It's probably used for transferring more data then the older cameras did. I always used a card reader anyway, because transferring directly from cam to computer always seemed to suck the batteries dry faster than anything else.
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I am ridiculously annoyed by those extra 4 drives as well, so I > keep mine unplugged until it's needed. I'm also annoyed at Win2k so I > haven't run it in years. Great in it's time, but no need for it now. > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Fred Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > A five-year-old digital camera, connected to a USB port on a Win2k > Machine, just automatically comes up as an additional [hard/flash] drive, > and the picture [.jpg] files can be copied using Windows drag and drop or > copy/paste procedures, etc. No user-initiated driver installation of any > sort is necessary. Whatever driver is needed comes with the OS and is > installed automatically. > > > > Not so with any of three digital cameras purchased this year. Drivers > that work under Win2K aren't even available. To get the pictures from the > camera using the USB port on the camera, it must be connected to a WinXP > machine, it seems. Why are the camera manufacturers making it so hard? Is > this part of DRM? > > > > I can still get the pictures transferred from the camera to a Win2K > machine by removing the camera's "memory" card and putting it into a card > reader that is attached by USB to the Win2K machine, so the camera > manufacturers are merely inconveniencing me a bit, not really preventing me > from doing it. The inconvenience is that the card reader is not connected > "permanently" to the Win2K machine, so I have to fish it out of a drawer > full of "stuff" when I want to use it. Also, the card reader comes up as > four different drives, for the four different slots for different typed of > cards on the card reader, and the extra drives shown but not being used in > MY Computer are sort of nuisance/distraction. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
