- Brand Name: Lexar
- Model: RW034-001
- Item Package Quantity: 1
- Hardware Platform: Pc
- Operating System: Windows
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Product Description
High-Speed Reader for Professional Photographers Lexar offers high-performance Professional UDMA readers designed to help professional photographers and advanced photo enthusiasts maximize their post-production workflow speed. Lexar Professional UDMA Readers are ideal for use with high-speed cards, and provide incredibly fast download speeds when paired with a UDMA card—so you can maximize your workflow and minimize your post-production time. The Lexar Professional UDMA FireWire 800 Reader is a high-performance reader with a stackable design that allows for concurrent downloads from multiple cards. Fully compatible with both UDMA CompactFlash (CF) and standard CF memory cards, the reader provides versatility and the ability to leverage blazing-fast UDMA CF card speeds. Save Time and Improve Workflow High-Speed Downloads. The Lexar Professional UDMA FireWire 800 Reader supports the FireWire 800 interface with data transfer rates of up to 800Mb/sec (or 100MB/sec)—twice as fast as traditional FireWire 400 which satisfies the demand for faster transfer rates from card to computer. When paired with a blazing-fast Lexar Professional UDMA card,the reader is performance optimized to deliver blazing fast read/write speed from the card. Innovative, Stackable Design. Lexar Professional UDMA FireWire 800 Readers have an innovative stackable design that allows up to four readers to be daisy-chained together for concurrent downloads. This unique feature lets you configure the readers to your specific needs, and allows you to streamline your productivity and drastically accelerate your workflow capabilities. The stackable design makes it ideal for boosting productivity in a photo studio environment. Enhance Your Business. Lexar is the brand trusted by professionals. When used in conjunction with a UDMA CF card, the reader's high-speed performance allows you to reliably improve workflow and drastically accelerate download speeds from card to computer-saving you time and money
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this at Amazon to mate up with my new Lexar Pro UDMA 8GB CF card. The reviews here were mixed, so I had a wee bit of trepidation about spending over $60 for a simple reader. I am happy to say that my misgivings were unjustified. This is a great product.
The unit itself IS a little cheap looking, but it works as advertised, and is the fastest reader I've ever seen! My first test, downloading 2.9GB of RAW and JPEG pictures just taken with my new Canon 50D, wouldn't even allow me to go get a cup of coffee before finishing! My old USB method would have allowed me not only to get a cup, but to finish it before that amount of data completed its download.
Impressive that Lexar INCLUDES not one, but two Firewire 800 cables with the unit. One is bout 36 inches; the other is a six-inch shorty.
Others who commented about the card release button feeling "sticky" are somewhat correct. It DOES feel a little tight, but I suspect that those who have had a problem with it are probably being a bit aggressive.
I am always very careful with CF cards due to their pin structure, and I don't think that this unit will have a problem if you handle it with care while only pushing the eject button slowly, and only as much as needed to get the card out far enough to retrieve.
A final note that I was lucky to have purchased the Lexar 8GB UDMA PRO card at B&H while it still had a $80 rebate offer. It's now expired, but I suspect that UDMA card prices will fall soon, and that makes this reader an absolute MUST if you're loading up with pics or video.
VERY happy with this purchase! Five stars.
UPDATE: Unlike other reviews here, I have daisy-chained this reader with my Firewire800 G-Drive Hard Disk without issue.... Read more ›
The unit itself IS a little cheap looking, but it works as advertised, and is the fastest reader I've ever seen! My first test, downloading 2.9GB of RAW and JPEG pictures just taken with my new Canon 50D, wouldn't even allow me to go get a cup of coffee before finishing! My old USB method would have allowed me not only to get a cup, but to finish it before that amount of data completed its download.
Impressive that Lexar INCLUDES not one, but two Firewire 800 cables with the unit. One is bout 36 inches; the other is a six-inch shorty.
Others who commented about the card release button feeling "sticky" are somewhat correct. It DOES feel a little tight, but I suspect that those who have had a problem with it are probably being a bit aggressive.
I am always very careful with CF cards due to their pin structure, and I don't think that this unit will have a problem if you handle it with care while only pushing the eject button slowly, and only as much as needed to get the card out far enough to retrieve.
A final note that I was lucky to have purchased the Lexar 8GB UDMA PRO card at B&H while it still had a $80 rebate offer. It's now expired, but I suspect that UDMA card prices will fall soon, and that makes this reader an absolute MUST if you're loading up with pics or video.
VERY happy with this purchase! Five stars.
UPDATE: Unlike other reviews here, I have daisy-chained this reader with my Firewire800 G-Drive Hard Disk without issue.... Read more ›
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
By Old Engineer
Amazon Verified Purchase
Why did I wait so long to get a FW800 card reader? This reader is fast, on the order of 10x faster than a USB 2.0 reader. This reader is also the best built one I've used.
41 of 47 people found the following review helpful
By Felddy
The reader is indeed fast. But...
One of the features that I was interested in was the pass thru FireWire 800 port for daisy chaining of devices. Unfortunately if the reader is in a chain with other FireWire 800 devices it will not operate. It may also prevent other devices in the chain from operating properly. This is unfortunate as many machines only have one 800 port, and FireWire 800 hubs are expensive. Below is the reply that I received from Lexar about the issue.
-- Lexar Technical Support --
Thank you for contacting us. The FireWire 800 reader is designed to daisy chain with other of the FireWire 800 readers. You can daisy chain up to 4 of the readers together. They are not designed to work daisy chained with other devices like external hard drives. Best suggestion I can give for a case like yours is you would want to purchase a powered FireWire 800 hub to connect the 2 different devices to your system.
One of the features that I was interested in was the pass thru FireWire 800 port for daisy chaining of devices. Unfortunately if the reader is in a chain with other FireWire 800 devices it will not operate. It may also prevent other devices in the chain from operating properly. This is unfortunate as many machines only have one 800 port, and FireWire 800 hubs are expensive. Below is the reply that I received from Lexar about the issue.
-- Lexar Technical Support --
Thank you for contacting us. The FireWire 800 reader is designed to daisy chain with other of the FireWire 800 readers. You can daisy chain up to 4 of the readers together. They are not designed to work daisy chained with other devices like external hard drives. Best suggestion I can give for a case like yours is you would want to purchase a powered FireWire 800 hub to connect the 2 different devices to your system.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By ES Camanag
Amazon Verified Purchase
What a time saver!!! I used to dread taking so many shots for fear of 2+ hours of uploading my shots to the computer. Once I got this, I fear no full 4gig or 8gig CF card. If you shoot 1k's shots or more per outing or shoot in RAW, this reader is for you.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Bye-Bye USB waterpipes, open the Hoover Dam and watch the data fly off the the CF cards like you have never seen before. I have a 21 MegaPixel Canon DSLR and those raw files take a LONG time to transfer on the best USB readers available. Maybe my example is a little over the top, but its about 4-5 times faster with this reader. I have both Lexar and Kingston CF cards that operate at about 42.5 MB/sec, nice compared to 8-11 MB/sec I get from my USB readers. Beware though, with a firewire 400 (1394a) connection the maximum transfer rate is about 27 MB/sec, a good firewire 800 (1394b) card is needed for the faster transfer rates. Good cables come with this reader, if purchased separately they would be about half the cost of this entire unit.
I used to have the competing SanDisk reader, it had the exact same performance but it costed $20 more and died after a few months of operation. SanDisk tech service was poor at helping me resolve problems with their reader and top-of-the-line CF cards which were performing slowly, actually they didn't resolve it at all. I am now sticking with Lexar, always great products that work correct.
I used to have the competing SanDisk reader, it had the exact same performance but it costed $20 more and died after a few months of operation. SanDisk tech service was poor at helping me resolve problems with their reader and top-of-the-line CF cards which were performing slowly, actually they didn't resolve it at all. I am now sticking with Lexar, always great products that work correct.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By GJODIGITAL
Amazon Verified Purchase
Superfast uploading with new real fast compact flash cards. Only problem is card has to be recessed to far into the front slot. Unlike in the picture where 1/2in of card is sticking out. Makes it difficult to seat properly, and harder to remove. A simple 1/16 to 1/8th of an inch left outside of the slot would have made it work much easier.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
This card reader is pretty darn fast. It is important to use cards that are also fast in order to benifit from the fast download speeds. The button is a litte "cheap" feeling but it does work well without any problems.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A. B. Kaye
We take between 1000 and 3000 images per shoot, so a fast, reliable card reader is an absolute must. In the past, we've used Lexar products that have all been USB-based; when we saw this product, we sprang on it banking on the speed increase moving from USB to firewire. The unit is small and very light - it almost feels like it was "thrown together" instead of compact. When it works, it's VERY quick (as you'd expect); however, it's difficult to get the thing to operate. The front of the unit has a large metal flap to cover the slot for the memory card. The slot is very large - almost twice as large as what would be required for a single card. There seems to be some sort of magnetic guide for inserting the memory card into the unit, but it's strangely difficult to get the card into the reader. Not only do you have to "hunt" for the right slot, but you have to force the card into the reader to get the unit to engage (and start drawing power over the firewire connection). I understand that you need to seat a card firmly, but wouldn't it be easier to do that if you could SEE where the card was going instead of worrying about what might happen if you accidentally bend the pins inside the card? Great speed, but poor engineering has forced us to toss this gear out.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Didn't work
I don't know if it was my computer or the device but it didn't work for me. When I was downloading images it was corrupting them. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Brishen Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lexar, great product, but gone now, no replacement! What the heck?
Well, I love Lexar products, However, I can't believe the leaders of Lexar have decided to pull this product from the shelf, and especially with no replacement, nor any progressive... Read more
Published 22 months ago by thiink
3.0 out of 5 stars
try another one first
first of all, my version of this does work, and it has been working for over a year. speeds are fw800 worthy.
but boy is it annoying to use sometimes. Read more
but boy is it annoying to use sometimes. Read more
Published on May 21, 2011 by megan long
5.0 out of 5 stars
rare item at makes fast transfers
There is only one other portable CD card reader that is firewire 800. It was out of stock so I got this one. Got it Sept. 2010 and had no problems. Read more
Published on May 5, 2011 by videographer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quick CF reader, great for laptops
I've been using this device for months and am very happy not to have to connect my DSLR directly to my computer via USB anymore. Read more
Published on March 8, 2011 by Wren
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad mechanical design - likely to damage CF cards
The Lexar Firewire card reader is very fast once the CF card is forced in far enough for the reader to recognize that one is in place. Read more
Published on February 11, 2011 by B. Stenman
1.0 out of 5 stars
worst card reader ever!!!!!!
this is the worst product ive ever bought. please help this company out by not buying this product. its horrible, from speed to ease of use. Read more
Published on February 7, 2011 by surfphoto
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast, and it works
What's with all the negative reviews? I've had this for over a year and transferred plenty of huge HD video files from my pro camera. It just works. Nuff said.
Published on December 15, 2010 by C. Duke
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sending it back
Don't buy it - almost impossible to get the card seated correctly, feels like you're going to break something. Takes about 6 or 7 tries to get it right. Read more
Published on December 11, 2010 by TomH
4.0 out of 5 stars
ok product...
the firecard reader 800, is easy to use, but the construction is a bit cheaply made.....other than that..... it works fine.... the delivery was early,,,,too!
Published on November 30, 2010 by digitalpaniolo
