Digital Photo Storage / PC Download

Junkman · Nov 13, 2004

Does anyone here speak English? I used to be able to understand the printed word and the spoken language, but I am loosing it quickly. Is there a place that I can get all this translated into common terms? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

RonR · Nov 13, 2004

Junkman,

Best method is coral your college age kid and make him 'plain it to your satisfaction IN ENGLISH.

Ron

TMAC · Nov 13, 2004

( When I'm finished taking digital pictures with the Nikon CoolPix 8700 I then plug the 1GB Microdrive into the slot and the "scanner & camera wizard" automatically starts. I believe this software to be part of the XP package.)

That's what's nice about XP. A lot of your drivers for different devices that you plug in are already built in. Whether it be a printer, camera, external burner, etc... Just plug and play, that makes it nice. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

OkeeDon · Nov 13, 2004

Well, I still use 3.5" floppies with my venerable Sony Mavica digital camera. Since I never use the pix anywhere else but the computer, the low res is just fine. The floppies are cheap, ubiquitous, obviously fast to use, and the pix can just stay archived on them -- no need to download them to re-use the "film". I had to order an external USB floppy drive for my laptop, but it will work on anybody's computer if they have USB port, meaning I have a universal method to transfer my pix.

Obviously this is not the optimum set up for anyone who needs or wants high res pictures, but it's perfect for me, so much so that when I accidentally dumped my old Mavica in water, I bought the exact same model, used, on EBay rather than upgrading.

PS - when my insurance adjuster came to estimate the damage from the hurricanes, he was using a floppy disk Mavica for the same reason -- he just used a new floppy disk for each client and threw the floppy in the file to archive the pictures.

Gatorboy · Nov 13, 2004

Since I never use the pix anywhere else but the computer, the low res is just fine. 

I totally understand -- I do alot of cropping of photos I take, so even though the original may be 2048x1536, the edited picture may have a width of 1024 or less.

bczoom · Nov 13, 2004

( Well, I still use 3.5" floppies with my venerable Sony Mavica digital camera. Since I never use the pix anywhere else but the computer, the low res is just fine. The floppies are cheap, ubiquitous, obviously fast to use, and the pix can just stay archived on them -- no need to download them to re-use the "film". I had to order an external USB floppy drive for my laptop, but it will work on anybody's computer if they have USB port, meaning I have a universal method to transfer my pix.

Obviously this is not the optimum set up for anyone who needs or wants high res pictures, but it's perfect for me, so much so that when I accidentally dumped my old Mavica in water, I bought the exact same model, used, on EBay rather than upgrading.

PS - when my insurance adjuster came to estimate the damage from the hurricanes, he was using a floppy disk Mavica for the same reason -- he just used a new floppy disk for each client and threw the floppy in the file to archive the pictures.
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Exactly the same reason I also got the Mavica. I still love this camera...

thcri · Nov 13, 2004

I had the Sony Mavica. It was my first camera. But after about a year the camera did not read the floppies or could it write to the floppies. I would take a picture and then the picture was gone or should I say never written to the disk. The camera's were great and took good pictures but it was my understanding that was a problem with the Sony Mavica.

I now have a Sony that uses the chips. I can put a 60 or even larger if I want, I just got the 60 meg chip in it and take pictures forever before I fill it up.

I then transfer to my computer. I have a 40 gig hard drive or even at work I have a 80 gig mirror drive that I can store all kinds of stuff.

murph

bmac · Nov 13, 2004

My home PC has those slots as well. Makes it easy. However, before I delete any pictures from the memory cards, I make archival backups on DVDs. I've experienced catastrophic hard disk failures and do not want to take a chance of losing our family photos.

bmac · Nov 13, 2004

Hey, Don, I've got one of those Mavicas collecting dust at my office. What do you think I could get for it on E-Bay?

PineRidge · Nov 13, 2004

I've experienced catastrophic hard disk failures and do not want to take a chance of losing our family photos.


A good hard drive backup prevents lost data.