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The Digital Camera USB Cable: How Your Camera And Computer Talk
Author: David Faulkner
Article:
Perhaps you've been a photographer for as long as you can
remember, and been messing around in the darkroom almost as long
as that. You know how to turn your photos into the sort of
prints that you friends want gracing their walls. But even you
could not turn your back on the digital camera revolution. You
have always had a bit of a moral dilemma because you know that
your dark room chemicals are not the kinds of substances you
want in the water supply, and you also know that, in spite of
the snob appeal of the I, your digital camera just as
capable and much more fun. And you've learned the magic of
digital camera photograph editing software, which lets you
duplicate all the U you took years to master, in
less than an afternoon.
Or perhaps you have not made the leap from 35mm film to digital,
and think it all sounds just a little too good to be true. But
if someone can persuade you that going digital with your
photography is within your non-PC literate capabilities, you'll
give it a try.
The secret to digital photography magic is that you can alter
your photos in almost any imaginable fashion once you have them
saved on your PC hard drive. Your digital camera will come
equipped with a digital camera USB cable which allows you to do
just that. If it doesn't, you can pick one up for less than $5.
How The USB Cable Works
The digital camera USB cable establishes a communications
channel between your camera and your PC. When you take photos
with your digital camera, instead of being stored on film they
are stored in digital form on a memory card, and eventually the
memory card will be full. If you want to keep taking pictures
you'll have to get the existing photos off the memory card, and
you do it by uploading the photos to you PC.
By putting your photos on your PC you'll also be able to view
them in normal size rather than as the tiny images on your
camera's LCD screen. And once they're on you PC, you can even
print them; your printer will become your surrogate darkroom.
You can also use software to turn your favorite photos into a
continually running slideshow or make your absolutely favorite
photo into wallpaper. But none of it happens without the digital
camera USB cable.
Your camera will have included a CD with photo transferring
software; all you need do is slide it into your D drive and
insert your digital camera USB cable into the USB port at the on your monitor. It should be clearly marked, but if you
can't find it, consult you PC manual. And don't be surprised, if
you have a lot of photos stored on your camera, if you have to
recharge your batteries when the upload is finished.
Alternatives To The Digital Camera USB Cable
The battery depletion issue is one which has earned the
attention of digital camera makers, and they are working on
solutions, including supplying a power cord which will run from
your camera to a wall socket. There is also a memory card
reading device,; it is installed in the digital camera, copies
you photos, and the removed and plugged into your PC's USB port.
The memory reader eliminates the need for a digital camera USB
cable completely, and is almost certain to make it obsolete in
the not-too-distant future.
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