Delkin eFilm ExpressCard 34

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.

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!

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!

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".

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.

Fully internal is not going to happen. The ExpressCard 34 slot is conveniently a few milimeters thinner than a compact flash card.

It's too bad it's ugly. I'd prefer something that was flush without parts sticking out, fully internal.

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.

Opps a boo boo ..... 'Compact Falsh-to- ExpressCard converter'

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.