On 6/3/2012 3:03 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> ... I do want to download photos, and all I really need from the CDROM is
> the driver. It may already exist in my laptop, but that brings me back to
> the cable issue. Turns out I can get those cables for less than $4 on eBay,
> but only for connecting from the dock to the PC. Doesn't look like you can
> get one that goes from the calera directly to the PC. Another design faux
> pas.
Huh, I never download images from camera to computer. I always connect the
flash memory card directly to the computer.
It just seems so much simpler to me, than loading a bunch of largely useless
software and lots of drivers.
The no-focus Casio I recently got has some sort of proprietary camera
connector. Makes no difference at all. Just pull
the SD card out and stick in in the computer.
There are many apps for automating the process. I mostly use Canon's
ZoomBrowser, which works for anybody's JPEGs, as
well as their own Raw formats. FastStone, a good, free image browser, etc., has
a nice download function.
I've accumulated a fair number of card to USB readers over the years, and have
a thingie mounted in a 3.5" external bay
on my desktop that reads almost all forms of card.
>
>> If you want the software I'd suggest downloading the current version of
>> EasyShare software which dates from 2011-03-07. Caution: 45MB download.
>>
>> <http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36670/selected/true>
>>
> I will download that tomorrow morning and give it a try.
>
>> For loading from SD cards without connecting to the camera just get a
>> USB/SD card adapter such as this one
>>
>>
> <http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Flash-Memory-Reader-TS-RDP5K/dp/B001NS828K/
> ref=sr_1_5?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1338758170&sr=1-5>
> I have one of those around here somewhere.
>
>> My main concern would be the battery. If the battery is a 2004 original
>> it must be toast by now. But batteries and chargers are readily
>> available
>>
> I have two batteries plus the charger and the dock. I just need a cable
> and the driver.
>
>> Note that this camera takes an SD card. You may or may not know that SD
>> cards are limited to 2GB.
>>
> I have a couple of stray ones around here somewhere. The E-500 has 1G
> and 2G cards.
>
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