Finally, something to do with the ExpressCard slot on your MBP. Storage and digital photo accessory supplier Delkin Devices today announced their eFilm ExpressCard 34 is available for pre-orders. To be officially unveiled at Photokina and shipping Oct. 16th, the EC-34 is the first Compact Falsh-to- ExpressCard converter. It is plug-and-play on both Macs and PCs in both 34mm and 54mm EC slots, and will allow photographers and others to transfer photos and other data directly between their CF cards and computers at 20MB/s without the need for external USB readers. All I can say is: Delkin, where were you when I came back from vacation this Summer?From the press images, it looks like there is also an eFilm EC-34/8GB CF Card combo pack in the works, but it's not listed in the store yet.
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9-23-2006 @ 5:50PM
brian said...
Is it just me or is this much larger and probably more expensive than just carrying around a CF reader?
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9-23-2006 @ 5:53PM
Ondroo said...
Pretty much
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9-23-2006 @ 6:00PM
Iggy said...
this exactly what i want but for SD cards, any suggestions?
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9-23-2006 @ 6:05PM
Jay Savage said...
It's just you. ;)
Seriously, though, while $59.99 would buy you several USB readers, the card will be worth the money form many pro-am photogs. The card itself is no bigger than most readers, and most of that will be inside your machine. The only external part is the white bracket, which is just deep enough to hold the pins of the CF card--about 1/4"-1/2" from the looks of it. Add to that the convenience of not haveing to worry about cables and possibly portable hubs, and it will make sense for Delkin's core audience: serious photographers.
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9-23-2006 @ 7:22PM
Mephistophelian said...
Opps a boo boo ..... 'Compact Falsh-to- ExpressCard converter'
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9-23-2006 @ 9:37PM
BobbyW said...
Number 4 is right. This looks like something you can just leave in. Granted - it seems insane to complain about having to plug a usb thing in. But plugging a usb thing in gets on my nerves. I'd much rather have this thing.
I remember watching the Jetsons when I was little. George would come home with his finger throbbing because he had to push a button 4 times that day. That's the kind of thing people complain about in today's interfaces. Now if I could only get a flying car that folded up into my briefcase.
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9-23-2006 @ 11:02PM
Aaron said...
It's too bad it's ugly. I'd prefer something that was flush without parts sticking out, fully internal.
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9-23-2006 @ 11:31PM
myheaditches said...
Fully internal is not going to happen. The ExpressCard 34 slot is conveniently a few milimeters thinner than a compact flash card.
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9-23-2006 @ 11:42PM
Fleur-Design said...
I hope this works a little better than the older CF PC Card readers. I've been using a PC Card Compact Flash reader for about a year and a half and even though it transfers the data pretty quickly it also ties up the system during the entire process, which can be a big pain. Either way I'll probably end up with one when I finally make the jump to an intel portable.
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9-24-2006 @ 1:04AM
Justin Damer said...
Wow, I thought it was a typo... but no! There is a company called "Delkin" and there's another company called "Belkin", and they do pretty much the same things.
Weird.
They should merge and call the combined company "Bdelkin".
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9-24-2006 @ 4:33AM
A13x said...
Wow! I was just imagining something like this for my MBP's expresscard slot, then I came to tuaw and it was the first article I saw.... Bizarre!
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9-25-2006 @ 7:13PM
Mike said...
For those of us that do a slideshow at the RECEPTION of a wedding that we just took pictures of an hour or so ago, every second saved is a good thing. At this point I would be better served with more RAM, but if my RAM was topped out, this would be a way to save more time!
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10-12-2006 @ 10:17AM
Chris said...
For SD cards (and all others but CF), I've had one of these for many months:
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?pid=1051
It's basically an internal USB card reader; one of the connections on the ExpressCard slot is USB.
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