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do i need to connect my phone to my laptop and use some software, so then if i take a pic on my phone it will go straight to the pc for me to use?
OneDrive / GoogleDrive on your phone should move your images to a PC quite quick (at least that's what I use)
oh jeez i didnt think of onedrive and googledrive, my laptop is stuck in windows 7 old days lol so was just taking pictures for a lot of ebay stuff and most times if its a few things i just take pic on my phone and send it to myself through messenger, but this time i have a lot to take so was just checking if there was any new options out there thats all.
I use Syncthing for this:
https://syncthing.net/
I share the camera folder on my phone, anything saved/modified in this folder is then automatically replicated on my PC to C:\PhoneCamera
And vice versa (can be multiple computers/cameras).
It's open source software and very popular and growing:
https://data.syncthing.net/
I use the Airdroid app for getting stuff from phone to pc.
Or the old fashioned way
Connect phone to pc with a usb cable
Little bit less convenient
But if it's for bulk moving photos not every single time you take one
It is fine
For Android phone at least you don't need software
Can just drag and drop from the DCIM folder
If you ever upgrade your laptop then nearby share
Is a faster method than Bluetooth for larger data transfer