Thread: Help on Digital Camera

Originally Posted by Jacko2838

I wish I had noticed this thread before I bought my new digital camera and my new mobile phone. I have an iMac (Macintosh computer, with 10.5. and I also have a mobile phone Samsung model SGH-A561 and my digital camera is a HP Photosmart model M307. I expected when I got them that I would be able to download photos taken on the mobile and the camera on to my computer, as I had always done with my previous macintosh computer. The Samsung people told me that have no software for the iMac to download photos from my phone, and I have asked HP about software for the iMac to download photos from my camera. So far no joy from anybody, so I just click away sometimes, and hope that one day I will find out how to download from both to my computer.

Is there anybody out there who can help me = I dont really want to buy a new camera or phone, and as I said, wish I had seen this thread first before I spent money

Can't you just buy a card-reader?

faster and doesn't use the camera's battery....

Originally Posted by Jacko2838

I wish I had noticed this thread before I bought my new digital camera and my new mobile phone. I have an iMac (Macintosh computer, with 10.5. and I also have a mobile phone Samsung model SGH-A561 and my digital camera is a HP Photosmart model M307. I expected when I got them that I would be able to download photos taken on the mobile and the camera on to my computer, as I had always done with my previous macintosh computer. The Samsung people told me that have no software for the iMac to download photos from my phone, and I have asked HP about software for the iMac to download photos from my camera. So far no joy from anybody, so I just click away sometimes, and hope that one day I will find out how to download from both to my computer.

Is there anybody out there who can help me = I dont really want to buy a new camera or phone, and as I said, wish I had seen this thread first before I spent money

You should be able to use iPhoto to import straight to your iMac from the HP - when you connect the cam to the iMac do you get any messages at all? The phone has bluetooth - you can bluetooth your photos from the phone to your iMac (as long as your iMac model has bluetooth of course!(most have)).


It's difficult to buy a poor compact cam now, competition if fierce. As a semi-pro photographer I tend to recommend and have used used Fuji compacts (there are pink ones - or rather 'hot-pink').

http://fujifilm.co.uk/consumer/digit.../finepix-z20fd

http://www.dpreview.com is probably the 'best' review site.

Originally Posted by peem

I bought a Sony Cybershot a couple of years ago. Light and compact and very easy to set up and use. There are quite a few in the range and some good offers on at the moment, the H series is the type I have and they do pink - see link below.
Like most cameras you are supplied a disc/usb cable to upload your pics to the pc or laptop - easy peasy even for numpties/females.

http://www.sony.co.uk/selector/dph-d...s---cyber-shot

Sony insist on only supporting Memory Stick though - not regular SD/SDHC cards. so where I can happily use my SD cards in both my DSLR and my compact, I'd have had to buy more memory cards if I'd bought Sony. so no thanks.

oh, and do you know some of the Lumix range share exactly the same internals as the equivalent Leica models? the only difference is the casing and the firmware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumix#L...odel_crossover

Originally Posted by maguire

Originally Posted by peem

I bought a Sony Cybershot a couple of years ago. Light and compact and very easy to set up and use. There are quite a few in the range and some good offers on at the moment, the H series is the type I have and they do pink - see link below.
Like most cameras you are supplied a disc/usb cable to upload your pics to the pc or laptop - easy peasy even for numpties/females.

http://www.sony.co.uk/selector/dph-d...s---cyber-shot

Sony insist on only supporting Memory Stick though - not regular SD/SDHC cards. so where I can happily use my SD cards in both my DSLR and my compact, I'd have had to buy more memory cards if I'd bought Sony. so no thanks.

oh, and do you know some of the Lumix range share exactly the same internals as the equivalent Leica models? the only difference is the casing and the firmware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumix#L...odel_crossover

Fuji and Cannon are bed partners, as are Kodak and Nikon, there is a crossover on most models.
Almost all sub-contract out the nailing together to China.
Bit like 90% of plasma TV's come out of LG's factory in Korea.

Originally Posted by leveller

Originally Posted by maguire

Originally Posted by peem

I bought a Sony Cybershot a couple of years ago. Light and compact and very easy to set up and use. There are quite a few in the range and some good offers on at the moment, the H series is the type I have and they do pink - see link below.
Like most cameras you are supplied a disc/usb cable to upload your pics to the pc or laptop - easy peasy even for numpties/females.

http://www.sony.co.uk/selector/dph-d...s---cyber-shot

Sony insist on only supporting Memory Stick though - not regular SD/SDHC cards. so where I can happily use my SD cards in both my DSLR and my compact, I'd have had to buy more memory cards if I'd bought Sony. so no thanks.

oh, and do you know some of the Lumix range share exactly the same internals as the equivalent Leica models? the only difference is the casing and the firmware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumix#L...odel_crossover

Fuji and Cannon are bed partners, as are Kodak and Nikon, there is a crossover on most models.
Almost all sub-contract out the nailing together to China.
Bit like 90% of plasma TV's come out of LG's factory in Korea.

yess...but as someone said, if they won the lotto they'd get a Leica. I thought this was worth pointing out to those people who'd like a Leica but dont have that kind of money.