Hi Rosalind
Firstly, yes you can use a stick for photo storage. But, the storage capacity on them is used up rather quickly with photos. It might be useful to you if you get yourself an external hard drive. These are effectively the same as sticks, but have a FAR bigger capacity, which means that you can store your photos on there without worrying about it getting full, and without taking up space on your computer's hard drive.
A digital photograph in jpeg format sufficient to create a photo-quality* print of about 20x30cm requires about 2Mb of memory. If the image is only ever going to be displayed on a computer or television screen then a 200Kb (0.2Mb) jpg file is sufficient.
So on an 8GB (which is 8000 Mb) stick you could get 4000 print quality images or 40,000 screen quality images.
You should make backup copies of your photos on another stick or CD and perhaps additional copies online too, so if disaster strikes you will always have copies of irreplaceable images.
(* indistinguishable from a photograph taken using a film camera).
BTW Rosalind your local library may run a "digital photography for beginners" course where you can learn how to archive and manipulate your digital photos.
What Gigabyte size do you recommend, RD would be best for my purposes??
You should have a USB cable with your camera. plug it into the Pc and then the camera and turn the camera on. You may be prompted to load drivers but dont normally have to.Micky Thanks, I have the USB cable for the camera already plugged into the back of the PC's tower and I use it a lot. I've also got an USB Hub for extra USB thing like memory sticks.
A box may now come up asking if you want to transfer the images,if it does say yes and direct it to where you want to save them.
If it doesn't ask, go into my computer where your drives are and your camera should be there as a removable drive like it does with your memory stick/ Find the photos and copy or move them
Most memory stick can hold hundreds
RD thanks and yes I do have the USB camera's cable plugged into the back of my computer's tower as it's been since I bought the camera about 2 years ago.What Gigabyte size do you recommend, RD would be best for my purposes??
Personally I find the 4Gb sticks more convenient: a DVD can hold 4.7Gb so I can copy a full 4Gb stick on one DVD.
With a full 8Gb stick I’d have to store the contents on two DVDs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#DVD_as_an_archival_medium
If you don’t have a cable to connect your camera to your computer it may be possible to remove the memory card/stick from the camera and plug in to your computer: this may require a device called a card reader (http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-2730.aspx).
Note memory cards for computers and cameras are not always interchangeable: a computer (USB) memory stick cannot be installed in your Sony camera.
It would worry me that I would lose the sticks, since they are a little small. This is why I like my external hard drive (http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=4001&CatID=400) which is book sized and stores 500 Gb. This space you can get for the same price as 4 sticks, and so is a much cheaper way of gaining storage.
It would worry me that I would lose the sticks, since they are a little small. This is why I like my external hard drive (http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=4001&CatID=400) which is book sized and stores 500 Gb. This space you can get for the same price as 4 sticks, and so is a much cheaper way of gaining storage.
Thanks again RD
dentstudent sorry for my mistake,. I was in a rush to go out.It would worry me that I would lose the sticks, since they are a little small. This is why I like my external hard drive (http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=4001&CatID=400) which is book sized and stores 500 Gb. This space you can get for the same price as 4 sticks, and so is a much cheaper way of gaining storage.
Thanks again RD
RD? Indeed! (Sulks)
An external hard drive works in exactly the same way as the sticks. There is a USB connector and usually a separate power connection. That's all! Just plug it in, and there is all that extra space, which you can then unplug and take with you if needed.
My concern with hard drives is they are fragile mechanisms.
Flash memory (in memory sticks) is far more robust: they use it in those "black box" thingys which survive aircraft crashes.
So for irreplaceable things like photos I would use memory sticks with backup copies burned to DVDs and further copies online.
Even if not accidentally dropped, the external hard drive will probably fail in under a decade.
DVDs allegedly retain data for 30 years.
1024 Megabytes = 1 GigabyteThanks and the pixels size of the digital photos are 3072 x 2304 pixels that is before I've resized them but the mobile phone's camera is 600 x 480 pixels.
Thats 1024 1 Megabyte pics, on a 1 gigabyte stick.
Okay most pics on your average digital camera are between 1.5 and 2 megabytes,so on a 4 gigabyte memory stick thats 2 thousand shots minimum. Enough space for most people
What's the difference between a memory stick and a memory card like the one I have in the camera?
After this Bank Holiday weekend's over I'll ask in the library as it's always closed on Fridays. No I don't know why.QuoteThe only practical difference is that USB memory stick will not fit in your Sony camera, but the memory card in your Sony camera can be connected to a USB port on a computer via an adapter called a card reader. If you have a cable to connect your camera to you computer then you don't need a card reader.RD, as I have already mentioned that I do not own (yet) a memory card reader. But if necessary
I will buy one. Also when I've taken some photos then I usually upload them to the PC by plugging in it's USB cable, turning it on then the box appears and follow the instructions.
Yes I've got a memory card for 80 photos but then this is my first ever digital camera.QuoteOnce your camera's memory card is nearly full, connect it to the computer and copy the photos onto your computer and/or a USB memory stick attached to your computer. Having copied the photos onto the computer (and onto a USB memory stick) then you can delete the photos on the camera's memory card giving you space to take more photos.Yes I know that when the camera's memory card is nearly full then I upload the photos and delete them afterwards to give the memory card more space as the camera shows me with it's icons. I would attach a memory stick to the USB hub that has the USB computer mouse and Printer's USB plugs in them. I am confused
Like I said attending beginners course at your local library or camera club where someone can show you how to do this would be the most reliable way of enabling you to confidently archive your digital photos and avoid losing irreplaceable pictures.
After this Bank Holiday weekend's over I'll ask in the library as it's always closed on Fridays. No I don't know why.
Home inkjet prints will tend to fade, especially if left in the light, they may also blur if the humidity rises and the paper will yellow over years.
Using a USB stick to take your photos to the high-street photo lab is a perfectly sound idea. If you ask for 50 or more (6x4" or 7x5") prints in one go, they should do them for about 10p each - which is cheaper than you could print them at home for, and they should be better prints as well as more durable.
As to the other questions, I'll write more another time. Some of my opinion is probably just my paranoia about loosing stuff - but I doubt my experiences (with hard-disks failing, USB devices glitching, CD-writes glitching etc) are that unusual.
... If you ask for 50 or more (6x4" or 7x5") prints in one go, they should do them for about 10p each - which is cheaper than you could print them at home for, and they should be better prints as well as more durable.
The only high-street photo lab or booth went when the local Woolworths closed down last December but there are 3 high street photographic stores.... If you ask for 50 or more (6x4" or 7x5") prints in one go, they should do them for about 10p each - which is cheaper than you could print them at home for, and they should be better prints as well as more durable.
10p, I wish, this 2004 article quotes 50p a time ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/06/print_booth_letters/
The while-you-wait booths are usually more expensive, still 20-40p/print (and do lower-grade prints using a thermal printing system (dye transfer)?).
I'd recommend Jessops (stores or on-line), or photobox.co.uk (online) but others are available. Unfortunately Jessops (and many other stores) are not uniformly good - it depends to some extent on the operator and machine-maintenance too. That said, you're more likely to get better results from a photographic shop than from your local giant supermarket. You'll probably have to allow 1-hour, or even 24-hours in-store for the best price - but 10-15p/print is the norm under those conditions for 50+ prints.
These will be produced on photographic paper - very much the same material as traditional prints except that the machine exposes the paper using a scanning laser beam rather than projecting light through the film negative.
What's the difference between a memory stick and a memory card like the one I have in the camera?
The only practical difference is that USB memory stick will not fit in your Sony camera, but the memory card in your Sony camera can be connected to a USB port on a computer via an adapter called a card reader. If you have a cable to connect your camera to you computer then you don't need a card reader.
Once your camera's memory card (http://www.sourcingmap.com/memory-cards-c-986_1806.html) is nearly full, connect it to the computer and copy the photos onto your computer and/or a USB memory stick attached to your computer. Having copied the photos onto the computer (and onto a USB memory stick) then you can delete the photos on the camera's memory card giving you space to take more photos.
Like I said attending beginners course at your local library or camera club where someone can show you how to do this would be the most reliable way of enabling you to confidently archive your digital photos and avoid losing irreplaceable pictures.
Hi, all. Does anyone can solve my problem. The card was in my digital camera (Kodak C340) fordays without use, and when I went to take pictures one day, the camera couldn't read the card. I never had any trouble with it before. It just stopped reading it out of the blue.After this Bank Holiday weekend's over I'll ask in the library as it's always closed on Fridays. No I don't know why.QuoteThe only practical difference is that USB memory stick will not fit in your Sony camera, but the memory card in your Sony camera can be connected to a USB port on a computer via an adapter called a card reader. If you have a cable to connect your camera to you computer then you don't need a card reader.RD, as I have already mentioned that I do not own (yet) a memory card reader. But if necessary
I will buy one. Also when I've taken some photos then I usually upload them to the PC by plugging in it's USB cable, turning it on then the box appears and follow the instructions.
Yes I've got a memory card for 80 photos but then this is my first ever digital camera.QuoteOnce your camera's memory card is nearly full, connect it to the computer and copy the photos onto your computer and/or a USB memory stick attached to your computer. Having copied the photos onto the computer (and onto a USB memory stick) then you can delete the photos on the camera's memory card giving you space to take more photos.Yes I know that when the camera's memory card is nearly full then I upload the photos and delete them afterwards to give the memory card more space as the camera shows me with it's icons. I would attach a memory stick to the USB hub that has the USB computer mouse and Printer's USB plugs in them. I am confused
Like I said attending beginners course at your local library or camera club where someone can show you how to do this would be the most reliable way of enabling you to confidently archive your digital photos and avoid losing irreplaceable pictures.
Agreed I do not want to lose the irreplaceable pictures or photos even other data.
Hi, all. Does anyone can solve my problem. The card was in my digital camera (Kodak C340) fordays without use, and when I went to take pictures one day, the camera couldn't read the card. I never had any trouble with it before. It just stopped reading it out of the blue.
I took the card out of my camera, and inserted it into the SD slot on my laptop computer (Toshiba Satellite L500). Usually, I can find the card in My Computer, and access its contents. Now, however, it's like my computer doesn't recognize the card, either.
There are a lot of important documents and other meaningful files on this card, so I would really appreciate any help.
Thanks!
10p, I wish, this 2004 article quotes 50p a time ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/06/print_booth_letters/Rosalind and RD
techmind I had thought of Jessops but there is not one their stores close to me.
These are the nearest relevant sites that I found for the 2 local photographic stores.
I don't have a large supermarket that has photographic services. Unfortunately.
But would the machine's scanning laser beam damage/spoil my photos??
Other than the former projecting lights with negatives as you'd mentioned. Thanks
http://www.snappysnaps.co.uk/ http://www.foto-plus.co.uk/index.htm