file transfer PC -> Canon camera

rOAdeh · 9 Nov 2006 at 20:03

Hi all,

I've just bought a new Canon IXUS 850IS and am loving it apart from one very frustrating thing. Windows automatically detected it as being an imaging device and so it pops up in the 'Scanners and Cameras' section of My Computer.

This would be fine except for the fact that a) you can't seem to just cut the files from the camera and instead have to copy and then delete them but far more irritatingly means I can't write any files back onto my SD card. I bought a 2GB one so I could show off different photos + carry random documents and files around with me.

Is there any way to force this behaviour (my old Casio camera was just detected as a memory card and allowed this). Or do I have to waste money and buy a card reader unnecessarily

?

Thanks,

Flibster · 9 Nov 2006 at 20:11

Card readers are not a waste of money.

Generally they're faster than linking the camera up, don't knacker the camera's battery and no need to go through all that imaging device crap.

What about a USB memory stick instead? 2gb ones are dirt cheap now anyway. Bought several for work for sub £20 recently and they're superb.

Simon/~Flibster

rOAdeh · 9 Nov 2006 at 20:46

I appreciate the reply but to me spending money unnecessarily (whether it is on a card reader or a USB memory stick) is a waste of money as far as I'm concerned. I have the storage space I need in the SD card and I have a device which should be able read/write to it. The speed at which the files transfer makes no difference to me. I'm not knackering the camera's battery anymore than having it turned on normally would and the 'imaging device crap' is exactly what I'm trying to find out how to get past.

Flibster · 9 Nov 2006 at 20:53

rOAdeh said:
I appreciate the reply but to me spending money unnecessarily (whether it is on a card reader or a USB memory stick) is a waste of money as far as I'm concerned. I have the storage space I need in the SD card and I have a device which should be able read/write to it. The speed at which the files transfer makes no difference to me. I'm not knackering the camera's battery anymore than having it turned on normally would and the 'imaging device crap' is exactly what I'm trying to find out how to get past.

You can't get past it afaik.

Can't on my A80 or S9500, or the other halfs Fuji F30 or her Dad's Fuji F10

It's pretty much standard now. You really are better off with a card reader. If you're only using SD you can get an USB adaptor which is only slightly larger than the SD card.

Or even a a SD card which folds to reveal a USB connector - no adaptor needed.

SImon/~Flibster