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Geoff Pain

Rural Member

• Nov 30, 2008

• #1

I have a Canon 450D which uses Sd cards.I've been out today with a 4GB card photographing waxwings and filled the card with 246 images.When I loaded them onto the computer it took over an hour:eek!:,is this normal or is there any way of getting the task done faster?

 

Duke Leto

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• Nov 30, 2008

• #2

how are you loading them (from camera or from a card reader)? what are you loading them on too (PC hard drive or external hard drive)? how are you connecting it? (USB). Is the PC doing anything else such as virus scans / spyware sweeps? Have you got a virus program scanning all downloads inc your camera?

 

Geoff Pain

Rural Member

• Nov 30, 2008

• #3

Duke Leto said:

how are you loading them (from camera or from a card reader)? what are you loading them on too (PC hard drive or external hard drive)? how are you connecting it? (USB). Is the PC doing anything else such as virus scans / spyware sweeps? Have you got a virus program scanning all downloads inc your camera?

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Loading using a ScanDisk MicroMate card reader onto the hard drive via a USB,no virus program scanning downloads and computer not doing anything else that I know of.

 

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paul goode

Well-known member

• Nov 30, 2008

• #4

If its USB1 that sounds about right. If I download a 4gb card to my laptop using an old card reader I normally fish out War and Peace to read through while I'm waiting

 

mark richards

Well-known member

• Nov 30, 2008

• #5

mine used to be like that untill i installed USB2, much quicker.

 

Derry

Well-known member

• Dec 1, 2008

• #6

not much you can do if the computer is limited to the USB1, it is just slower,,

even with USB2 I notice if I disconnect from the web and turn off my virus protection it speeds up the transfer a little as it is checking each photo being imported,,

Derry