So, I’m a wannabe photographer. I’ve shot a couple of weddings, done some portraits, nature, candids, etc. I’ve shot with a couple dozen different digital cameras, and all of them have either been CF, or SD. In both cases, I’ve also used an adapter to knock the size of my medium down to MicroSD because I can carry more and that is the future format. Newer cameras in the point-and-shoot line are MicroSD. My SLR’s still use either CF or SD. So, this brings me to my point, and the frustration I feel when looking at various media for cameras. What is the single most prevalent medium for computers? You can’t visit a store without seeing them stashed EVERYWHERE! That is right… USB sticks. So, I ask you. Why aren’t there simply USB ports on a camera where I can just stab it with a USB stick, fill it up, yank it out and stick another one in. Like on a pistol, you just click a button the clip falls out, you slide another one in its place. You don’t need to have it fit entirely into the camera body but that would help. You have the port on the side, but its exit only and you can’t write to anything unless its a computer. I know there is the whole USB A -> B issue, you know the Host Controller can be jammed into a CF card, why not an SD card or not, just integrate the thing into the PCB of the camera and there you have it. Make sure the software can write to USB keys and there you have it.
I used to walk around with my camera and a UMPC, it would give me upwards of 6 hours of shooting time if I turned off the screen and it just sat there running the Nikon software. I shoot in RAW, it downloads via the USB cable to the UMPC and I can edit a shot during lunch, send it to home base, client, or printer right there. It was pretty cool.
So again, why can’t I send my shots directly to a USB key/Thumbdrive? Someone get on this, USB 3.0 transfer speeds are in the GIGABIT range now, so that superior to the MMC standard isn’t it?