Wildlife Photography across the Water: Speeding up-Delkin card reader

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Speeding up-Delkin card reader

I mentioned before that i recently purchased a new Laptop after mine died in Japan, I have upgraded the hard drive to a SSD or solid state drive and now it really flies, It boots up in seconds whereas my laptop takes minutes, The laptop has 1 USB 3 port as well as a couple of USB 2 ports, So last Monday i ordered a one of the new Delkin USB 3 card readers, It arrived on Friday, It has pluses and minuses, Firstly i inserted a SD card with over 170 images on it, In both Breezebrowser and photoshop the images downloaded instantly which is excellent and as it should be-up to 10 times faster than USB 2, The minuses being that its about 4 times bigger than my USB 2 card reader although the USB 2 reader only takes 3 different size cards where as the USB 3 reader takes 5 and the cord that attaches from the reader to the laptop is thick and comparatively stiff, Not the end of the world and the pluses outway the minuses, I was hoping to get a USB 3 portable hard drive before my California trip next week but that will have to wait a while then uploading and downloaded should be lightening quick

Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.