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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Photos / April 2008Memory issue with camera wizard
I will download pictures to my pc using microsoft camera wizard. I do not erase the pictures afterwards using microsoft camera feature. Instead I put the chip back in my camera and then erase. So then my chip has no pictures on it. However, here is the problem. The next time I go to download pictures form the chip microsoft camera wizard shows pictures that were on the chip before and the new pictures. How can this posssibly be the case? The camera does not show the old pictures on he chip before I do the download, but the download shows the old pictures. Makes no sense to me whatsover. I could let XP erase pictures and see what happens, but there are times I want to download pictures, but have them available for viewing on my camera a little longer before I erase them. > I will download pictures to my pc using microsoft camera wizard. I do not > erase the pictures afterwards using microsoft camera feature. Instead I put [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > want to download pictures, but have them available for viewing on my camera a > little longer before I erase them. You're right--it makes no sense. Either the old pictures are not on the card, but are stored on your computer and are being shown, or, what you are doing to erase the card in your camera is not erasing all of them. Given the funkiness of most camera menus, I'm betting on the latter. Try it again, reading the menu prompts very carefully--they probably didn't make it easy to delete all your photos. This is most easily done on most cameras by *formatting* the card. -michael "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." Yes, the pictures are stored on the computer. But why should that be an issue? I want the pictures on my computer. The way it is working is a pain. I may have 40 new pictures on the chip but the wizard will show 400 pictures. Have uncheck all and then click the 50. The pictures are erased from the chip. If I press the display button, there are no pictures to view on the camera. > > I will download pictures to my pc using microsoft camera wizard. I do not > > erase the pictures afterwards using microsoft camera feature. Instead I put [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > "The wastebasket is our most important design > tool--and it's seriously underused." > Yes, the pictures are stored on the computer. But why should that be an > issue? I want the pictures on my computer. The way it is working is a pain. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The pictures are erased from the chip. If I press the display button, there > are no pictures to view on the camera. Then that is apparently the way the wizard works. Generally, each batch of photos is downloaded into a different subdirectory, which is a good first step toward organizing them. You might try that as a way of keeping the "new" separate from the "old". >>>I will download pictures to my pc using microsoft camera wizard. I do not >>>erase the pictures afterwards using microsoft camera feature. Instead I put [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>didn't make it easy to delete all your photos. This is most easily >>done on most cameras by *formatting* the card. -michael "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." If before I take any new pictures I erase all existing pictures using the 'erase all pictures' of the camera and then I click display and there are no pictures, then when I go to download the pictures in ANY folder, the wizard still shows 'old' and 'new' pictures. Ho can there be 'old' pictures since the camera does not show any 'old' pictures on it. When in the past I used the fuji software I never had this issue. So, I guess I need to reload the fuji software. i will also look into the format feature and then do that instead of putting more software on my computer. What I don't understand is if the camera itself does not see old pictures, why the wizard does. Oh well. > > Yes, the pictures are stored on the computer. But why should that be an > > issue? I want the pictures on my computer. The way it is working is a pain. I [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > "The wastebasket is our most important design > tool--and it's seriously underused." > If before I take any new pictures I erase all existing pictures using the > 'erase all pictures' of the camera and then I click display and there are no [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What I don't understand is if the camera itself does not see old pictures, > why the wizard does. Oh well. Apparently, the "wizard" is showing you every photo you have ever downloaded! Weird, and not very useful. I never use wizards or software included with cameras. I find that the assumptions made by their authors are seldom aligned with my own. I just open the card (in a reader) either by clicking on it or directly in Windows (File) Explorer, open the DCIM subdirectory containing the photo files, and then drag and drop the files to a new subdirectory on my hard disk. No wizards, no worries. ;-) >>>Yes, the pictures are stored on the computer. But why should that be an >>>issue? I want the pictures on my computer. The way it is working is a pain. I [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>>>didn't make it easy to delete all your photos. This is most easily >>>>done on most cameras by *formatting* the card. -michael NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." Not a good idea to use your computer to erase the files on your card. You may want to check your menu selection in your camera about erasing files, you may have selected to protect them. As previously mentioned to you, the best way to erase everything is to "Format" the card using your camera. Look in your camera manual for "Format" to find this item and how to do it. This will erase everything and make the card ready for new picture taking. >I will download pictures to my pc using microsoft camera wizard. I do not > erase the pictures afterwards using microsoft camera feature. Instead I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > camera a > little longer before I erase them. |
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