Subj : Re: digital camera
To   : Jeff Guerdat
From : Jason Lamb
Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 04:01 pm

JG> JL>A friend has a 4.1 MegaPixal camera. The manual says that he must instal
JG> JL>the camera software. It uses an xD media card. He has a multi-card read 
JG> JL>his computer. Could he just remove the card from the camera and put it i
JG> JL>the card reader? I assume the software is for connecting the camera via
JG> JL>USB. He doesn't want to install the software if he does not have to. He
JG> JL>likes to keep his hard as clean as possible, He is not one to install a
JG> JL>bunch of software. He has taken test pictures and insert the xD card in
JG> JL>the reader and it seems to work. He iis worried about damaging the syste
JG> JL>reader, card, or camera though. He says this is his first digital camera
JG> JL>He not used the muti-card reader is his computer before either.
JG> 
JG> Yep, the memory card uss a FAT format so you can read them using the card
JG> reader.  I generally find that faster than freading from the camera althoug
JG> newer cameras with USB 2.x may be diferent.  It appears to me that the came
JG> manufacturer usually protects battery life by slowing down the transfer.
JG> 
JG> Some cameras do require the full software to be installed to download image
JG> if not using a card reader.  Others only require specific software to trans
JG> the images while not insisting on loading every piece (our Kodak DX6490 and
JG> Canon 10D) while yet others don't require a thing, using the OS' USB
JG> capabilities to have the camera show up as a USB hard drive (my Olympus E-1
JG> It can be handy to be able to use alternative methods to transfer images
JG> should your default one not work for some reason but the fastest way is to 
JG> use the camera's port.

Thanks. I take it then that he can just remove the xD card from the camera and
put it in the computer's card reader and not use the software at all.

Funny thing is that he read his system manual about the card reader. It says 
to remove the card from the reader, you have to push it in to eject it and 
then pull it out. Funny thing is, the card does not push in, it just pulls 
out. I guess the computer manufacturer installs some card readers that require
you to push in the card to eject it before you can remove it. 

Jason

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