Sometimes I forget how slow it was

[ancient_mariner]

Dug out my IR-converted D70 a couple of days ago, having not done any IR work for a while. It takes Compact Flash cards, so I don't have a card reader, and instead I just plug a USB lead into the camera for the transfer - about 12min to move around 700MB of images across.

I've got used to around 90MB/sec with SD cards, and they certainly aren't fast by modern standards, but this is soooo sslllooooowwwwwwwww.

 

[Gav.]

It'll stop over shooting if you know it's painful to download

 

[Musicman]

I'm guessing USB port of your D70 is the limiting factor here; it looks like it maxes out at 1.5 mbps - yikes!

 

[ancient_mariner]

I'm guessing USB port of your D70 is the limiting factor here; it looks like it maxes out at 1.5 mbps - yikes!

Yep, gen 1 USB I think. At least the sensor is only about 5 or 8mpx (images have that retro '1 lump or 2' look of a pointillist painting) so the files aren't huge.

 

[Nod]

6.1MP from memory.