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Memory Card Readers
Data transfer, back-up and storage is an essential element of digital photography workflows. Keeping your photographs safe, transferring images from a memory card to computer and then on to back-up drives for long-term storage is vital to avoid losing valuable files. Having a reliable memory card reader for this process is recommended as they are typically considerably faster than using built-in camera USB ports, if they are available. Videos also take up a lot of data, making a fast card reader even more vital for videographers. Shop our comprehensive range online for the fastest, most robust and affordable options available.
Unless your computer comes with a memory card slot suitable to accept your particular card, then you’ll likely need a reader in order to transfer images and video.
Card readers for digital cameras are simple devices, plugging into a connection port such as USB on one end and accepting the memory card in a slot on the other end. These are also known as USB card readers and simply act as a conduit between your stored images and the computer. Today we also have ultra high speed devices with USB 3.0 and USB-C connections for the quickest possible transfer speeds. Having a fast card with a slow reader will result in a bottleneck, taking far longer to complete.
There are a wide variety of memory card readers available from us, compatible with all card brands and types of memory cards; ranging from single readers to multi-card readers which have various slots to support multiple card types.
The first thing to consider is compatibility, which type of memory card you use in your camera or smartphone. This could be an SD, compact flash, CFast, XQD, or other type.
So whether you’ve got a Lexar, Sandisk Sony or any other brand of card, choose from our range of USB card readers designed for the latest, high performance image transfer.