Friday, June 21, 2013

How To Transfer Your Digital Photos And Videos Ultra Fast

By Mike Thompson


In today's era, virtually everybody is taking photos and recording videos with digital cameras. Videos sizes, as well as picture sizes, are continually increasing and so it necessary that you don't get delayed by slow transfer speeds.

Not too long ago, pictures did not take up that much space. However over the past few years, file sizes have ballooned which created bottlenecks both inside the camera and outside the camera while transferring photos to the computer. When digital cameras first were introduced onto the market, 8 MB memory cards used were standard, then came 32 MB and 64 MB cards.

With modern day digital photography, these memory cards have now become virtually extinct. Some of the pictures that can be taken with modern day digital photography can be substantially larger than the aforementioned memory cards themselves. These days, you can find the more appropriate 32GB and 64GB memory cards.

As a matter of fact, transfer speeds differ from camera to camera and this makes transferring photos and videos to a computer a little unpredictable. In order to make it more predictable and faster, some certain technical measures need to be enforced.

From this point onward, we are going to discuss the ways with which you can enhance your transfer speeds and free up as much time for you as possible. We will begin by talking about the two things that cause transfer speeds to go up and down.

Camera to card load speed is the first reason why. This reason is actually due to the camera itself and the only real way to get around this is to use a faster memory card. Some of the latest cameras have burst mode implemented in them that allows you to take many pictures in a row very quickly. This mode also happens to burn up a lot of the internal memory, and the memory buffer needs to be able to maintain itself otherwise you will run into some technical issues.

Out of every compact flash card available, one of the fastest ones has to be the Lexar Professional Series. These highly advanced memory cards can deliver speeds of over 1000, which is equal to 150MB/s of transfer speed.

The second factor in determining the transfer speed is the kind of card reader being used. The most up-to-date card readers use the USB 3.0 standard which can offer up to 5x the speed of an older USB 2.0 unit. If you are not familiar with how fast this new USB 3.0 standard is, you have to see it to believe it! The difference can mean waiting minutes versus hours for your videos and pictures to transfer.

It should be evident that being able to transfer your digital photos and videos extremely quickly is more than possible, but requires the right tools. As HD videos and photos are becoming more mainstream, it is vital that you get the most advanced memory cards and card readers to make the most of your digital photography experience.




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