If your computer (built in port) is only 1.1 then you will gain a
significant improvement by buying a PCI to USB adapter. It will give
you several 2.0 USB ports to use. Then add a 2.0 universal card reader.
You should see a large increase in speed over the "Camera to
computer" speed. At least I do.
Milan wrote:
> How much faster are USB Compact Flash card readers vs the USB port on
> digital cameras if my computer is USB1.1. I have a Canon S45 supporting
> USB1.1.
>
> Would I get much improvement with a Compact Flash card reader on USB1.1
> or would I only see a difference with USB2.
>
> Can the Compact Flash card readers write back to the Flash at faster
> rates than going through the camera? This would be handy for editing
> and cropping images and then writing them back to the CF card to bring
> to a lab for prints.
>
