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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

principalgrandpa wrote:

Thank you to all who responded. I appreciate your help. Best wishes--

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gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Digital cameras are computer accessories. This means that you need to be well versed in how your computer works in order to get the most out of your digital camera. If computers aren’t your thing, then you will struggle with digital photography.

NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC

xt2 wrote:

Although this has been discussed many times in the past, here is a link that might assist you in your search for a great card reader: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/buying-guides/the-best-memory-card-readers

I personally have used many over the years with multiple computers and am most pleased with the “Pro Grade” products. They are fast, efficient, magnetized to attach to your monitor and built like a tank. Cheers!

Don't mean to second guess you, but are you sure about them being magnetized? Magnets are very bad for flash memory which SD cards are a type of. I looked at the link you supplied and did not see anything about them having magnets for attaching to monitors.

Manny Jay Loc: Colorado

See if there is an SD slot on the left side of your computer.
Plug in the SD card and the computer will download your photos.

principalgrandpa

Thank you.

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

Manny Jay wrote:

See if there is an SD slot on the left side of your computer.
Plug in the SD card and the computer will download your photos.

Perhaps if they are using a laptop there might be, but I rather doubt you will find a SD slot on the side of a normal desktop computer.

Manny Jay Loc: Colorado

dwmoar

You are kidding, aren't you? Newer desktops have slot for SD Card!!!!

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

Manny Jay wrote:

dwmoar

You are kidding, aren't you? Newer desktops have slot for SD Card!!!!

...really depends on what you define as "normal." I bought a new desktop last winter and it's bare bones other than the guts (which are powerful). So, no stock reader there and I bought from a brick and morter.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I have two different card readers. The second became a necessity when I purchased a camera that uses a Sony QXD card. Its form factor necessitated the purchase of the second reader. Each of those plugs into USB ports on back of the computer. The software I use to transfer the files is free from Nikon (ViewNX 2). It allows you to choose the location to which the files are to be transferred and allow the renaming of the files at the time they are transferred. It's the easiest and quickest way for me to transfer the files. I don't have to worry about where to park my camera during the transfer, use the camera's battery power, etc. After I have assured myself that the files have been transferred, saved, backed up, etc. I can replace the card in the camera and format it. I think it's the only way to go.

Oh, and don't worry about the software being Nikon software. It's non-denominational. It works for any camera. It may not display the images, but then again, I'm only interested in transferring and renaming the files.
--Bob

principalgrandpa wrote:

I'm looking for an easy way to download photos from my camera's SD card to my computer so that I can edit them, put them in albums, etc. I've tried Google Photos, but it hasn't worked (or I haven't done it correctly) reliably. Your recommendations are greatly appreciated.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

Ioannis wrote:

I have been using digital cameras for the past 25 years and I will never take the memory card out of my cameras, I have been using the usb cable attached to my computer permanently and the only next step is to connect it to the camera when I need to upload photos. I know there are many that disagree with me in the past but I don’t want to damage the card by taking in and out the camera. Every one has a way to do that process at their own.

I use a USB cable too. I also use software that came with my EOS 80D and only works with Canon EOS cameras, "EOS Utility". You can have it launch any post processing (photo editing) software.

My other cameras also came with similar software. If you don't have it, try going to the manufacturer's website and see if you can download the appropriate software for your camera.

dearroz

I recommend using a USB card reader as it is faster than trying to transfer files from the camera to the computer via a USB cable. Side note, Linux is faster at it than Windows.
Make sure that the USB card reader will support the higher capacity cards. Easy solution is to by one that supports USB 3.

drrobins Loc: San Francisco East Bay (Walnut Creek)

NCMtnMan wrote:

Don't mean to second guess you, but are you sure about them being magnetized? Magnets are very bad for flash memory which SD cards are a type of. I looked at the link you supplied and did not see anything about them having magnets for attaching to monitors.

SD And other camera memory cards are non-magnetic, therefore immune to magnetic fields.

Dave MWC

Adobe Bridge, FREE

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

Ioannis wrote:

I have been using digital cameras for the past 25 years and I will never take the memory card out of my cameras, I have been using the usb cable attached to my computer permanently and the only next step is to connect it to the camera when I need to upload photos. I know there are many that disagree with me in the past but I don’t want to damage the card by taking in and out the camera. Every one has a way to do that process at their own.

Bingo. I feel there is no reason to remove the card from my camera. I use a D500 and before that a D7100 and D7200. Never had a problem or reason to remove the cards. I have a 128gb high speed sad and a 128gb high speed ultra pro card in the other slot. Why remove?

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

Manny Jay wrote:

dwmoar

You are kidding, aren't you? Newer desktops have slot for SD Card!!!!

Really, go back and try reading what I posted. I said there was no sd slot on the left side of a desktop. There may well be one on laptops like my MacBook Air has, but not on the side of a normal desktop machine.