carylwithay Posted August 16, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 16, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Can anyone suggest a card reader that works and works well? I have had many and they all go on the blink, literally. Then they ruin my SD cards because of the flickering on and off. Are there any reliable ones out there? Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nicoleica Posted August 16, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 16, 2009 I use a couple of the Lexar SDHC/CF card readers, and I've never had any trouble with them. They are fast and reliable. Also, you can close them to keep dust out of the contacts. http://www.lexar.com//readers/pro_udma_dualslot.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted August 16, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 16, 2009 Hi Caryl, I have two readers of card SD. Hama Ref:00055310 SDHC ready Hama (Germany) also has a reader multicards and Sandisk Micromate reader delivered with the card SD of 4GB this last is in a small handbag with the card Both work well Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted August 16, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 16, 2009 I forget these two links : Hama USB 2.0 Card Reader - 35 In 1: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo Readers & Accessories card reader under Windows XP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted August 16, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 16, 2009 Caryl, I use the SanDisk plus cards which fold on the middle and have a USB plug build in. works wonderfully, never had a problem and it download the images significantly faster than any reader I have tried. sadly these are discontinued but keep showing up on Amazon anyway. I use the 4gig and must have a lifetime supply in the drawer. ha ha. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted August 16, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 16, 2009 Caryl, I can't suggest you a card reader since I do not use any. I suggest you instead the Sandisk SDHC Ultra II SD Plus USB Card. SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus USB Card Review I have une in 8Gb and one in 2Gb as back up. They work great and need no reader. Anywhere you are just take them out of the camera, fold in two and slip into your computer Usb port. I've been using them for a year now and folded them a lot of times and anything is good as they were new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted August 16, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank you all so much. I had never heard of cards that bend before. I must look into all thise possibilities soon. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted August 16, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 16, 2009 Don't know how you are using your card readers but I have never had a problem with any I have ever own if they worked from day one. I have been use a Sandisk dual reader, SD & CF model # SDDRX3-3in1(So I gues it reads some other type of cards also), since I first got the M8. Didn't have a SD card reader before that because I never used SD cards. When the M8 got the V2 firmware with SDHC card support I was surprised this reader handled those SDHC cards. My portable reader did not. I updated the portable to one I got with a with a Transend 8GB card and that one also has worked everytime I've tried to use it. The only time I have had the light on the readers blink constantly was when I inserted a bad card in them or when I hadn't inserted the card fully or at a slight angle up/down/right/left and I guess at those times the card wasn't inserted fully so it didn't hit all the contacts on the card properly. Also my notebooks do not have native USB2 support so I use a USB2 PC slot card and I have had problems with the blinking reader light when I hadn't inserted the PC card fully in the slot on my notebooks. But at those times the images and the card itself was not affected. Once I re-inserted the USB2 PC card in the notebook slot properly and then plugged in my portable reader all images were available and the camera never skipped a beat when the card was re-inserted in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted August 16, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 16, 2009 Caryl, I can't suggest you a card reader since I do not use any.I suggest you instead the Sandisk SDHC Ultra II SD Plus USB Card. SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus USB Card Review I have une in 8Gb and one in 2Gb as back up. They work great and need no reader. Anywhere you are just take them out of the camera, fold in two and slip into your computer Usb port. I've been using them for a year now and folded them a lot of times and anything is good as they were new. Enrico, How the card without the reader is put? Have you need USB cable ? Thank you Regards Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted August 16, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 16, 2009 I use a couple of the Lexar SDHC/CF card readers, and I've never had any trouble with them. They are fast and reliable. Also, you can close them to keep dust out of the contacts.Lexar - Flash memory card readers - Pro CF Reader Well, that´s the one I use nowadays; no problems at all. It came out as one of the fastest in some test, forget where. That said, I´ve never had a card reader actually break and ruin a card. Those I´ve stopped using where because they were slower, nothing more dramatic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted August 17, 2009 Thank you all. I bought a Sandisk because that is the one of the two that the store had. it works fine so far. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 17, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 17, 2009 Your problem, Caryl, may be that you just pull out the card without shutting it off properly. In Windows use the "remove hardware safely" icon. Never remove a card when the LED on the reader is burning or flickering. (or on the camera for that matter) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted August 17, 2009 No. I use a Mac and I eject it and wait for the icon to close. The last reader just blinked on and off while I was using it and said I disconnected when I had not even touched it. I think it had some sort of short, hopefully not in my usb connection in the computer. I just bought the Sanndisk one and hope I have better luck. I have been buying cheap readers and that may be the problem. Thank you for your response. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted August 17, 2009 Share #14 Posted August 17, 2009 Your problem, Caryl, may be that you just pull out the card without shutting it off properly. In Windows use the "remove hardware safely" icon. Never remove a card when the LED on the reader is burning or flickering. (or on the camera for that matter) I think that is just a bunch of hooey. I'm on a PC, Win XP Pro SP2, and since my card reader is a dual port type I only get one option in the safely remove hardware icon in the notification area and that says "safely remove USB mass storage device Drives (Z & X)". So if I do use that I then have to unplug and the replug in the card reader for the OS to see it. Because of that I have never used the safely remove hardware feature, or maybe once until I realized I had to disconnect and reconnect the reader for it to work again, before I pull the cards out of the reader. Never had a problem with any of my cards. at least none that I know of and I'm still using the same card/s I bought when I first got my M8's (2++ years ago). But then I do JAM the card into the reader or RIP them out. I am very careful to insert them straight and fully and remove them in one straight easy pull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted August 17, 2009 Share #15 Posted August 17, 2009 Enrico,How the card without the reader is put? Have you need USB cable ? Thank you Regards Henry Hello Henry, the USB card appear and behave as any other SDHC card on the market, but when you take it out of the camera and fold it the Usb plug is revealed (it is hidden in the card when in use). You just have to slip it into the Usb socket on your PC. No cables needed, you just plug it in as any other Usb memory on the market. Very nice and usefull and it pretty fast. Will show it to you when we meet in Paris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted August 17, 2009 Share #16 Posted August 17, 2009 Thank you Enrico for your reply. Best regards Henry Rendez vous à Paris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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