Firewire

[Boddie]

Is this a means of downloading your images onto your laptop quicker than via an SD or CF reader, or does it have any other benefits.

Thanks

Andrew

[wrogers]

firewire is quicker (in theory) than USB..
which means you could download pictures quicker from your card using a firewire cardreader than one powered by USB...

however you need a high speed card to make use of it. ie the card has to be capable of the same speed as well. (about 400Mbs... most cards are only 20Mbs)

Unless you have a top end CF card, or tons of money, just use a standard USB reader

Will

[Boddie]

Cool, that answers the question. Thanks kindly

[eeyore]

where the firewire capability of the 1D series is useful though is if you are doing tethered shooting (ie without a card with the images going straight to a laptop) - its not something you'd do for wildlife but its used a lot in fashion, advertising, and also some potraiture

[Boddie]

I'm into nudes mainly now, which I why I dont submit so much on here, so thats where it'll come into its own

[david156]

Originally Posted by Boddie

I'm into nudes mainly now, which I why I dont submit so much on here, so thats where it'll come into its own

With that comment i can see this thread going down hill rapidly

David

[pressld2]

Yeah, good job the mods haven't seen it!

Oh, wait...

Dave P.

[wrogers]

Originally Posted by eeyore

where the firewire capability of the 1D series is useful though is if you are doing tethered shooting (ie without a card with the images going straight to a laptop) - its not something you'd do for wildlife but its used a lot in fashion, advertising, and also some potraiture

just wanted to add that mos DSLR's are capable of tehering with USB, but with reduced features.... but yes firewire is better for tethering..

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by wrogers

just wanted to add that mos DSLR's are capable of tehering with USB, but with reduced features.... but yes firewire is better for tethering..

you can also get bluetooth, and wifi modules that plug into the usb or firwire ports so you can shoot tethered without being physically tethered - these are great for doing lifestyle portaiture (for example college graduations and balls, weddings etc) as you can shoot portraits and zap them back to your asistant to print there and then.

however in my experiernce they only work well if you are the only photographer there - I tried to use this system covering a sporting event once and it was a mares nest as several different photographers using them were interfering with each others signal.