Hoodman Raw FireWire400/800 CF Reader FireWire 400/800 CF Card Reader
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Manufacturer: Hoodman CorporationModel: FireWire400/800 CF Reader
Product features:
- Fast Reading, firewire
- Attractive style
- Versatile and Extremely fast
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Digital camera reviews of Hoodman Raw FireWire400/800 CF Reader FireWire 400/800 CF Card Reader
Digital camera Review: Far Faster Than a USB 2.0 Card Reader
Summary: 4 Stars
The difference in download times between a Firewire-connected card reader and a USB 2.0 reader is not just percentages, but factors. For large downloads -- gigabytes -- I have measured factors of four and five. If you are a casual snapshooter, you probably don't need this specialized device, but if you need quick turn-around between jobs using, say, several 32GB cards, you absolutely need it.
I have this Hoodman unit and a similar device from Sandisk. They perform the same as far as I can tell, and I have two simply so that one can go with my gear while the other stays with my desktops.
I gave four instead of five stars just because there seems to be no reason why this device (or the similar Sandisk unit) could not be a multi-format reader, giving support to SD as well as CF cards.
In the coming months, new machines and motherboards will be arriving with USB 3.0 connections, and at that point Firewire, already a niche standard, will probably finally die. In the meantime, though, where supported, Firewire is faster -- in this case, much faster.
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