OT- Using Digital Camera with W98SE

[ms]

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images transferred to the
hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

TIA

Mike Sa

 

[James]

ms leapt out of the bath and screamed "EUREKA!" before typing in
alt.comp.freeware:

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images
transferred to the hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

TIA

Mike Sa

Do you mean as regards to USB connectivity?

If so, have a look at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240075/

if you're getting problems with USB in WIN98SE

HTH

 

[mike ring]

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images
transferred to the hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

alt.windows98 (my other home!)

On the whole, with W98 you just need a driver that should be in your
software, (unless W98 is not supported by your device)

mike

 

[K3]

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images
transferred to the hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

TIA

Mike Sa

I *always* recommend [to those buying a digital camera] to buy one of those
small, thumb-drive-like card-readers and to forget about installing the
"bloatware* and drivers that come with their camera. It's much easier to
simply use Explorer to copy the photos to their hard drive, plus there's no
resident program sitting in the system tray that's hogging precious system
resources.

Take a look at Cam2PC --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/

Freeware version --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/freeware.php

--
Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!"

 

[ms]

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images
transferred to the hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

TIA

Mike Sa

I *always* recommend [to those buying a digital camera] to buy one of those
small, thumb-drive-like card-readers and to forget about installing the
"bloatware* and drivers that come with their camera. It's much easier to
simply use Explorer to copy the photos to their hard drive, plus there's no
resident program sitting in the system tray that's hogging precious system
resources.

Take a look at Cam2PC --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/

Freeware version --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/freeware.php

Thanks to all. I d/l cam2pc.

small, thumb-drive-like card-readers

Is this an accessory to buy separate from a digital camera?
And unique for each brand camera?

Mike Sa

 

[K3]

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images
transferred to the hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

TIA

Mike Sa

I *always* recommend [to those buying a digital camera] to buy one
of those small, thumb-drive-like card-readers and to forget about
installing the "bloatware* and drivers that come with their camera.
It's much easier to simply use Explorer to copy the photos to their
hard drive, plus there's no resident program sitting in the system
tray that's hogging precious system resources.

Take a look at Cam2PC --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/

Freeware version --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/freeware.php

Thanks to all. I d/l cam2pc.

small, thumb-drive-like card-readers

Is this an accessory to buy separate from a digital camera?
And unique for each brand camera?

Yes... they cost about $10-20, but IMHO it's cash well spent. You'll have
to get one that accepts the type of memory card your camera uses (SD, xD,
MMC, etc.)

Something similar to this -->

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=204+0656&dept=lch13&search=1np12&child=1np12

or even somthing like this -->

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470623

--
Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!"

 

[K3]

Yes... they cost about $10-20, but IMHO it's cash well spent.
You'll have to get one that accepts the type of memory card your
camera uses (SD, xD, MMC, etc.)

Something similar to this -->

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=204+0656&dept=lch13&search=1np12&child=1np12

or even somthing like this -->

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470623

But... *IMPORTANT* - if you're running Win98se, be sure that there's drivers
for Win98se.

--
Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!"

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

ms wrote:

A new subject for me:
Was told that ME enables working with digital camera images
transferred to the hard drive.

Can't this also be done as well in W98SE?

Any recommendations for utilities for this?

TIA

Mike Sa


I *always* recommend [to those buying a digital camera] to
buy one of those small, thumb-drive-like card-readers and to
forget about installing the "bloatware* and drivers that
come with their camera. It's much easier to simply use
Explorer to copy the photos to their hard drive, plus
there's no resident program sitting in the system tray
that's hogging precious system resources.

Take a look at Cam2PC --> http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/

Freeware version -->
http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/freeware.php

Thanks to all. I d/l cam2pc.

small, thumb-drive-like card-readers

Is this an accessory to buy separate from a digital camera?
And unique for each brand camera?

Yes... they cost about $10-20, but IMHO it's cash well spent.
You'll have to get one that accepts the type of memory card
your camera uses (SD, xD, MMC, etc.)

Something similar to this -->

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=204+0656
&dept=lch13&search=1np12&child=1np12

or even somthing like this -->

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470623
[/QUOTE]

I agree with everything you say -- particularly about not using the
bloatware that comes with most cameras. Depending on one's set-up
and space, though, I found that the slickest way to add a card
reader was to use a spare bay in the desktop computer for a cheap,
internal USB 2 unit like this one:

http://tinyurl.com/cv7kt

(That leads to
http://www.ebuyer.co.uk/customer/products/index.html?rb=1461
7910961&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_
uid=90438)

It's nice to have it hooked up without trailing yet another USB
cable across the desk, and getting an extra front-of-case USB port
has been nice as well.

 

[ms]

On 30 Dec 2005, K3 wrote snip


I agree with everything you say -- particularly about not using the
bloatware that comes with most cameras. Depending on one's set-up
and space, though, I found that the slickest way to add a card
reader was to use a spare bay in the desktop computer for a cheap,
internal USB 2 unit like this one:

http://tinyurl.com/cv7kt

(That leads to
http://www.ebuyer.co.uk/customer/products/index.html?rb=1461
7910961&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_
uid=90438)

It's nice to have it hooked up without trailing yet another USB
cable across the desk, and getting an extra front-of-case USB port
has been nice as well.

This may be relating to a comment where ME is easier to work with digital cameras
than W98SE, maybe less additional drivers.

Mike Sa

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 30 Dec 2005, ms wrote

Harvey Van Sickle wrote:

This may be relating to a comment where ME is easier to work
with digital cameras than W98SE, maybe less additional
drivers.

That could be; I'm on 98SE.