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from los angeles, ca. on 8/6/2008
A real time saver! Allows me to get on with the job and not have to wait around while I download images onto my computer.
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from Washington, DC on 7/23/2008
I'm very happy with the quality & speed of the product.
from Honolulu, HI on 7/10/2008
Both reads and writes fast in camera with delay. Of course the Firewire 800 rocks. Specially with RAW files.
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Fast, as in transferring over 200 mb in about 5 seconds. (On a MacBook Pro using the FW 800 cord). My first CF card is also a Sandisk (4GB Extreme III) and I've had no problems with it at all. I decided to buy another 4GB for this summer's vacation.
The reader is rather small and light weight.
The only issue I had was with installing the Rescue Pro Deluxe software on my Mac. I had a hard time unpacking the .bin file (it didn't begin install immediately like it would on a windows comp).
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from San Diego on 4/26/2008
I purchased this to use on my Dell Laptop with 4pin firewire. After I received the item I noticed it only had a 6 pin 400 and an 800 firewire. I purchased a 4-6 pin adapter and it didn't work. Called up SanDisk tech support and they were useless.
If they are going to call it a firewire reader they should mention it won't work on a 4 pin. This was a waste of money and also didn't give me a rebate on it which is more annoying.
On the plus the 4gb card works great.
from CA on 3/21/2008
I trust Sandisk, and it's been so very reliable! And this reader and IV edition do make a big difference. Well worth the money!!!
from Atlanta, GA on 3/20/2008
I use it with my D300, great product.It does not works with my pc lap top.
from Houston, TX on 3/6/2008
I'll never connect my D300 via the USB now. This is the only way to go. It's very fast....
from columbus, mi on 3/6/2008
I had to buy a firewire card as this would not work correctly on my built in HP firewire ports. My ports work with other devices but for some reason not this one. Sandisk tech could not explain the problem was going to replace but I bought a new firewire card (to save time and hassel on the 4-6weeks after they receive the reader back) With new port card I would give reader and cf card max stars, just that it cost me an additional [$]. I did try this on my work computer and there were no issues so HP owners beware!
from Lawarenceville, GA on 9/26/2007
This card and reader is fast and worth every penny. It has no trouble keeping up with my Canon 40d. Getting the pictures from the card to my computer is a snap with the FW800 cable. The reader is now afixed to my ext. hard drive which has a built in card reader thats usb 2.0. I think its going to be getting dusty because I am going to be using the SanDisk reader from now on.
from Washington, DC on 8/9/2007
I am often shooting under deadlines so I was looking into ways to speed the ingestion of photos during assignments. While USB 2 may have similar speed ratings, the sustained throughput of firewire proves to be a big advantage.
I also like the size of a 4G card, I primarily shoot RAW so this give me enough images that I don't feel like I am changing the card all the time, but now so many pictures that if the card failed I would have lost everything.
from Cleveland, OH on 7/24/2007
Very Fast, Reliable and Great card reader. I was shocked when my card reader on my printer didn't accept the Faster III IV version of the Compact Flash card.
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from Fort Lauderdale, FL on 7/10/2007
Great product. I was transfering via usb from my Nikon D200 which was at a snails pace compared to this. Good price for memory and card reader combo.
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from Dallas, TX on 7/10/2007
The firewire connection makes for very fast downloads. I was getting ~ 28 to 30 MB/sec download speeds.
from Maui on 7/10/2007
Excellent transfer speed, great for large flash cards.
from Irvine, CA on 6/21/2007
Fastest ever!
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from Omaha, NE on 5/9/2007
Image transfer in the camera is outstanding. Image transfer to the computer is amazingly fast with the firewire connection. I can't go back to USB-2
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from Branson, MO on 5/8/2007
4GB Extreme IV Compact Flash with FireWire interface is faster than the standard Extreme. 4GB Extreme III was about the same as IV in speed but download is great on both.
from PA on 4/22/2007
Really great add on when shooting in Raw Mode. Transfer time almost cut in half. [...]
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from Republic of Korea (South) on 3/29/2007
Use Canon EOS 1DS Mark II and EOS-5D.After knowing the reliability and best performance of Extreme III (two 4GB), I bought Extreme IV (4 & 8 GB with reader).The performance and reliability is as expected[...]