"Steve" <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Steve wrote:
>>
>>> Am I doing something wrong or is there more than one flavour of USB2
>>> card
>>> reader?
>>>
>>> I now have a 4Gb SDHC card. Works fine in the camera. However, the
>>> card
>>> reader (or should that be Windows (XP SP2)? ) can't see the card and
>>> Windows
>>> explorer ends up hanging. Using the faff method - plug the USB cable
>>> into
>>> the camera - Explorer finds the card/camera straight off no problem.
It
>>> would *seem* to be the card reader but I'd like to just check the
>>> collective
>>> wisdom here before I mooch off looking for a compatible one. Are not
>>> all
>>> card readers equal? Have I missed some fundamental setting?
>>
>> I just had approximately the same experience, moving from 2GB to 4GB,
>> when
>> I tried using my first SDHC card. My readers would not. I found a
Sony
>> reader[1], the packaging of which specifically mentioned SDHC
>> compatability. Of the probably 20 various makes and models on the
shelf
>> at my favorite electronics store (Fry's, USA), that was the only one so
>> designated. It works fine with the HC card.
>>
>> [1]http://tinyurl.com/5ey9kn
(that product at Sony website)
>>
>
> Thanks. I'll go look.
> Steve
>
Just a quick followup. SDHC cards of whatever capacity require an SDHC
reader. I got a couple of Sandisk 8gb high speed cards and they each came
with a reader. The reader just plugs into a USB port. And the reader I
got
is faster than putting a regular SD card in my computers SD slot.
Steve K
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