So I am not the only victim of a poorly written instruction manual AND an uneducated tech support dept. Glad to see you got around it and that CHG_CANON was able to help. Posting your problem here will often get you usefull help as well as plenty of cheap shots and wise guys. Pardon my late reply,,, I am backlogged in my reading.

I have a hard time digesting this thought of yours. Are you saying a picture taken right out of the camera, without post processing via photolab or some other technique, is unworthy in and of itself?

Don't do ANY post processing. No flash, no tripod (almost never). My purpose is not to synthesize in pursuit of some artificial perfection, but rather to achieve the essence of verite.

I was interested in discussing photography scams. I certainly do not want to talk about politics and I certainly did not intend to make a racial comment. If you took offense I am sorry.

I have no idea what my TV resolution is, but it looks better than my camera LCD or computer monitor.

Why go thru the trouble of buying USB drives? Just leave the cable in the TV and connect it to the camera whenever you like. If you already have the drives, and utilize them in this way, then I can understand your doing it like that. I don't have any USB drives, or care to.

You are correct in that I should have kept it all in one post. It added confusion.

I think I hurt your feelings when I rejected the use of USB thumb drives. Do you own stock in them ??

For the sake of clarity.... we are dealing with 3 items only. 1. your computer with all of your images on it. 2. Your camera with its SD card, and a feature that allows it to read the SD card and use it like a slide projector, displaying the images for the seconds you have specified and then moving to the next. 3. Your TV, which needs an HDMI connection. Presumably your TV is larger than your computer monitor. Nothing mysterious or too complex, it works just fine.

For the sake of clarity, this is my proposal...... (it assumes you have your images in folder(s) on your computer).... 1. Put an empty SD card in computer's card reader slot. 2. On your computer..... add images to new folder(s) you have created according to theme, subject or whatever you like. 3. On your computer...... rename these new folders according to Canon's requirements (101ABCDE 102HIJKL, where letters represent something relevant to you. I used NEWOR for New Orleans, GETTY for Gettysburg etc.) 4. Move or Copy entire folder to Canon's camera folders section. Use Copy/Paste or Drag & Drop. 5. Take SD out of computer and put in your Canon camera. 6. Connect camera to TV using HDMI cable. 7. Turn on camera (TV will automatically switch to HDMI input) 8. Go to camera menu and select folder and slide show features. That is all there is too it. A lot of confusion was created at first because I didn't have all of my camera images named the way Canon originally named them. IMG_1234.jpg (or .CR if raw). I have had a lot of criticism of this method, but NONE of it gave a logical, dispassionate reason why if was such a "bad idea".

Not for use in a projector but in the camera I took the pictures in, using Canon's "Select folder" and "Slide show" features. Hooked up to a TV with an HDMI connection. Very easy, if you already have pictures on your computer and named according to Canon's requirements. There are other ways. You decide what is right for you.

It is tedious if you have already renamed them once, altering Canon's naming of each image. However if you left those intact, the only renaming necessary is that of the folders.

She is not being sarcastic. Unlike you, she knows a joke when she hears one. And unlike you, she doesn't feel the need to diminish ideas she doesn't agree with.

Heck with the Nobel Prize. I don't need the money anyway, and I might not like the company of some of the winners.

Well you are right with the times Brother. Any time you disagree with someone, call them a racist !!