Hi Mark,

Glad to help in any way, however, one look at my website will convince
you that I'm a rank amateur photographer, so don't expect too much.

Regarding PCMCIA vs USB CF card readers, if you have a laptop, the
PCMCIA CF card holder is only about $12.  You plug it in and read it
like another disc drive.  Piece-O-cake.  The USB readers are more
expensive (but not by much), are always more bulky, and some are
oftentimes more finicky in their operation.  At least that's my
experience and I currently own (here and at the office) at least five
different models.

The advantage of the USB is that it can easily be used with any machine
(that has USB) and can easily be moved from laptop to desktop.

The advantage of PCMCIA is that the holder is small in size and provides
quicker, more reliable transfers.  The disadvantage is that most
desktops do not have a PCMCIA reader.  However, if you are on a network,
(like I am, even here at home) you can copy through the laptop to your
main storage system through the network.

Since I usually travel with my laptop now that I'm all digital (last
five years) it allows you to see your photos as soon as you can get to
your computer.  For a while I was even traveling with a firewire adapter
to pull stills from my mini-DV U/W camera while on trips.  Pulling pix
in the field provides two primary benefits:  First, you can see your
work, delete the pix that really suck, and make corrections for the next
day.  Second you have a redundant back up for the trip home by
transferring a copy of all your edited pix back onto the CF card.

In any case I'd be pleased to speak with you anytime off-line either via
email or by phone.  Call me at 214/555-1212  Ooooops! Sorry, that's
Feeesh's home phone number. :-)

Best regards,
Russ


Mark Goldsmith wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/22/02 9:29:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> > The firmware is updated by downloading the files indicated in the URL
> > that I failed to provided in my previous email (DOH!).  You simply copy
> > a single file to the CF card in the camera via a PCMCIA card slot or
> > card reader.  Then select firmware update from the camera menu.  Full
> > instructions are provided with the download.
> >
>
> Thanks Russ,
> I just printed about 100 pages from CANON's website and now I'm off to buy a
> CF Reader (I think I saw them at COSTCO for about $30).  Do you reccommend
> the PCMCIA or USB version of the card reader?  I'm guessing that the USB is
> probably faster.  I'd still love to pick your brain about using the camera
> u/w since any experience you have is at least 100% more than I have.  If you
> wouldn't mind, maybe we can write correspond off the list.
> Regards,
> Mark
>
> Russ wrote:
> The firmware is updated by downloading the files indicated in the URL
> that I failed to provided in my previous email (DOH!).  You simply copy
> a single file to the CF card in the camera via a PCMCIA card slot or
> card reader.  Then select firmware update from the camera menu.  Full
> instructions are provided with the download.