Downloading Photos from computer to camera

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How can you transfer photos from the computer to the camera? I've tried
copying using Explore, and while Explore indicates the files are indeed in
the camera's directory, the shots are not viewable on the camera.

Thanks,

Cydnee
 
You can transfer photos from your hard drive back to the memory card in your
camera as you did.
However, your camera cannot read a photo file if you edited the file with
software (any kind of editing, like just changing the contrast) or if you
changed the file name. Many change the file names using the XP wizard or
other software when downloading files from camera to computer. This alone
will prevent the camera from reading the files. The files will be on your
camera memory card, but the camera cannot read them.
Your camera can read only "original" files as taken by it. No editing in
your computer and no file name change.
 
Yves

Does this apply to the Internal Memory Card only?

I have a Kodak DX6440 and if I download edited pictures to the External Memory
Card on the camera there is no issue with reading/viewing these on camera LCD.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP
 
This has been my experience with several cameras.
Kodak may do things differently.
I just tried again with a Konica Minolta A1.
Copied an original picture from my hard drive taken with this camera, to my
CF card in the camera.
PICT0127.jpg
No problem displaying it on the LCD of the camera.
Rename the file in my computer to:
A_PICT0127.jpg
and copied it to the card in the camera.
Camera will not display this, but I can open it if I read the card with my
computer. So, obviously it is on the card.
Took original picture again, open in Photoshop Elements 3. All I did to this
picture was Autolevel and save with the original name.
Camera will open this file, but all I see on the LCD is a small grey square
in the middle of the LCD with some color at the top of this grey square
(actual color, objects, of the photo, at least as far as I can make it
because it is so small). Again, no problem opening this file with my
computer from the camera card.

I am very surprised that your camera can display edited photos. The manual
of my Sony S 70 said "minor editing may be fine". But I don't quite know
what "minor editing" is. The A1 manual says "Changing the file names or
adding other types of data to the card with a computer may cause the camera
to malfunction". Other manuals are silent on this issue.
It may be that your editing was done with the Kodak software supplied with
this camera and the software takes care of both the editing and file name
change and the new file is indeed readable by your camera.
Have you tried just renaming the file to something other than the 8
characters name that your camera uses, using XP to do this, not your Kodak
software. I certainly would be interested to know if this works. For all I
know about the cameras jpg naming this should fail.

As far as the original poster is concerned, he is just like me. He can copy
back files but his camera cannot display them and I suspect changing the
name or editing is the culprit.

Have not worked with cameras with internal memory cards. Only Memory Stick,
SD, CF and Microdrive.
 
Yves

Kodak DX6440 comes default with what they term a non-removable internal card
of 16MB.

What Kodak refers to as an "External" card is any removable SD card you wish
to insert in addition to that.

I use three different sizes of SD cards from 64MB to 256MB card.

If I remove that card, I can take a limited number of pictures on the internal
card.

Move(not copy) those pictures to Hard Drive, re-size, edit, rename then move
back onto the internal card.

We're not talking "minor" editing.

Can preview with no problem.

Same scenario if I re-insert one of the External SD cards and take/store
pictures on that.

All moving, editing etc. is done without using the Kodak software(I hate it!)
so its not Kodak's software making the difference.

Re-sizing, editing, re-naming done with IrfanView or DIP 10 or through Windows
Explorer.

Mayhaps Kodak is onto something here. I'm not going to ask for my money back,
that's for sure<g>


Gord
 
Well, this is news to me.
Kodak must be doing something quite different than any other camera I have
worked with (Sony, Olympus and Konica Minolta).
I believe you, but I can't believe it!
I can't see that "move" instead of "copy" is going to make any difference.
Move simply means copy this file from this folder to another folder and
remove the file from the folder I am copying from. While copy simply means
copy this file to another folder but also keep it in the folder I am copying
from.
But, I will give it a try and let you know.

Thanks for the explanation about "Internal card" in camera. So your Kodak
camera must be fairly new. I have seen this coming up on new cameras but I
don't have one of them.

How recent is this Kodak camera?


Gord Dibben said:
Yves

Kodak DX6440 comes default with what they term a non-removable internal card
of 16MB.

What Kodak refers to as an "External" card is any removable SD card you wish
to insert in addition to that.

I use three different sizes of SD cards from 64MB to 256MB card.

If I remove that card, I can take a limited number of pictures on the internal
card.

Move(not copy) those pictures to Hard Drive, re-size, edit, rename then move
back onto the internal card.

We're not talking "minor" editing.

Can preview with no problem.

Same scenario if I re-insert one of the External SD cards and take/store
pictures on that.

All moving, editing etc. is done without using the Kodak software(I hate it!)
so its not Kodak's software making the difference.

Re-sizing, editing, re-naming done with IrfanView or DIP 10 or through Windows
Explorer.

Mayhaps Kodak is onto something here. I'm not going to ask for my money back,
that's for sure<g>


Gord

This has been my experience with several cameras.
Kodak may do things differently.
I just tried again with a Konica Minolta A1.
Copied an original picture from my hard drive taken with this camera, to my
CF card in the camera.
PICT0127.jpg
No problem displaying it on the LCD of the camera.
Rename the file in my computer to:
A_PICT0127.jpg
and copied it to the card in the camera.
Camera will not display this, but I can open it if I read the card with my
computer. So, obviously it is on the card.
Took original picture again, open in Photoshop Elements 3. All I did to this
picture was Autolevel and save with the original name.
Camera will open this file, but all I see on the LCD is a small grey square
in the middle of the LCD with some color at the top of this grey square
(actual color, objects, of the photo, at least as far as I can make it
because it is so small). Again, no problem opening this file with my
computer from the camera card.

I am very surprised that your camera can display edited photos. The manual
of my Sony S 70 said "minor editing may be fine". But I don't quite know
what "minor editing" is. The A1 manual says "Changing the file names or
adding other types of data to the card with a computer may cause the camera
to malfunction". Other manuals are silent on this issue.
It may be that your editing was done with the Kodak software supplied with
this camera and the software takes care of both the editing and file name
change and the new file is indeed readable by your camera.
Have you tried just renaming the file to something other than the 8
characters name that your camera uses, using XP to do this, not your Kodak
software. I certainly would be interested to know if this works. For all I
know about the cameras jpg naming this should fail.

As far as the original poster is concerned, he is just like me. He can copy
back files but his camera cannot display them and I suspect changing the
name or editing is the culprit.

Have not worked with cameras with internal memory cards. Only Memory Stick,
SD, CF and Microdrive.




Gord Dibben said:
Yves

Does this apply to the Internal Memory Card only?

I have a Kodak DX6440 and if I download edited pictures to the External Memory
Card on the camera there is no issue with reading/viewing these on
Click to expand...
camera
LCD.
Gord Dibben Excel MVP
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Purchased in late March 2004.

Just in time for the Summit<g>

I thought it was a fairly new model at that time, but I see today on the Kodak
homesite that the DX6440 has been discontinued.

I have tried every possible configuation of getting the pictures from the
camera to HDD, including using the EasyShare software that came with the
camera.

Hoping to get a non-previewable picture after editing.

No matter which configuration, I can make any alterations I can think of to
the pictures and they will preview when loaded back onto camera.

Good stuff this, and didn't know enough to inquire about it when I was looking
for a camera<g>


Gord

Well, this is news to me.
Kodak must be doing something quite different than any other camera I have
worked with (Sony, Olympus and Konica Minolta).
I believe you, but I can't believe it!
I can't see that "move" instead of "copy" is going to make any difference.
Move simply means copy this file from this folder to another folder and
remove the file from the folder I am copying from. While copy simply means
copy this file to another folder but also keep it in the folder I am copying
from.
But, I will give it a try and let you know.

Thanks for the explanation about "Internal card" in camera. So your Kodak
camera must be fairly new. I have seen this coming up on new cameras but I
don't have one of them.

How recent is this Kodak camera?
Click to expand...
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Well, I tried "move" instead of "copy" and same results.
Very convenient to be able to do this with your camera and just use it to
display the edited photos on your TV (if this camera has video out). You
don't have to copy the edited photos to a CD and play this to your TV via a
DVD player!

Will check with a friend who has a newer Olympus than the Olympus I tried
before and see if this works on his camera.
 
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