get pictures from camera

Hi,
this is my first group conversation.
I have a ge digital camera, I need help Import
to my pc. if you can help me please reply.










thanks

judy

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:13:57 -0800 (PST), judy
wrote in
:

this is my first group conversation.
I have a ge digital camera, I need help Import
to my pc. if you can help me please reply.

Welcome!
Which GE camera?
What PC?
What operating system?
What photo software?

--
Best regards,
John Navas
Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others)

judy added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Hi,
this is my first group conversation.
I have a ge digital camera, I need help Import
to my pc. if you can help me please reply.

The place where you bought whatever kind of camera you have should
have given you the minimum information you need to at least get
started using your camera as well as what you must do to upload the
images to your PC. But, you aren't too likely to get specific help
in a group like this without some more information such as what
does the camera's manual say you should do to upload, what software
(if any) that came with the camera needs to be installed first, and
what kind of computer - e.g. Mac vs PC do you have with what
operating system.

Digital cameras generally always upload though your PC's USB port
with a cable that comes in the box. Most people, though, find it
much faster, more convenient, and more reliable to buy a card
reader for the specific kind of memory card your camera uses
(likely an SD). Again, the store that sold it to you should be able
to guide you.

But, if you want to use this forum, please provide some details
about what you have and what you have tried so far.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Never complain, never explain" - Henry Ford II

John Navas added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

this is my first group conversation.
I have a ge digital camera, I need help Import to my pc. if
you can help me please reply.

Welcome!
Which GE camera?
What PC?
What operating system?
What photo software?

John, this reminds me of when I first bought a Nikon 5700 some
years back. I had an older Fuji digital so I knew the basics and I
did a quick read of the Nikon manual to find out what I needed to
do. In short, I could either install the editing, uploading, and
utility software that came on a CD in the box or just plug the
cable into my USB port and Windows XP was supposed to auto- detect
and enable a "drive" that I could copy-paste from the camera to my
PC. Except that it didn't work. In that case, I called Nikon and
discovered that the manual skipped one minor point: if there was a
home network involved like I had or there were other driver letters
already taken and the next available one was in the middle of two
others, Windows refused to recognize some quirk in Nikon's scheme.
My solution happened to be to re-assign some drive letters. But,
very quickly I discovered that using the camera was both slow and
unreliable so I bought an inexpensive CF card reader. I can imagine
how confused a new camera owner might be to terms and techniques
they've never heard of before as in the OP's situation and perhaps
isn't enough of a techie to recognize - yet - that some minimum
info needs to be provided for anyone to help her.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Never complain, never explain" - Henry Ford II

judy wrote:
this is my first group conversation.
I have a ge digital camera, I need help Import
to my pc. if you can help me please reply.

Save yourself some trouble and get a card reader. They are dirt cheap.

Further details depend on which camera, which memory card type, which
operating system, which ....

jue

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:36:42 GMT, "HEMI-Powered" wrote in
:

Digital cameras generally always upload though your PC's USB port
with a cable that comes in the box. Most people, though, find it
much faster, more convenient, and more reliable to buy a card
reader for the specific kind of memory card your camera uses
(likely an SD). Again, the store that sold it to you should be able
to guide you.

My own preference is to use a memory card with a built-in USB connector,
which can then be inserted into the USB port on the computer, thus
eliminating the need for either a cable or a card reader.

--
Best regards,
John Navas
Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others)

John Navas added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

Digital cameras generally always upload though your PC's USB
port with a cable that comes in the box. Most people, though,
find it much faster, more convenient, and more reliable to buy
a card reader for the specific kind of memory card your camera
uses (likely an SD). Again, the store that sold it to you
should be able to guide you.

My own preference is to use a memory card with a built-in USB
connector, which can then be inserted into the USB port on the
computer, thus eliminating the need for either a cable or a
card reader.

I haven't looked for one of these in some time, so forgive the dumb
question. Are you talking about something like a USB "hard drive"
memory stick that you just stick into the USB port? If yes, how do
you get at it to insert the memory card? Literally in my case, I've
got 2 ports on the front of my PC case, 4 in the back, and a PCI
card with 4 more. Except for the front 2, using the backplane ports
would seem to be very inconvenient compared to my reader with a
cable connected to one of the back ports.

Thanks.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Never complain, never explain" - Henry Ford II

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:32:48 GMT, HEMI-Powered wrote:
John Navas added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

Digital cameras generally always upload though your PC's USB
port with a cable that comes in the box. Most people, though,
find it much faster, more convenient, and more reliable to buy
a card reader for the specific kind of memory card your camera
uses (likely an SD). Again, the store that sold it to you
should be able to guide you.

My own preference is to use a memory card with a built-in USB
connector, which can then be inserted into the USB port on the
computer, thus eliminating the need for either a cable or a
card reader.

I haven't looked for one of these in some time, so forgive the dumb
question. Are you talking about something like a USB "hard drive"
memory stick that you just stick into the USB port? If yes, how do
you get at it to insert the memory card? Literally in my case, I've
got 2 ports on the front of my PC case, 4 in the back, and a PCI
card with 4 more. Except for the front 2, using the backplane ports
would seem to be very inconvenient compared to my reader with a
cable connected to one of the back ports.

Sandisk, and maybe some other companies, make some memory cards that
fold in half. When you fold them, that exposes a standard USB connector,
which you can then plug directly into a free port on your computer. I've
never actually used one, so I can't comment on how convenient that is
compared to a card reader on a cable, but they do exist.

-dms

On Feb 8, 5:32 am, "HEMI-Powered" wrote:
John Navas added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

Digital cameras generally always upload though your PC's USB
port with a cable that comes in the box. Most people, though,
find it much faster, more convenient, and more reliable to buy
a card reader for the specific kind of memory card your camera
uses (likely an SD). Again, the store that sold it to you
should be able to guide you.

My own preference is to use a memory card with a built-in USB
connector, which can then be inserted into the USB port on the
computer, thus eliminating the need for either a cable or a
card reader.

I haven't looked for one of these in some time, so forgive the dumb
question. Are you talking about something like a USB "hard drive"
memory stick that you just stick into the USB port? If yes, how do
you get at it to insert the memory card? Literally in my case, I've
got 2 ports on the front of my PC case, 4 in the back, and a PCI
card with 4 more. Except for the front 2, using the backplane ports
would seem to be very inconvenient compared to my reader with a
cable connected to one of the back ports.

Thanks.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Never complain, never explain" - Henry Ford II

Many card readers have a long cable with a USB connector on the end.
That would be the best kind for you, unless you want to add a USB hub
to one of the rear connectors (the USB hubs also have a long cord).

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:13:57 -0800, judy wrote:

Hi,
this is my first group conversation.
I have a ge digital camera, I need help Import to my pc. if you can help
me please reply.


Best idea - get a USB card reader which will handle your memory cards. It
will probably be faster since many cameras are USB 1.0 devices whereas
card readers are USB 2.0. It will also save you camera batteries. Simply
plug it in and it should be recognized as a removable storage device,
assuming you have some recent operating system on the computer.