I need to know how to transfer photos from my digital camera to my PC.?

Question

I am a novice when it comes to using a PC. The Vivitar 6150s camera I just bought has a User's Manual, but the info provided assumes the purchaser has a detailed knowledge of using a PC. I need step-by-step instructions, once the USB cable connects the camera to the PC. Additionally, after any detailed instructions are provided, I need to be told what to do when I want to add additional photos to the original photos already transferred. I'm soory to appear so ignorant, but I am 77 years old, and am relatively new to using my recently purchased PC. Thank you.

Answer 1

Sometimes cameras come with software that you install that helps facilitate transferring pictures to your computer. You might want to see if that is the case with your camera.

Your camera uses an SD card. The easiest thing to do is to buy a USB SD card reader, like this for example:

http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-MultiMedia-Secure-Digital-RW014-001/dp/B0000659SO/sr=1-8/qid=1169662323/ref=sr_1_8/002-8128477-1097629?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

All you do is plug your card into there, and it will read the pictures on the card. It acts as another hard drive on your computer. You can then copy all the pictures from there onto your actual hard drive.

To add additional photos, you would do the same thing, and just copy the new pictures to the same folder you used earlier.

Answer 2

OK, here goes, (from a relative youngster of 64!)

When you connect your camera to the computer via the USB lead a box should open saying 'windows has detected pictures' and asking what you want to do with them. There is an option to 'copy to a file on my computer' Click that and the dialogue will ask you where you want them copied to.

Which brings me to your next point. You need to start from day 1 and decided how you want to organise your pictures. Windows offers you a default in the 'My Pictures' folder in 'My Documents' Use that. BUT have sub files within that - i.e don't just download the pictures in to 'My Pictures' as you will soon end up in a mess. I've tried several ways of organising pictures over the 7 years or so I've been using a computer, but in the last 3 or 4 have settled down to this pattern. I open a file called, e.g. Winter 2006/2007 and download files I take during that period to that file, but, again., opening a sub-file which I either identify by date or occasion - for example in my 'Summer 2006' file, I have files titled '2 July Acorn Bank Gardens', a trip my wife and I made on that date, and 'Truck Show', pictures of that event which is held annually in my town.

To add pictures to a file is easy. The dialogue box will give you the opportunity of putting them in the last file opened, browsing for another, or making a new file.

It is worth downloading Google's Picasa freeware programme, as that does provide an indexing system.

I hope this is of some help, but if you want to contact me personally for more help, you can do so via my answers profile.

Answer 3

Windows XP is quite accommodating when it comes to digital cameras. Whether the camera software has been installed or not often doesn’t matter, Windows XP is capable of recognizing most cameras when they’re connected. The “wizard” program pops up when a camera is connected to the computer’s USB connection. To transfer pictures from a camera to a computer using the Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard:
1.Connect computer and camera together via the USB cable. A USB connections are usually marked with the symbol seen at the right.
2.Switch the camera power to the ‘on’ position. NOTE: Most camera manufacturers recommend using an AC power adapter when transferring images to prevent the loss of any images in the event low camera battery power causes the camera to automatically shut off. If you intend to use battery power during image transfer, it would be wise to insure that your batteries are fully charged. The computer may acknowledge that a device has been detected with a sound event and a balloon in the lower right of the screen.
3.The media detector will pop onto the screen and it may display several options from which you may choose. These options are directly related to the various programs that are installed on your computer.
4.Select Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard from the list and click the OK button.
5.The Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard will appear. Click the NEXT button to move on to the next step in the process.
6.Check off the images to be copied or transferred. By default, all pictures will be checked. You may opt to check or uncheck images by clicking in the check box in the upper left corner of each image. There are buttons for UNCHECK ALL and CHECK ALL that may make selecting easier depending on what you want to do. Click the NEXT button.
7.Supply a name for your pictures. Example: ‘Family Picnic,’ ‘Alaska Cruise,’ ‘Jim & Sue’s wedding.’ Digital cameras automatically assign a cryptic sort of name to each picture that you take … i.e. DSCF0254.JPG or KIF_0316.JPG. Pictures will be renamed with the name you supply followed by a series number. Example: ‘Alaska Cruise001,’ ‘Alaska Cruise002,’ etc… The wizard will also create a folder with the same name and locate that folder within the My Pictures folder unless you specify a different location.
8.In the same window you may opt to delete the information on the media card after the transfer is completed. This will allow you to reuse that portion of the media card for other pictures. Place a check in the box to clear the card or leave the box unchecked to keep the images on the media card. NOTE: You may want to keep pictures on the media card if you intend to print them from a retail store photo kiosk.
9.Click NEXT to begin transferring the images to the computer.
10.When the transfer is complete you can choose from a final option box. You may:
a.Publish your pictures to web
b.Order prints of your pictures from an online photo service (there is a fee)
c.Do nothing (recommended)
11.Click the FINISH button. After the wizard exits, it will open the folder containing your newest pictures.
12.Disconnect the USB cable and turn the camera off.

Stan ... if you live in Chicopee ... call that computer guy from W.Spfld.

Answer 4

Thr\eir should be a cable to connect it with so do that and email me for more