Image transfer

[corpse]

I have a Kodak camera and the Kodak easy share is crap. I was going to use Picasa 2, but it wont recognize the camera. It sees the web cam but not the digital camera.

Are there any other good free programs that you guys have used and can suggest?

[bork[e]]

I've had the same problem you have had for many months. Posted a thread when I first got the camera and my os stopped seeing my camera being plugged in, and was told to grab: (Not the exact one, first one I came across)



Here's the old thread. Maybe you'll find something useful here as well?

Still a bit of a pain imo, I've yet to figure out why xp or my win2003 box just randomly stops seeing it. :/

edit: oh yeah

Kodak easy share is crap.

I can't stand using their software. It's a bit sad when it takes more clicks to transfer a picture using this than it does to set ntfs permissions in vista.

[obsidian]

Can't you just manually copy the photos onto your computer and import them into Picasa? That's what I used to do when I was using Picasa. I think it's the best free photo management software out there.

ACDSee isn't free but it comes highly recommended (haven't personally used it). I've used iPhoto and Aperture for Mac. iPhoto is pretty dummy proof but kind of limiting. Aperture compares pretty closely to Adobe Lightroom. Adobe Lightroom (Win/Mac $300) is my current favorite and I've been using it since beta and it seems to work just slightly better than Aperture and it certainly does trump over Adobe Photoshop Elements, particularly if you're a Photoshop user and don't need it to do any brushed-in touch ups.

But I think that most people don't need to buy a photo management software when Picasa will take care of 80% of the people out there. Just learn how to use it.

[corpse]

Yes I can put them on manually, but whats the point. If I copy them on with easy share and then trnsfer over to Picasa...whats the point of Picasa. I want it easier, not having to take more steps.

[obsidian]

Why would you need easy share? Toss that in the trash.

Can't you just copy and paste all the photos to your hard drive? The point of Picasa isn't to copy your photos over to your hard drive, Windows can do that. The point of Picasa is to organize your photos and tag them with metadata so you can find the exact photo you are looking for 6 months later.

[corpse]

Got a copy of lightroom from a friend but it does not recognize the kodak camera.

Plugged my friends toshiba camera in and lightroom instantly came up and transfered pictures.

What gives with the Kodak camera?

Also tried using the windows scanner and camera wizard, but says it cant find the right data on the kodak disk to install.

[+JuggerNaut+]

what model is that kodak? just head to their site and grab the driver. not the gay kodak full suite, just the driver, if they'll allow it.

[Therac-25]

picasa is great for managing and sharing photos. you want it.

i don't know what the situation is with cheap cameras -- does it show up as a drive letter using the normal usb mass storage device driver? i take it it doesn't have like an SD/XD card or something useful, either, does it?

[obsidian]

Buying a Kodak camera was a mistake in the first place.

[Foo]

You need to get the camera sorted to the point that windows can see and use it.

If you find that's not possible, then you need to be taking the memory stick out of the camera and plugging that directly into the PC.

If neither of these are possible, you're stuck with the Kodak POS software unless you get a different camera.