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| Thread ID: 86386 | 2008-01-15 02:56:00 | Memory card readers | caffy (2665) | PC World Chat |
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| 630394 | 2008-01-15 02:56:00 | Hi all, I'm doing a digital photography course at the moment, as part of summer school . . . So far, it's been good :) (today's only the 2nd day though!) . One thing my lecturer said has been making me wonder . He said it's best to use a memory card reader to download the photos from the memory card to computer . According to him if you download the photos through the camera and USB, you'll have to do it through software . Using the memory card reader avoids software and allows you to download directly to the computer . I was a bit skeptical because for many years I have downloaded my photos without using any software, I . e . through My Computer by locating the camera, and copying and pasting . I did think that perhaps it (downloading photos) would be different for Apple computers (which is what we are using at summer school) . . . but sure enough, after plugging in my card and the memory card reader, iPhoto popped up . . . My lecturer was a bit embarrassed and said "oh, close that close that!" So some software do still recognise the memory card reader . . . I would like to know if I'm right to ignore the lecturer's strong recommendation that we each buy our own memory card reader just so we can download our photos onto the computer without using software? I believe that I can copy and paste it, without the need for a memory card reader (I haven't found out yet because today he was firm on only letting us use the card reader, and not our cameras) Appreciate your thoughts on this . |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 630395 | 2008-01-15 03:00:00 | I'd say ignore the advice, and question your teachers knowledge on the subject. I've always used direct transfer from the camera to the PC, using just simple drag and drop file transfer. |
Jan Birkeland (4741) | ||
| 630396 | 2008-01-15 03:22:00 | Yeah...that's what I'm doing, silently questioning his knowledge - although some of the stuff he's said matches what I've learnt before in school photography...maybe he's just not so technical-minded... I'm gonna wait and see how the rest of this course goes before (and if) I say anything :) for now, i won't buy a card reader |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 630397 | 2008-01-15 06:20:00 | Hi all, I'm doing a digital photography course at the moment, as part of summer school . . . So far, it's been good :) (today's only the 2nd day though!) . One thing my lecturer said has been making me wonder . He said it's best to use a memory card reader to download the photos from the memory card to computer . According to him if you download the photos through the camera and USB, you'll have to do it through software . Using the memory card reader avoids software and allows you to download directly to the computer . I was a bit skeptical because for many years I have downloaded my photos without using any software, I . e . through My Computer by locating the camera, and copying and pasting . I did think that perhaps it (downloading photos) would be different for Apple computers (which is what we are using at summer school) . . . but sure enough, after plugging in my card and the memory card reader, iPhoto popped up . . . My lecturer was a bit embarrassed and said "oh, close that close that!" So some software do still recognise the memory card reader . . . I would like to know if I'm right to ignore the lecturer's strong recommendation that we each buy our own memory card reader just so we can download our photos onto the computer without using software? I believe that I can copy and paste it, without the need for a memory card reader (I haven't found out yet because today he was firm on only letting us use the card reader, and not our cameras) Appreciate your thoughts on this . As for iphoto just go into iphoto preferences and untick import photo's in to iphoto and tick either use image capture or do nothing |
plod (107) | ||
| 630398 | 2008-01-15 06:38:00 | Some older digital cameras would force you to use their software - i.e. they didn't comply with the standard USB storage device standards. That's no longer the case nowadays. | somebody (208) | ||
| 630399 | 2008-01-15 08:38:00 | There is a memory card reader with multiple card inputs for $29.95 available at Countdown. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 630400 | 2008-01-15 08:59:00 | Flashcards also have cheap readers. www.flashcards.co.nz |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 630401 | 2008-01-15 09:24:00 | cheers for the answers so far. That's a good point about older cameras having to use software. That's why I think that he is not up to date about current technology etc. gee, those card readers are cheap, but I don't really need one now. But thanks for the link I'll bookmark it. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 630402 | 2008-01-15 11:51:00 | There is no reason to use a card reader on new or near new camera's. The only reason for this hangover opinion is that most older camera only had usb1 or usb1.1, whereas the card readers had usb2 and were therefor much quicker to download, particularly if you had a large volume of pictures from the card to download. Plus there was less likelihood of an accidental loss of data by the camera suddenly closing down during the download because the batteries were flat. Most modern camera's (or at least mine does) have usb2 built in now. | Robinz (9362) | ||
| 630403 | 2008-01-15 16:42:00 | Actually there's another bug that arises when you use the USB cable from the camera....you run out of time. The cameras I use right now are less than a year old..both a Canon and a Kodak and they will time-out when you use the cable to transfer the pixs. I dislike the Canon a lot...it is clunky and fat and has a very poor screen... ..unlike the Kodak. I can get about 3 minutes time off the Kodak..and I never counted the seconds on the Canon, so I just use a card reader and there's no limit on the time. They are both USB2..but they aren't fast enough. If you have a lot of videos, then this is the ONLY way to get them off the card and into your editing programs. Otherwise you are happily downloading (in-loading?) the video and all of a sudden the camera times-out and you are left with a corrupted file...and MAYBE you didn't mess up the file on your harddrive ...or not! PS: you can use pretty much ANY card port..even your AIO and scanners if they have ports. You can also format and clear the SD card via the disk manager in your computer. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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