{"id":548,"date":"2012-07-06T21:26:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speich.net\/articles\/?p=548"},"modified":"2012-07-06T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:26:38","slug":"whats-the-fastest-way-to-transfer-photos-from-the-nikon-d800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speich.net\/articles\/en\/2012\/07\/06\/whats-the-fastest-way-to-transfer-photos-from-the-nikon-d800\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the fastest way to transfer photos from the Nikon D800?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did some quick and unscientific comparing of different ways to transfer photos from my Nikon D800 camera to my PC. I also looked at the D800’s internal copying versus copying with a card reader.<\/p>\n

Setup<\/h2>\n

Setup1: The Nikon D800 camera is used as the card reader and connected directly via cable to different USB ports on the computer including the multicard reader’s own USB3 port.<\/p>\n

Setup 2: Using the Icy Box IB-865 card reader<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n

Transfer: Copying 291 photos (12GB) from the memory card to the PC’s hard drive (SSD):<\/p>\n

Results<\/h2>\n

Transfer from the SDHC card<\/p>\n

card reader           connected to         time\nNikon D800            PC USB2 front       10m 48s\nNikon D800            PC USB3 front r      4m 44s\nNikon D800            PC USB3 back         4m 11s\nNikon D800            PC USB3 front l      3m 48s\nNikon D800            PC USB3 Icy Box      4m 00s\nRaidsonic Icy Box                          2m 34s<\/pre>\n
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Transfer from the CF card<\/p>\n
card reader\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 connected to\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 time\nNikon D800\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0PC USB3 Icy Box \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 4m 27s\nRaidsonic Icy Box\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 2m 22s<\/pre>\n
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Direct copy from SD card to CF card<\/p>\n
Nikon D800\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Nikon D800\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8m 00s\nRaidsonic Icy Box \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Icy Box\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 6m 28s<\/pre>\n
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The clear winner is the multi card reader connected to the internal USB3 port on the motherboard. Transfer is almost 5 times faster than the slowest connection via USB2.<\/p>\n
Technical Details<\/h2>\n
Desktop PC:
\nProcessor: Intel Core i7-2600K, 3.4GHz
\nMemory (RAM): 16GB
\nMotherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe
\nSystem OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit
\nHarddrive: Crucial SSD C300 128GB SATA 6GB\/s<\/p>\n
Camera: Nikon D800<\/p>\n
Storage media:
\nSanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC 16 GB 95MB\/s
\nSanDisk Extreme Pro Compact Flash 90MB\/s 32 GB<\/p>\n
Card reader:
\nRaidsonic Icy Box IB-865 USB3 Multi Card Reader hooked up to the motherboard’s internal USB3 20pin connector replacing the ASUS frontpanel USB3 ports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I did some quick and unscientific comparing of different ways to transfer photos from my Nikon D800 camera to my PC. I also looked at the D800’s internal copying versus copying with a card reader. Setup Setup1: The Nikon D800 camera is used as the card reader and connected directly via cable to different USB … <\/p>\n
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