If your current USB reader seems to not ingest your images fast enough and you have a Firewire 800 port on your computer (many Apple Macintosh computers come equipped with FW800 ports), why not upgrade to a faster FW800 reader?
Among the number of manufacturers that offer not just USB but also Firewire 800 readers is Lexar. Specifically geared towards professionals and amateur photographers is their Professional UDMA FireWire 800 Reader. It’s based on Firewire 800 with a maximum of up to 800 Mb/sec and handles both regular Compact Flash and Lexar’s UDMA Compact Flash cards, Lexar’s series of professional Compact Flash cards that allow for 300x speeds.
The UDMA Firewire reader is stackable, so photographers can stack them, daisy-chain their Firewire 800 connections and download in parallel from multiple Compact Flash cards.
Price:
FW800 Reader: $100.80, Amazon: $61.24
UDMA 300x Compact Flash Card: $79.99, Amazon: $69.18
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