Hi Paul,

I am afraid not, sorry.

Yes, it does.

I am unaware of any programs that offer flexible tagging at import, but I am
sure there might be some folks on this group that do.

I realize this is an old thread.  Have just been searching for how to voice
my 2 cents on my frustration with this.

I like the XP import wizard much better because I often have new several
events on my camera before I load them on the computer.  Dave, I understand
your method, but find it much more cumbersome than just selecting a few pix
at a time in XP.

My own solution is to use my laptop with XP and send them to my networked
(Vista) desktop.  BTW -  I love the ease of the networking in Vista!

Dave,

I understand your workflow, but it sounds very cumbersome to me. I should
probably consider using tags, but I've always used the directory structure
and filename to describe my photos. For instance, let's say I just got back
from a vacation in Germany where I visited Dusseldorf on the 3rd and Berlin
on the 4th and 5th. I would probably have the photos from both cities on one
card. Here's the way I would have imported those photos in XP:

1) I would have created a new folder under my existing Pictures/Vacations
folder called "Germany May 2007".
2) From the wizard I would have selected the photos of Dusseldorf, created a
new folder named "Dusseldorf" and imported the selected photos into that
folder using "Dusseldorf 05032007" as the base, deleting the imported photos
only.
3) After completing the wizard, I would right-click the drive icon for my
card and choose "Autoplay".
4) I'd do the same thing for the Berlin photos taken on the 4th, naming the
photos "Berlin 05042007".
5) I'd run the wizard one more time, selecting the Berlin photos from the
5th, naming them "Berlin 05052007".

It's a very simple process that organizes the photos in a logical way and
gives me a lot of information...even when looking at them in My Computer. The
new Vista methodology seems to me that it would be a lot more tedious and
time consuming.

Bob

Hi Dave,

I have a similar problem to someone above.  The first time I hooked up my
camera through USB, and I selected the import photos options with the camera
icon, I was given some choices as to where I would like the photos sent to,
the location of the folder, name of folder, and the tag attached to each
photo.

My problem now is that as soon as I click the import photos option in the
autoplay menu, I am not given those options anymore.  Where can I still
access these options prior to going into the gallery, and how do I set Vista
to ask me each time what options (tag / folder/ etc.) I want?

Hi Dave,
I am disappointed that Vista does not allow selection of individual pictures
to import as XP did. This is not a good feature, it is a serious limitation
and an unnecessary change from what was a good system on XP. Even bringing up
a window from my camera and a window from Pictures Vista does not allow me to
drag and drop a selection of pictures from the camera to Pictures. You must
change this soon and issue an update patch. It seems as if the Vista
programmers were not on speaking terms with the XP programmers! I hope you
can improve the import pictures soon to allow for more flexible importing of
pictures.