Lexar CompactFlash FireWire 800 Card Reader RW034-001 by LEXAR MEDIA INC
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Digital camera reviews of Lexar CompactFlash FireWire 800 Card Reader RW034-001
Digital camera Review: Great Time-Saving Accessory
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this reader a few months ago to use with my MacBook Pro, particularly for weddings where I was spending hours downloading pictures from the cards unto the computer for editing. I can honestly say that this device has been a godsend ever since I received it, cutting my downloading time 75-80% of what it used to be. For example, I photographed a wedding a few weeks back and had about 2,000 RAW images to be downloaded. Using this device, it only took approximately 30 minutes to download all the images into Apple's Aperture. If you're a professional photographer, particularly if you take RAW photographs, this is a must-have accessory to speed up your workflow.Digital camera Review: Greater Reader, Flawed Insertion
Summary: 3 Stars
The reader is very fast, works flawlessly (someone mentioned they had issues with the newer OS X updates, there are no problems.) Issues with daisy chaining were also mentioned, I believe this stemmed from having the reader at the front of the chain and linking everything from the reader, I have 3 hard drives and the reader at the end of the chain with no issues.
In short, reading cards is perfect, the issue with this reader is you have to push 97% of the card into the reader in order for the reader to notice it. Its definitely a design issue and something that should have been fixed before leaving the lab, it would have taken no time to fix... I mean moving the pins forward 1/4 of an inch can't be that complicated.
I use one at home for a work computer, I'm looking at a different reader for my laptop, I don't want another.
Digital camera Review: I Wrote the Company, They replied, Call Us.
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, I haven't gotten around to it yet.
But of course I have the paper trail sending them the email.
I too hate this thing. Oh, it's got a blue LED, whooopteedo.
I was so used to my rare firewire 400 reader by Sandisk, but then it sorta disappeared but now found.
What the others have stated on build quality of this block of junk doesn't even come close.
I'm somewhat an engineer on how stuff should work.
So I wrote them stating their pins
they use to engage the card must be the wrong size too large, making the insertion difficult
and maybe risky loosing data if not inserted with true accuracy.
Here, I too though I was getting the MacDaddy of 800 reader.
I'd rather roll down the window @93 and throw it against a bridge, and
make it ricochet back under the tires.
One of these days, it'll cost me $37,000 in therapy of all the shots that vanished.
Digital camera Review: It works fine
Summary: 4 Stars
The Lexar CF FW800 reader works fine and is very fast to transfer files. The design just seems overkill to me. The reader is quite bulky compared to other CR readers I've had. When inserting the card you have to push quite hard and the same is true for pushing on the button to eject the card. Other then that it works fine.Digital camera Review: It works, but. ...
Summary: 4 Stars
I was surprised it was not faster reading a UDMA 300 X compact flash into some programs, but then I tried dragging the files out onto the desktop, and it was about 5 times faster. ...