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Sadie Jenson via PhotoKB.com wrote:
Need Advice

Traveling to Chicago this weekend (for four days) to visit my daughter. Taking Kodak DX6490. I had an extremely bad experience with version 3.2 ES. It took over my Internet connection, my ownership of my photos, and my CD Burner. I finally resolved all of those issues (phew ! '*_*') and despise feeling paranoid / limited over the amount of photos I take over my four-day visit. I could bring the 4.0.2 software along and load just the drivers and save to
daughter's computer (but ... it is really her roomate's computer and I don't want to cause said roomate any iota of the pain I have experienced).

Suggestions, Please ... Trust the 4.0.2 version and download it? My gut feeling is that I should purchase some extra memory cards. Any and all advise appreciated, photog gurus.

Hopefully in the near future I will be asking REAL photography questions. I bought my camera on e-Bay and it is my FIRST camera with a serious zoom. I realize that the DX 6490 has it's (artistic?) limitaitons, but I am very pleased so far with the photos I have taken and am looking forward to experimenting further. The camera came with macro lenses and lens attachment thingy. ANYWAY ... back to the subject matter ... HELP with what to do to take max # of photos (I
come up with endless ideas and don't want to miss opportunities). On 'good' picture quality I am able to take 40 pics! So, for now I stick with that for quantity ... quality will come later.

Is that a good tactic to take? Thank you all for your wonderful assistance and friendly advice.

Sadie


First, one should always strive for quality. Just a few extra seconds
of thought can make a better picture, but much experience, and some
study, is needed so that you will know what to do, and what not to do.
Many of the pictures I take are for documentation only. That is, I
don't have time, or opportunity, to compose a shot, or pose people, and
I just take the picture to aid in remembering the occassion, or to share
it with those who weren't present. These aren't great pictures, nor are
they art, in any sense, but they ARE of use to those who want to see how
much a grandchild has grown, or to see a new baby.

As for dealing with putting pictures on someone else's computer, I
STRONGLY recommend getting a card reader and just using the computer's
OS to do the transfers. It is easy, quick, and leaves nothing on the
user's computer but the picture data. If the computer doesn't have
WinXP or one of the newer Mac OS's, then a driver disk may be required,
but these seldom cause trouble, and can be uninstalled after you are done.




I concur... Under the BEST of curcumstances the Easyshare program is a PITA
and ties up your 'puter from time to time looking for upgrades, asking you if
you want to sign up for photo services ect.

I have a Kodak camera, and I like what easyshare does with the photos, but I
keep it shut off and locked out most of the time because of its bad habits.
It is software designed for the lowest common denominator in the IQ range of
its users.

I sincerley recommend you DONT install it on someone elses box, its a good
way to screw up a relationship.


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Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.