Digital camera rant -- Amended 6/21

[cassiesmom]

Success! (sort of) - we got the pictures to move from the camera to the computer - now to figure out how to get it into a post... Thank you, everyone for helping me!

[jackie]

You can upload your pictures to the net through a site like sony image station, photo bucket, or flickr.

Have fun, and I can't wait to see some pics.

[Jessika]

This may not help as it may confuse you even more, but I've found that I never needed the software that comes with my camera. I also have a Canon (three to be exact). I have Windows XP and it has a feature when you plug your camera in, and if it is powered on, that a window pops up and asks what you want to do... including transferring the images to the computer. The windows wizard is what I've always used and it is much easier than the program and you can organize them however you'd like.

[cassiesmom]

Success, sort of --- If you look in the cats A-Z thread, kittycatsdelight resized the photo and turned it 90 degrees, so it shows correctly...

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...18#post1835218

[cassiesmom]

Digital camera users, how many pictures fit on a memory card?

[Catlady711]

Digital camera users, how many pictures fit on a memory card?

That's actually a complicated question, there are ALOT of variables depending on your cameras megapixel count, compression setting, and image size.

As an approximate guide, the number of images you can store on various types of camera are below.

Digital Camera Size, Memory card size, And Number of Pictures

2 megapixel
128Mb 149
256Mb 298
512Mb 595
1Gb 1190
2Gb 2379
4Gb 4758

3 megapixel
128Mb 113
256Mb 226
512Mb 452
1Gb 905
2Gb 1808
4Gb 3619

4 megapixel
128Mb 95
256Mb 180
512Mb 381
1Gb 762
2Gb 1524
4Gb 3046

5 megapixel
128Mb 74
256Mb 149
512Mb 298
1Gb 595
2Gb 1190
4Gb 2381

6 megapixel
128Mb 60
256Mb 119
512Mb 238
1Gb 476
2Gb 952
4Gb 1905

8 megapixel
128Mb 40
256Mb 79
512Mb 159
1Gb 317
2Gb 635
4Gb 1270

[mrspunkysmom]

The card that comes with the camera never holds much so I bought an additional card for those just-in-case emergencies. I also bought a card reader. I take the card out of the camera and put it in the reader. The reader is attached to the computer. I used the software once and it was so difficult, I removed it and let windows do the work.

AS far as photo editors, MS Paint will rotate a photo for you. When I used my film camera, I had the photos put on disk. There is usually some photo editing software on each disk.

Anne

[ratdogg]

holy cow. that is the most thorough response possible! I feel smarter after reading it

[cassiesmom]

Again -- THANK YOU! Our high school has adult education classes during the school year, fall semester and spring semester and there is a class on digital photography basics. I'll sign up. Adult education starts a couple weeks after the school year begins. I don't know if anybody remembers the Kodak Disc camera from the 80s but that is what I had. Then a 35mm camera that had no settings, just point and click. Now I have this one which has many different functions.