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the read right speed of card readers depends on the read right speed of your actual cards...... some cards have a fast read right speed so there fore the read right speed will differ from card to card or camera & card and card readers....... the Sandisk Ducati Edition is one of the fastest on the market today

I find that the Ducati card downloads twice as fast as the extreme 4 cards and I shoot with both........

The down load speed is almost the same using a SanDisk firewire reader or my camera which surprised me

Those Ducati cards are fast, but I'll be sticking with the Extreme III cards till the price of the Ducati ones comes down. A 4gb Extreme III for £18 really is a good deal, or a faster reader appears.

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Nikon D700, Nikon D80, Micro Nikkor 105 f2.8 AI-S,Nikon 85mm 1.8D, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, Nikon 35mm F2D, Nikon 16-35 f4 VR, Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 AF-S, Nikon 70-200VRII, Nikon 70-300mm VR, 300mm f2.8 AI IF ED, SB-800, SB-900. Noiseware pro,NIK Dfine, Nik Colour Effex, Nik Sharpener Pro

I use a combination of card reader and USB connection, depending on the camera and the card.

One related question though: do you worry about the card socket contacts in the camera? Not had any trouble myself, but a work colleague managed to bend the pins in a CF socket before. He does tend to break everything he touches so it wasn't a great surprise.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

No pins on SD cards, so I'd rather use a card reader.

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I've upped my Iso, now up yours.
Nikon D700, Nikon D80, Micro Nikkor 105 f2.8 AI-S,Nikon 85mm 1.8D, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, Nikon 35mm F2D, Nikon 16-35 f4 VR, Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 AF-S, Nikon 70-200VRII, Nikon 70-300mm VR, 300mm f2.8 AI IF ED, SB-800, SB-900. Noiseware pro,NIK Dfine, Nik Colour Effex, Nik Sharpener Pro