Downloading Images and Movies over USB - EOS R5/R6 Tip 85

Опубликовано: 18 Июнь 2026
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Modern cameras have fast modern USB connections, so is the old reliable USB card reader really necessary anymore? Alternatively, maybe you've tried to download from your camera and couldn't figure out how, especially on MacOS?

In this video we'll look at the performance and battery usage implications of using your camera to download media instead of a card reader. We'll also look at just how you go about using the USB connection to download images on both Windows and Mac OS.


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00:00 Intro
01:34 Gotchas: Performance and Power
02:06 Performance Testing
05:38 Power/Battery Use
07:13 Transferring Files over USB