A95 as Removable Disk?

[Apostle]

Hi everyone. I just got an A95. I don't really want to install the Canon software if I don't have to.

Before I got my a95, I had a fujifilm camera. I could change a setting on it, and it would read as a removable disk. Thus, I could cut images from it and paste them to whatever folder I wanted - and not have to format the disk or anything zany.

Well, I don't know how to do this with my Canon. I can copy images, but not cut them or have the general flexibility that comes with the camera memory card being treated as a removable disk. If anyone knows how and could help, that would be great!

[Jon]

OS you're running? Basically Canon's set up their cameras to identify themselves as cameras, while other vendors' cameras may identify themselves as disk drives.

[Apostle]

I'm running xp pro. So there's no way to do this the way I want to?

[Jon]

You can load the WIA driver, set it in P2P mode and it'll install as a Windows Camera. Other than that, you'll need someone's software, whether Canon or a third party.

[Jon Foster]

Buy a cheap card reader for your computer ($15.00-$25.00 US). Eject the CF card from your camera, plug it into the card reader, "cut" the pictures from your card and "paste" them on your computer hard drive... No software needed... XP will load it's own drivers for the card reader too.

Jon.

[Moppie]

If you just plug ANY A series camera in to win XP it will recognise it with out needing any extra drivers etc to be installed.

You can access it either through XPs own camera sharing aplication, or as a HDD from My Computer.
If you access it from My computer then you cannot Cut files, but you can Copy and paste them into any folder anywhere you like.

Untill I got a card reader that is exactly what I did.