How do you download

[Black&Tan]

I'm fairly new to digital photography in general and DSLR's in particular. I have a new digital Rebel XT and have a novice question.
When you download your photos off your cameras to your software, do you remove your CF card and insert it into a reader or use the supplied patch cord and download directly from the camera. I'd like the pro's and con's of each method if possible.
Thanks in advance......

[aparmley]

I'm fairly new to digital photography in general and DSLR's in particular. I have a new digital Rebel XT and have a novice question.
When you download your photos off your cameras to your software, do you remove your CF card and insert it into a reader or use the supplied patch cord and download directly from the camera. I'd like the pro's and con's of each method if possible.
Thanks in advance......

mmmm I cold go for a tall black and tan . . . Ooye Christian coldie mate?

Simply put, you can do it either way. Its a matter of personal preferrence.

However, people will say the Cons of using a card reader is that you are removing the CF card from the camera and then inserting into the card reader, then removing it from the card reader and reinserting it into the camera take that process and mulitply it buy a couple thousand times and the faint at heart see that as unecessary wear 'n tear on your CF card and camera.

I, on the other hand, always use a CF card reader. I've never hand any problems with that as I prefer to have my camera availbale for shooting while my CF card rips its images to my computer. . . Not that it takes long or that I do a lot of shooting will transfering images. . . .

Like I said personal preferrence really. No real major concerns of cons either way. . .

[Black&Tan]

Thanks for the reply. I had also heard about wear and tear on the connections. Seems like there's wear and tear either way.

Thanks again for the explanation!

[cwphoto]

mmmm I cold go for a tall black and tan . . . Ooye Christian coldie mate?

Hic!

Just settling into a few long-necks right now...;)