I use the USB cord to upload images from my camera to my computer. I used to use a card reader, but it was ssllllooowwwww. Uploading from the cameras is SO much faster than the card reader. I have Canons, too, and they are not slow at all uploading to the compOriginally Posted by shais_mom
And the only plugging in you would have to do, if you left a USB cord plugged in the whole time, is plug it into your camera. You would already have to do this even if you bought a card reader, keep the card reader (which would be USB hopefully) plugged in at all times and take the card out of the camera and plug it into the card reader. More steps, IMO. Most newer cameras use just a regular USB cord to connect to the computer, so you SHOULDN'T have to swap out camera cords each time. If you do, then maybe a card reader would be a better choice. But if you don't, and the cords are universal, I would suggest just sticking to using the camera to upload pics.
Anyway if there IS a speed difference, you would have to buy a more expensive card reader to notice it, and even then it just wouldn't be worth the money IMO.
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