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Feb 20, 2019 13:48:55   #
Deanie1113
 
When traveling, I take my laptop, an external hard drive, and a few SD cards. At the end of a day of shooting, I insert the camera's SD card into the laptop and put the images onto a file in the external hard drive. I keep hearing about a card reader. What is the process for using one and do I really need to? Thank you for your insights!

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Feb 20, 2019 13:51:26   #
rwilson1942 Loc: Houston, TX
 
What you are using is a card reader, it is just built into your laptop.
I don't think there is a need for an external card reader if you are happy with the one in you laptop.

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Feb 20, 2019 13:52:26   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
Deanie1113 wrote:
When traveling, I take my laptop, an external hard drive, and a few SD cards. At the end of a day of shooting, I insert the camera's SD card into the laptop and put the images onto a file in the external hard drive. I keep hearing about a card reader. What is the process for using one and do I really need to? Thank you for your insights!


As long as you have a SD reader in the computer you don't need an external reader.

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Feb 20, 2019 13:56:46   #
Tommy II Loc: Northern Illinois
 
Deanie1113 wrote:
When traveling, I take my laptop, an external hard drive, and a few SD cards. At the end of a day of shooting, I insert the camera's SD card into the laptop and put the images onto a file in the external hard drive. I keep hearing about a card reader. What is the process for using one and do I really need to? Thank you for your insights!


If your laptop has a port that accepts your SD card, that is a card reader. You are fortunate enough not to need an external card reader.

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Feb 20, 2019 14:26:01   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
You have an internal card reader in your laptop. Why get another (external) card reader?

That's what I do- shoot & download to laptop (mine has a reader also, in the front), and copy to the portable external My Passport (primary & backup). Then when I get home, download the cards to the desktop. After Carbonite backs them up I then erase the cards. (The desktop gets backed up locally also.)

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Feb 20, 2019 14:40:05   #
Deanie1113
 
OK! Yay and thank you all for your quick replies!

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Feb 20, 2019 14:40:38   #
Deanie1113
 
Thank you!

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Feb 20, 2019 14:41:02   #
Deanie1113
 
Great news, thank you!

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Feb 20, 2019 14:41:24   #
Deanie1113
 
Ok and thank you so much!

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Feb 20, 2019 15:05:23   #
PaulR01 Loc: West Texas
 
My card reader reads almost 3 times faster than the SD card reader on my laptop. When shooting under a deadline for credentialed events. Time is essential.

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Feb 20, 2019 16:50:48   #
Deanie1113
 
Thanks for that info, didn't know.

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Feb 20, 2019 16:56:58   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
PaulR01 wrote:
My card reader reads almost 3 times faster than the SD card reader on my laptop. When shooting under a deadline for credentialed events. Time is essential.

I can imagine.
Some of us are not under time constraints.
Like I back my system up to a 3.5 HD in a USB dock. I could put the drive in the computer and backups will run faster, but I let the backup batch file run when I'm not using the computer. No problem for me.

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Feb 20, 2019 16:57:54   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Deanie1113 wrote:
Ok and thank you so much!

Hint: If you click "Quote Reply" we'll know to whom you are replying.

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Feb 20, 2019 17:46:34   #
Deanie1113
 
Longshadow wrote:
Hint: If you click "Quote Reply" we'll know to whom you are replying.


Oh! I don't know why I find this forum so baffling. Now I know. Thanks!

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Feb 20, 2019 19:22:41   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Deanie1113 wrote:
Oh! I don't know why I find this forum so baffling. Now I know. Thanks!

A few quirks, you'll learn them/get used to them.

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