matthew_bernow Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Is it true the Olympus e-300 doesn't support USB 2.0? Anybody have experience with this? How slow are the uploads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl attanapola Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Supposedly it doesn't! An external card reader would be a better bet though as would probaly be faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytesmiths Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I can confirm that it only has "slow" USB. I was disappointed at first, but now find that I rarely plug it in -- I just swap cards. My portable has a PCMCIA --> CompactFlash reader for the road, and I have a FireWire CompactFlash reader for the G5 dual at home. Either one makes for AMAZINGLY FAST downloads! All told, I love this camera, but I love the lenses more! The 7-14mm is amazing; likewise the 50mm macro. I also have the 11-22mm, but don't use it much. And with an adaptor, it takes lots of readily available OM lenses. If you can afford it, skip the "kit" lenses. I've been waiting a long time for ANYONE to come out with a really fine ultra-wide digital. I bought the E-300 mainly to go with the 7-14! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godfrey Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 The E-300 is listed as "USB 2.0 - full speed (12Mbit@sec)" so it doesn't take advantage of USB 2.0 "high speed", which is up to 480Mbit@sec (60Mbytes@sec). Doesn't really matter much. Use a high-speed card reader to download image files instead. They're available for $20 or so. The difference in download speed is substantial. Few cards can sustain data transfer at full USB 2.0 high speed datarates, good 60x or better cards like the Sandisk Ultra II can achieve 9Mbyte@sec download speeds in a high speed reader.. that's about 2 minutes or so where the same card would take approximately 10-15 minutes to download through the camera. Godfrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basscheffers Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Most cameras don't... Besides, the E-500 is out now and an improvement over the 300. Not sure what USB speed it has. But like others have said: use a card reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yongbo Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Here is the <a href="http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/qa/products/e300/e300_052.cfm">answer</a>. I have this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=yongbojiangco-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00064V6RG?v=glance%26n=172282%26n=541966%26s=electronics%26v=glance">Sandisk Reader</a>, it's USB 2.0, excellent quality, read full 1GB card in 2-3 minutes (Btw, I have the high speed CF card too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_goodenow Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 The USB on this camera is hopelessly slow. A reader very much faster. Which is too bad, since I don't like to challenge CF pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basscheffers Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Ron, I have never had any problems with CF pins, nor have I heard of anyone else breaking theirs. For what it's worth, more and more cameras have alternative cards; the E-500 has an xD slot as well that doesn't have very breakable pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awindsor Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I have never had a problem with CF pins but on of my friends recently had a pin get squashed in her camera. It happens. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You know if you are the sort of person to which this sort of thing happens. I also almost never use the USB cable for my 20D. I mount the card in a PCMCIA adaptor on my Powerbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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