Several companies have come out with these card readers for snapshot camera cards (like my Nikon S10’s SD card).
I’ve found my multi-format readers have kind of a cheesy opening setup for the smaller cards, so these are great as they are dedicated to the small cards and work smoothly.
But wait… there’s more. They are so small and of the thumb drive format (flash drives), that they can double as thumb drives with removable SD card memory. So you won’t be stuck using a 256Meg Thumbdrive… and you’ll have a great use for your smaller camera cards. Win…win.
The Kingston you see above has the card go in on the left and the right side is a USB2.0 plug. It’s less than 3” long. I paid about $17 for this reader with a 1 Gig Kingston SD card (a good brand) from NewEgg.com
This reader does the same as the Kingston, but has caps that stay attached and looks cooler 
I’m always encouraging folks to shoot larger series of photos. Good shots don’t come from taking one frame (for a snap-shooter) and Great shots don’t come from taking two or three or four frames (for the publication shooter).
I learned a while back from watching my newspaper shooter friends to really hang in there with series and wait for the right expression, action to happen. I’m amazed how often it does.
If you are standing close to me on a shoot, you might hear me mumbling (or do I just think it?)… ‘OK, he’s gonna look up and show that thing to his mom… come on…. look up….’ After shooting for twenty years, you do get pretty good at anticipating where people will look, when they’ll smile, etc.
Ok, Maybe something here..
Get in closer, like the boy’s gesture. ••Good Shot•• She look happy, you see what she’s doing, boy still interested
…. then the last frame it all falls apart.
The other thing I love is to look at the series in editing. Sometimes the best shot is very early, some times in the middle and you can watch the shot get less and less interesting as the frames go by… and often, the best is the last few shots, when you know you’ve nailed it.
Legendary Photojournalist Joel Meyerowitz discussed his project at Ground Zero for the George Eastman House Photos HERE
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