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The time it took to transfer 200 EOS-1D JPEG photos from CompactFlash card to computer was tested using the cards and readers listed. The times have been converted to Kilobytes per second; the fastest throughput for each card/reader combination is in bold.
Lexar FireWire CompactFlash card reader
| CompactFlash card model and capacity
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Alienware Area-51m 3.06GHz P4 w/1GB RAM, Windows XP Pro
(K/second)1
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Apple Macintosh Power Mac G4/1.25GHz Dual w/1GB RAM, OS X 10.2.3
(K/second)
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Dell Dimension 8200 1.8GHz P4 w/512MB RAM, Windows XP Pro
(K/second)2
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Apple Macintosh Powerbook G4/800 w/1GB RAM, OS X 10.2.3
(K/second) |
| Delkin Devices PRO 512MB
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4321K/sec
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3117K/sec
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4117K/sec
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3073/Ksec |
| Lexar Media 512MB 24X WA
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3996K/sec
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2767K/sec
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3862K/sec
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2662K/sec |
| SimpleTech 1GBMB
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3331K/sec
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2909K/sec
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3195K/sec
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2890K/sec |
Testing Notes: The total amount of data transferred was 436,406K (about 426MB). Because the data has been converted from transfer time to K/sec, higher numbers are better in this section of the report.
1) This computer's FireWire port does not provide power, so the reader was connected through a powered Orange Micro OrangeLink FireWire Hub.
2) The reader was connected to an Adaptec DuoConnect FireWire/USB 2.0 PCI card installed in the computer. |
Microtech FireWire CameraMate CompactFlash card reader
| CompactFlash card model and capacity
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Alienware Area-51m 3.06GHz P4 w/1GB RAM, Windows XP Pro
(K/second)1
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Apple Macintosh Power Mac G4/1.25GHz Dual w/1GB RAM, OS X 10.2.3
(K/second)
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Dell Dimension 8200 1.8GHz P4 w/512MB RAM, Windows XP Pro
(K/second)2
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Apple Macintosh Powerbook G4/800 w/1GB RAM, OS X 10.2.3
(K/second) |
| Delkin Devices PRO 512MB
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5897K/sec
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4278K/sec
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5455K/sec
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4278K/sec |
| Lexar Media 512MB 24X WA
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5488K/sec
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error3
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5195K/sec
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error3 |
| SimpleTech 1GBMB
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3433K/sec
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3031K/sec
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3306K/sec
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3010K/sec |
Testing Notes: The total amount of data transferred was 436,406K (about 426MB). Because the data has been converted from transfer time to K/sec, higher numbers are better in this section of the report.
1) This computer's FireWire port does not provide power, so the reader was connected through a powered Orange Micro OrangeLink FireWire Hub.
2) The reader was connected to an Adaptec DuoConnect FireWire/USB 2.0 PCI card installed in the computer.
3) This card in this reader, connected to any of 4 Macs, would show only 10 photographs in the card's folder, not 200. Reformatting the card using several different methods would not eliminate the problem. |
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