10D Image transfer to computer HELP

[LeeO]

I just got my 10D, took a few snaps as a test and went to download to computer and nothing is happening. THe only thing I installed from the Canon software disc was WIA drivers and File Viewer. I don't want the other programs on the disc. Do I need them to transfew images to computer? If not, what am I doing wrong? Thank you.

[carnagex2000]

What are you running Mac or PC?

[LeeO]

Win XP

[Yavor75]

XP should work. Win 2K does not. Un-install and re-install EXACTLY as the manual says.
I just use a Card Reader.

Bob

[UK_Terry]

Make life easier...buy a cardreader

[Charlieorca]

I find it easier to just install everything on the disk, then you can't go wrong. Are you using canon zoombrowser?

[larshkj]

When I use a card reader to transfer the images, the images don't keep the auto-rotated orientation. Is this normal?

[jimsloy]

Auto rotation is just for you to view the pic while it's still in the camera so you don't have to rotate the camera. When you transfer the files to PC, it will be as exactly as taken.

As someone said, use a cardreader. They are too cheap to pass up....and use nothing less than Lexar WA 40x cards. Transferring from anything else, including directly from the camera will still be transferring when you come back from a nice long ****!

[jd_D60]

Disagree partly with the last post, definatley buy a card reader for £15-20. They speed up the transfer times by 2 or 3x, as for cards my vrew is go for the cheapest per Mb you can afford you will not notice the difference.

John

PS I use a 1Gb microdrive in a CF reader and it downloads the lot in about 8-12 mins

[carnagex2000]

pick up a firewire card reader!

[Dave I]

USB 2.0 card readers are very fast as well. About 5MB per second for me with a cheapie Zio USB 2.0 reader ($30 I think). That's about 1 RAW image per second.

Naturally, your computer needs to be USB 2.0 capable.