When the kids were young my wife worked 2 evenings a week. I would get the dishes out and we would make pictograms. Kids would collect coins buttons combs etc. they would also do hand prints. Dip your hands in the fix and then on the paper expose the paper and develop. When my wife came home the kids would run to greet her and show what they had made. The house smelt of fix and so did the kids. My wife hates the smell of fix. Fun days

I have a canon xti. When I got it originally I would delete some raw images in camera. I would then download using the canon software. I then batch processed to covert to jpg. In camera I had images numbered 1,2,3,4,5. If I deleted 1 and 3. I then batch processed. The images are then numbered 1,2,3. If I wanted the original raw it had a different numbered from the jpg. Do not know how other systems work but with canon you can select any number you want for the first image to convert and it numbers sequentially from there.

I posted this a couple of weeks ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46875947

Mostly tongue in cheek.
I will try that.
Another thought. All of my other cameras have a sensor that has been supported for over 100 years and still are.

To the copy problem. File explorer shows me the camera and I can copy to the laptop. The problem with that Is that it copies to one folder. The eos utility puts them in date folders.
Also my comment about a utility. It should copy regardless of the file type.
So you are saying if I go out and buy a new mirror less I will probably need another version of dpp.
If I live long enough my laptop will fill out the hard disk with versions of dpp and will need another drive to store my pics.
Thanks for the comments.
You are saying if I give up Canon and move to Nikon or whatever I will post the same comments about camera types and software versions in 10 years time

I have a canon xti(10 years old) and a canon 70D(2 years old)
they produce CR2 files.
if I plug the xti into the EOS utility it tells me it is the xti but will not copy to the computer.
i have version 4.3.0.0 of digital photo professional. It will not allow me to edit any raw image or jpg taken with the xti.
i have version 3.14.47.0 of digital version professional so that I can edit raw and jpg from the xti.
I can also edit raw and jpg from the 70D in this version.

I contacted Canon and they tell me that although the raw files are CR2 they are all different depending on camera.
Even although the utility knows it is the xti it is not set up to move older CR2 like the xti.

it is a copy utility. it should be able to move any type of file anywhere. IBM had a copy utility on the first mainframes made and it would copy anything. i would not be surprised if IBM said that the software has not changed in 60 years.
if I was using a utility vehicle would i need a different one for wood, rock, chickens or ducks.
Why does canon need a different version of a utility for every camera they make.
Is this just a Canon problem or do other camera makers do the same thing?

For fries the recipe book that comes with the fries. Dry the fries with a paper towel. Put a spoonful of oil in a bowl and toss the fries in it. So you use a bit of oil that helps the flavor. Also if they are home made and thicker (steak fries) they take a significant longer time to cook

I use Picassa. If I move to any of the suggested software will my catalogued folders move or do I have to start again?

As the geico camel says. What day is it?

Spray and pray. Surely you need to think before pressing the shutter. If you are whale watching or birds in flight or anything moving quickly the answer is yes. If it is a sloth or a bird in a tree or a cat sleeping single shot would be the better plan. Just because you can shoot at 10fps does not mean you have to.

Scan them and clean up in post processing

St. Andrews is in Scotland. It is easy to tell. The people are nicer and the beer is better

You forgot about Guadalupe but then so does everyone else. Ahwatouke but no one knows the spelling

You forgot about Guadalupe but then so does everyone else. Ahwatouke but no one knows the spelling

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46875947

Guy took a picture of a driverless car on display in Las Vegas. Ruined the camera sensor