how to download pictures from a digtal camera?

Answer 1

You don't have to install any software. and I recommend that you DON'T Some cameras bundle weird software.

Set your camera to View mode so you see your pics on the camera screen.

Connect it to your USB port with the cable that came with your camera. Wait a few seconds, and you'll get the Windows wizard window that will download them for you. You can select which to download, etc. It's really very easy.

When you connect it for the FIRST time, it will install the appropiate drivers; you'll see a little yellow box above the clock in the lower right hand corner. Follow the prompts if any and you'll get a message that your camera is installed and ready for use. This will only happen ONCE , on the frst connection. Then if the Wizard doesn't come up, disconnect it and connect it again.

Answer 2

Your camera should have come with some sort of cable (most are USB now) to connect it to your computer to retrieve the pictures. There should also have been a CD that came with the camera that contains the software and drivers for the camera as well. Install the software and drivers first, and then hook up the camera to a USB port on your computer and you should be all set.

If you don't have a cable, you can buy a memory card reader that will read the actual card from inside you digital camera and you can get your pictures off the camera that way. Just bring the memory card from your camera into a local electronics store and they will set you up with an appropriate product.

Answer 3

1.If you use memory card ONLY = no picture on internal camera memory=all your photos are on that card memory.So take the card from your camera and plug-in it into an USB card reader/writer and move all your pictures on your computer. You will see that card+reader in Windows Explorer as an removable disk.
2.Connect your camera to your computer using the USB port.You will see your digital camera as an external removable disk too. Move your photos to your computer.
3.Install all your camera software. Few brands (HP for instance) provide software which detect when your camera is connected to your computer and transfer all new photos in a preasigned folder.

I prefer to use an external card reader just because the USB port connector from camera is so small and fragile. After several connect/disconnect the USB cable will damage the camera's USB port conector. Also if you choose to transfer photos using the camera instead a card reader/writer you need an AC adapter or fresh batteries into your camera because is taking lot of power to do the transfer.
To organize your photos and download the pictures you can use picasa from google : http://picasa.google.com/ is free and will do the job very well.

Answer 4

If you get a card reader, no additional software is necessary. This is not only faster, but it saves your camera batteries. Your computer or printer may even have a card reader built into it. I have enough USB ports that I just leave it plugged in all the time.

First of all, be sure there are some pictures on the card. Plug the card reader into an open USB port. Plug the card into the appropriate slot on your card reader. I use Photoshop Elements and as soon as I plug my card into the reader, it starts its own card reader and displays a thumbnail of every picture on the card.

If this does not happen automatically, open your photo editting software. Do whatever you usually do to open a file, but click on the selector where you can change drives. Your card reader will be assigned a new drive name that will be one letter higher than you ever saw before, such as "Drive G:" or such. Then, just double click on the name of the file you want to open and it will appear in your photo editor.

Answer 5

Despite what apple commercials say, your PC will talk directly to your camera.

Just plug in the cable that came with your camera into the camera and then the computer. Make sure your camera is turned on. As someone above mentioned, a wizard will open and ask if you want to download the pictures.

Just select a folder and go. It's quite easy.

If it's not that easy, you may have a really old camera or really old computer. Keep us posted!

Answer 6

Ugh, you do not need to go through the mess of downloading photos from your digital camera to your computer using cables. Walgreen's where I work has a Fuji Aladdin Kiosk: You bring in your digital input device and place it into the slot. You can edit your photos or select to print all your pictures. Do not forget to order a Photo CD because you now have a set of pictures in 30 Mins. - 1 Hr., but you want to send some to others. The CD has the software to place the CD into your computer at home. It creates an Album select My Pictures if it doesn't place your album automatically there. E-mail as usual, but easier now you can reuse your input device again now that your photos are on CDs.

Hope this helps. (Call first to hear about photo equipment at the Walgreen's near you. 1-800-Walgreens.)

Answer 7

For less than $25 you can get a card reader for your model camera's card. It will come with the software to use it. It just plugs in to a usb port. Then you take the card out of the camera, put it in the card reader ( your op. system will assign it a drive letter) and use Explorer or My Computer to log on to that drive and open the picture files. I have two different readers and can plug which ever in to the same cable when I want to up-load the pictures to my hard drive. One caution though. When you are reading them off of the card, don't forget to move them to a folder on your hard drive to save them.

Answer 8

mputer without requiring additional software. Here's how to copy your pictures using Windows XP:

1. First connect your digital camera to your computer.
You can do this in two different ways:
•Use a USB cable. Most digital cameras come with a cable that connects the camera to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port on your computer.
Picture of a digital camera connected to a computer by a USB cable
•Use a memory card and memory card reader. A memory card reader is a piece of hardware that plugs right into your computer. You remove the memory card from your camera and insert it into your memory card reader, similar to the way you might transfer a file between two computers using a floppy disk.
Picture of a digital camera with a memory cardPicture of a computer with a memory card
Tip

Tip: It's usually faster to use a memory card reader to copy your pictures than to connect your camera to your computer with a cable.

2. Once you've connected your camera to your computer or inserted your memory card into your memory card reader, Windows XP will detect the connection and ask you what you want to do with your pictures. If you connected your camera with a USB cable, click Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard, and then click OK.
Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard selected in the Device connected dialog box

If you are using a memory card reader, click Copy pictures to a folder on my computer using Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard, and then click OK.
Select Copy pictures to a folder on my computer using Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard and then click OK

3. When the Scanner and Camera Wizard appears, click Next.

4.All of the pictures on your camera (or in your camera's memory card) are now displayed on the Choose Pictures to Copy page. By default, Windows XP selects all of the pictures for downloading. If there are pictures you do not want to download, just clear the check box next to those pictures. At this stage, you can also rotate pictures that you took while holding your camera vertically. To rotate a picture, click it, and then click either the Rotate clockwise or Rotate counterclockwise button on the lower-left side of the page. When you have reviewed the pictures for downloading and rotated your vertical pictures, click Next.
Choose Pictures to Copy dialog box in the Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard

5.On the Picture Name and Destination page, type a name for the group of pictures. (This name, plus a number to differentiate each picture, will be applied to each of the pictures you download; for example, if you name the group "Vacation," the pictures will be named "Vacation001," "Vacation002," and so on.) Click Browse, and select a folder in which to save your pictures.
Tip

Tip: Create a new folder for each group of pictures you download.

6. If you want to erase the images from your camera's memory card to make space for new ones, select the Delete pictures from my device after copying them check box, and then click Next. The Scanner and Camera Wizard copies the pictures from your camera to the folder you specified and then removes the pictures from your camera's memory card.
Picture Name and Destination dialog box in the Camera and Scanner Wizard

7. On the Other Options page, you can choose to publish your pictures to a Web site or order prints. If you have finished working with your pictures, click Nothing, and then click Next.

8.On the final page of the wizard, click Finish. Windows XP opens a Windows Explorer window showing the pictures you downloaded from your camera. Your camera's memory card is now clean and ready to store new pictures. If you connected your camera to your computer using a USB cable, disconnect your camera. If you used a memory card reader, return the memory card to the camera.

Your photos are now stored on your computer, ready for whatever you want to do with them, and your camera is ready to take more pictures. As with any important files, it's a good idea to make backup copies of your photos, in case anything happens to your computer.

Answer 9

get ACDsee 8 photo manager or the latest ver 9

and plug the usb and it well automaticly well find and get your pics from the memorey card inside ur digital camera

Answer 10

I recommend getting a Card Reader. yes you can use a usb cable to download them however this will drain your batteries.