 800x). My hard drive has over a terrabyte of available space on it.
Is this slow process of downloading normal when using these larger megapixel cameras?
Is there a link in my system that can be changed to speed file transfers up?
Thanks for any insight you can offer,
Lea
your kids . my camera . we’ll click
