Card reader for D3300?

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Ta2Dave

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I've been looking into using card readers instead of plugging my camera into my laptop. Is there a card reader that I can plug into from the camera instead of pulling the SD card everytime?

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WayneF

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Ta2Dave said:
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I've been looking into using card readers instead of plugging my camera into my laptop. Is there a card reader that I can plug into from the camera instead of pulling the SD card everytime?

Thanks
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No, the camera itself is a card reader in that respect. :)

I think there are special portable hard drives you can plug into the camera port, which are computer enough to allow transfer of your images to them (for storage), but that just gets the images to the drive, not to the computer yet. That just seems a complication, if used for when the card fills up, it seems like just replacing the card with an empty card then would be a greatly simpler and less expensive solution.

Speed and convenience is the main reason for the card reader. USB 3.0 card readers are very much faster (if the computer has a 3.0 port) than the the camera, which is just USB 2.0. And then the camera does not have to powered up, running on batteries.
 
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Fred Kingston_RIP

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There are 2 Wifi solutions for that camera...

1. Nikon sells a Wifi dongle that plugs into your camera. And then you can transmit the files directly to your computer... Nikon's implementation of this solution, in my opinion, sucks.

2. There are Wifi enabled memory cards that can transmit the camera's files directly to your computer.

Both solutions don't require that you remove the memory card from your camera.
 
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Ta2Dave

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PkLoyd said:
Try using a wireless adapter. For example: Nikon WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter for Nikon Digital SLRs
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I know about the adapters and eyefye cards. I was wondering if there is a device I can plug into from the camera instead of going direct to pc, or pulling the SD card everytime. I currently just plug into pc and import the pics that way.
 
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aroy

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I have no card reader and use USB cable only.

All that you have to do is to connect the camera to the computer via a USB. Agreed that USB 2 is a bit slow, but on an average it takes less than 5 minutes to copy 400 images from my D3300 to my computer.
 
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WayneF

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That is 5 minutes of battery use that we could avoid. :)

And Raw files are large, and USB 3.0 readers are very fast.
 
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aroy

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WayneF said:
That is 5 minutes of battery use that we could avoid. :)

And Raw files are large, and USB 3.0 readers are very fast.
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If you regularly shoot 400 files before transferring them, then you will have access to power, hence 5 minutes should not be a problem.

From what I have read on the net, the SD card connector in the camera has a pretty high rate of failure, while the USB connector rarely fails. With USB failing, my camera is not crippled, but if the SD slot fails my camera is no longer usable.
 
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WayneF

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I was thinking of battery lifetime, not availability of power to recharge it.

Where are all (or any) of these reports of the camera SD connector having a high failure rate? I am an unbeliever. Compact flash pins can be bent (very rarely happens), but to me, SD looks like about the most reliable connector imaginable.
 
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