Why card readers?
Feb 2, 2024 18:15:45 #
therwol
Loc: USA
BebuLamar wrote:
One extra step. You have to unlock your phone and click on the allow to allow the PC to access it.
Not every time, just the first time you transfer files from a phone to a particular computer.
Feb 2, 2024 18:18:10 #
BebuLamar wrote:
One extra step. You have to unlock your phone and click on the allow to allow the PC to access it.
Deal breaker?????
(Not if the phone is not locked...)
Feb 2, 2024 19:22:10 #
Ioannis wrote:
An old subject with many preferences from each one of the readers. I find the usb cable more reliable in my opinion , opening the camera door and taking the card out it could very easily be scratched, and then replace it back in the camera, those are few steps more than plugging the cable into the camera. Some saying something about running the battery low, this could happen as we taking photos. My usb cable is always plugged into to my computer, not a big deal!
I didn't know scratching a card was a thing or even possible. Never heard of it happening or even how you would do it.
Feb 2, 2024 19:32:51 #
Longshadow wrote:
I don't mind, and I won't have an iPhone..... 
I'm just curious. Do non Apple phones automaticly sync with computers if they are looking at the same online storage? I've just assumed every phone on the same account or network would auto sync something like Photos without having to do anything once the system is set up. Don't calendars and contacts talk back and forth between devices? Mine do. Wouldn't photos be the same?
Not trying to make a point here, just wondering.
Feb 2, 2024 19:40:29 #
CamB wrote:
I'm just curious. Do non Apple phones automaticly sync with computers if they are looking at the same online storage? I've just assumed every phone on the same account or network would auto sync something like Photos without having to do anything once the system is set up. Don't calendars and contacts talk back and forth between devices? Mine do. Wouldn't photos be the same?
Not trying to make a point here, just wondering.
Not trying to make a point here, just wondering.
I don't know, I don't have my phone syncing with anything.
Reason being, I deleted some images on my phone, and the SYNC put them back on the phone!!!
I turned syncing off.....
Feb 2, 2024 21:21:20 #
I use both, depending on where I'm at when downloading my images.
I use a MacBook M1 Pro laptop, but when I'm at home, working in my office, it's part of a complete 'docking' set-up, connected via a 'brick' to a large monitor, external drives, printers, scanners, CD/DVD player, etc. When I need to transfer images from a camera, I use a USB cable connected to an external terminal block connected to the 'brick'. However, when I'm on the road and using the MacBook Pro as an actual laptop, I take the SD card out of the camera and use the MacBook's builtin card reader. Yea, I could use a cable, but then that's just one more thing to keep track of (at home, it's no big deal as I have a desk drawer for stuff like that).
I use a MacBook M1 Pro laptop, but when I'm at home, working in my office, it's part of a complete 'docking' set-up, connected via a 'brick' to a large monitor, external drives, printers, scanners, CD/DVD player, etc. When I need to transfer images from a camera, I use a USB cable connected to an external terminal block connected to the 'brick'. However, when I'm on the road and using the MacBook Pro as an actual laptop, I take the SD card out of the camera and use the MacBook's builtin card reader. Yea, I could use a cable, but then that's just one more thing to keep track of (at home, it's no big deal as I have a desk drawer for stuff like that).
Feb 2, 2024 22:06:02 #
gvarner wrote:
Why would anyone use a card reader when there are more direct ways to load photos onto a computer, like using a USB cable?
Convenience.
Feb 2, 2024 22:08:17 #
Timmers wrote:
Why? Because there is a card reader built into the... (show quote)
It doesnt read my latest cards.
Feb 2, 2024 22:14:32 #
Longshadow wrote:
Interesting. When I use dates I use YYYYMMDD, that way they are listed by year, then month, then day.
Otherwise all the Februaries (months) are grouped together, then days, then years.
Otherwise all the Februaries (months) are grouped together, then days, then years.
The other (aka "normal") way all your pix are grouped by similar weather and yearly events and holidays. If you want them displayed in a continuous chronological order set your PC to sort by time of creation.
Feb 2, 2024 22:22:34 #
User ID wrote:
The other (aka "normal") way all your pix are grouped by similar weather and yearly events and holidays. If you want them displayed in a continuous chronological order set your PC to sort by time of creation.
I could, but I won't.
BUT, I'll bet that there is someone out there that would.
People love to group, sub-group, and sub-sub-group, and, ...
Humans are strange, they love ro group and categorize.
Feb 2, 2024 22:32:03 #
Longshadow wrote:
I could, but I won't.
BUT, I'll bet that there is someone out there that would.
People love to group, sub-group, and sub-sub-group, and, ...
Humans are strange, they love ro group and categorize.
BUT, I'll bet that there is someone out there that would.
People love to group, sub-group, and sub-sub-group, and, ...
Humans are strange, they love ro group and categorize.
Thats me! I love all my groups and sub-groups. Vacations by Location and date but lots of Keywords. I don't really care about the date on most of the things I shoot. It's always there in the metadata anyway.
Feb 3, 2024 02:48:25 #
Longshadow wrote:
I don't have to dig out the cable and make sure the camera has a sufficient charge in the battery for the duration of the process.
Less than 10 seconds to remove the card and insert it into the reader.
I use a card reader all the time.
Less than 10 seconds to remove the card and insert it into the reader.
I use a card reader all the time.
👍👍👍
Feb 3, 2024 03:37:04 #
gvarner wrote:
Why would anyone use a card reader when there are more direct ways to load photos onto a computer, like using a USB cable?
You cant use your camera to take photos while downloading with a USB cable, and there is less wear and tear on your camera's USB port if you use a separate card reader. USB ports do wear and go bad with constant prolonged use, it has happened.
And as a pro, often after shooting live events, i need to hand my cards to media representatives for their purposes while I continue shooting with different cards, not stopping to waste time with downloading by USB cable and missing important shots.
Also the fastest card readers can handle photo transfers faster than your camera in many instances.
Cheers
Feb 3, 2024 05:16:47 #
gwilliams6 wrote:
You cant use your camera to take photos while downloading with a USB cable, and there is less wear and tear on your camera's USB port if you use a separate card reader. USB ports do wear and go bad with constant prolonged use, it has happened.
I can attest to that.
The USB cable socket on my Z7 degraded after prolonged use so I switched to a card reader. It's so much faster that it easily makes up for the time it takes to move the card back and forth between the camera and the reader.
Feb 3, 2024 05:19:16 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
Longshadow wrote:
I don't have to dig out the cable and make sure the camera has a sufficient charge in the battery for the duration of the process.
Less than 10 seconds to remove the card and insert it into the reader.
I use a card reader all the time.
Less than 10 seconds to remove the card and insert it into the reader.
I use a card reader all the time.
Me, too!
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