[PLUG] Digital camera -- wrong choice?

[Piet van Weel]

I full heartedly agree that dealing exclusively with reading the cards 
is the best option instead of hooking up the camera to the computer. 
When I photograph concerts, I will routinely swap memory cards in and 
out of my camera. (Canon 20D w/ BG-2 and a 70-200 2.8 IS) Then after the 
fact I drop all the photos onto my laptop. (The last concert, Caedmon's 
Call and Bebo Norman,  I shot 1026 photos!!)

With a point and shoot I wouldn't expect anybody to take that many 
photographs in one sitting; likewise, I agree with Denis's statement. If 
I were you I would get the camera that I want, and then get a couple of 
1 gig cards. (The couple is just in case you forget to remove the photos 
from one, and you want a fresh card.) If you use a laptop for a CF or SD 
card reader and it doesn't have one built in; seriously take a look at 
the PCMCIA card readers. My CF one reads faster than USB, doesn't hang 
off the side, and there are no annoying connections that *might*, *might 
not* work. (I've gone through 4 USB CF card readers.)

If you have any more questions, please let me know. Thanks.

Piet

Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Michael M. wrote:
>
>>
>> If I understand what I've read correctly, is it true that another 
>> option would be to get a card reader and not worry about whether the 
>> camera itself is compatible, because I can just upload the photos 
>> from the memory card via USB?
> Reading the card is the easiest.  Unless you want to use the computer 
> to control the camera, for such features as time lapse, there is no 
> reason to connect to it.