Sonnet Dual-CF Expresscard adapter
Copying photos from digital camera cards never really seems to get faster. The card speeds increase, but seemingly at the same rate as the size of the image files. I recently came across an interesting product that may suit some people though.
The Sonnet Pro Dual CompactFlash Adapter ExpressCard/34 enables you to upload your pictures from two compact flash cards simultaneously via a high-speed expresscard connection. Looks like it could be a pretty good solution for those without Firewire, but in the Barefeats test of it the Sandisk Extreme Firewire800 reader had a marginally faster read speed.
Personally I don’t like these sort of expresscard readers that stick out from the laptop – I feel they’re too likely to get broken when out-and-about.
My current favourite reader is the Delkin Cardbus UDMA CF adapter (seen on the right) which you can leave permanently in the laptop slot and still fits flush with a card inserted. It’s very fast, and the convenience of never having to remove it, worrying about it snagging on something, or risk forgetting it.. makes it a winner. The only problem is the hot-swapping on Windows can occasionally be a bit buggy, but not too bad.
My previous brief review of the Delkin is here
