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[TomTom]

I am having lots of problems with Zoombrowser, and really want to know if there are any recommended 3rd party programs I can download that can be used to download a batch of images off my Powershot G2...

Anyone know of any?


I would really appreciate some advice!

Regards,

TomTom

[sstinman]

Windows XP photo wizard is a good alterantive. Simply and free. You do lose some of the photo information but not all (i.e. f stop setting and the like).

Adobe photo album is more powerful and works very well but costs a few $. amazon and other on-line stores have it.

[marcel wouters]

hi,
downloader 1.5 is free and should work for the G2!
www.breezesys.com

[Jong]

I can't recommend Downloader Pro (the new full, but chargeable, version of Downloader from Breeze Systems) enough.

It's all I use to download my images.

[Conk]

As it was mentioned Breezy is popular.
http://www.irfanview.com is also a great free program.

[TomTom]

thanks for all the great replies: downloaded breezy 'downloader' already and am very happy with it (its basic, but runs sweet and works a charm). Am now downloading 'Irfanview'.

thanks for all the responces, everyone has been a massive massive help!

Other news: I have just found the damage that my cat inflicted on my camera (knocked it off a table): busted one of the directional arrow buttons. Gunna have to claim it on the insurance now!

Thanks again,

TomTom:)

[Jong]

Trial the pro version of Downloader too. The lossless auto-rotation of images, whether downloaded direct from the camera or via a card reader made the cost worth it for me!

[Spike56]

Did you consider getting a CARD READER for your computer? The one I picked up at STAPLES for $39.95 is fantastic. It plugs into your pc via a USB II cable and is very fast. You dont waste batteries, under XP its almost automatic ... as soon as I plug in a card a windows pops up and asks you what you want to do with the images. No messing with cables. Mine can read Compact Flash, Sony memory stick and two others I cant remember. It looks like 4 extra hard drives to your computer. You can even tranfer between different cards. They also sell single Compact flash readers for much less, its just that I needed to read both Sony MS and CF cards. Check Ebay as well.

Spike

[Jong]

A downloader program is still useful even with a card reader. In fact that is mostly how I use it.

It copies the files off the card to your HDD for longer term keeping. It can automatically rotate the images based on the orientation of the camera sensor (or any manual rotation you have done in your camera). It can automatically tag the images as sRGB to improve future image manipulation and reproduction. It can automatically create and name folders and image files to a standard defined by you.

A real time saver.

[KCook]

If "download" means just getting the image from the camera into the computer, then I'm with Spike. I use a card reader too.

On the other hand, if "download" means organizing the storage of the images on the computer, then you need an image file manager. Which was what ZoomBrowser was supposed to do. Here is another thread on various managers -

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9020

Kelly Cook

[Jong]

There is another definition of "download" - to quickly and easily get the images off your card (either via the camera or a card reader it doesn't matter) and pre-process them for subsequent manipulation.

Downloader Pro can, without any key strokes at all if desired
- take all the images off my camera/card into a unique folder
- rotate them so they are as they appear in the viewfinder (Zoombrowser only does this if you connect the camera to the PC, not if you use a card reader)
- mark the files automatically as read-only so they cannot be accidentally messed up, tag them as sRGB and set the resolution to a preferred dpi.(things Zoombrowser does not do).
- delete the files from the card
- close itself

I then tweak/crop etc. the images using photoshop and save the final images to my 'photo album'.

The original images, unedited, straight off the card I keep until I am sure I don't want to go back and play with them.

I agree some may be happy just to manually copy the files off the card and either skip the above steps or do them manually. Others may edit the images straight from the card. But its worth trying Downloader Pro to see if it works for you.