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[David Arnstein]

I just obtained a Canon SD30 camera and I am learning how to use it. I
have already installed all the PC software that accompanied the
camera. I don't like it.

The other digital cameras that I have used all had the property that
when I connected them to my PC, the PC "saw" the camera as a USB "mass
storage device." In other words, a disk drive. I prefer this
behavior. I can use whatever software I want to manipulate photos
inside the camera (on its SD memory card). I can use Windows explorer,
command line tools like "CP" and "DEL," and my preferred photo
software such as Thumbs Plus and Photoshop Elements.

This is what I would like to do with the SD30. But I can't figure out
how to do it. When I do the connection camera->cradle->PC, my PC
"sees" the camera as a "camera", not as a "mass storage device." I
cannot view, copy or delete images in the camera without launching
Canon's crappy software.

Any suggestions?
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David Arnstein |
arnstein+usenet@pobox.com |

[U-Know-Who]

Go into the camera menus and try looking at the USB settings. My DSC H1 came
out of the box set as a webcam. It also would not connect properly, but gave
me a USB error as I had not installed the garbage software that came with
it.


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[Jim]

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[Guest]

Another option is to buy a card reader suitable for your PC and camera
and bypass the camera completely. Eliminates a lot of headaches.

[Mark B.]

Use a card reader as others have suggested. Leave it permanently attached
to the PC, and no worries about the camera batteries going out in the middle
of an operation.

Mark