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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm surprised that you have to rotate your portrait images Sea. Your camera has an orientation sensor that detects the position of the camera and then puts this information in the EXIF data that goes with the image. Most image programs automatically rotate the image to the proper position based on the EXIF.

Also, if you do need to rotate images, there are programs that will do lossless jpg rotations. They re-arrange the data with no loss of quality so you can keep the same name without resaving.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I do keep the same name and AFAIK they don't lose anything in translation.. Don't be surprised.. my camera does many things that I don't mess with..

OK.. just found the maunal for my old camera (an earlier smaller version of same, the one that died on the floor, what a hard marble floor, of the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville where I was zooming around with Reiki and the Maks) and there is an EXIF Launcer software that is said to work when the camera is connected to the computer but I'm sure I never installed the software AND I never, ok well I one time connected the camera directly to the computer and it sucked out all the battery life so I went out and got a reader for the card... now I should hunt down the manual for the living camera..

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
What software are you using to view your pictures Sea?

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I just bring the files into a folder and then use irfanview to view, crop, resize.

Cndeariso
Member

06-28-2004

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
is there any shareware/freeware available to resize photos?

i have photoshop at home but nothing here at work. i've looked at Google's Picasa and either i don't know what i'm doing or it doesn't have that feature.

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Most people use Irfanview which is an excellent little program.

Another one that doesn't seem to get as much recognition but which I think is fantastic is a program called FastStone.

IrfanView

FastStone

I'm going to add both of these to the header on this page, for easy reference.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
irfanview!! it's free and simple to use!

http://www.irfanview.com/


Cndeariso
Member

06-28-2004

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
thanks! both of you. i'll give them a try.

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Microsoft powertools offers an EASY resizer; just download the program and when you right click on any picture "resize" will be one of the options. You can pick from small, medium, large and handheld PC.

The main link is:
link

To download the image resizer, just scroll down the list on the right. It will be an .exe file and won't take you through any 'installer' -- it just loads on and you'll see it the next time you right click a picture. :-)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
You can also do a quick re-size on line at: http://www.resizr.com/

Cndeariso
Member

06-28-2004

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
the irfanview worked just fine. but, the microsoft doesn't let you select a size - you have to use one of their preset sizes. i will try the faststone and resizr tomorrow.

thanks so much for all of your suggestions!

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I've been happy with irfanview. Dra recommended it long ago.

Curlyq
Member

07-10-2002

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Quick update: I got the SanDisk 5 in 1 reader and I'm now able to see my pictures on my computer. No need to return my Christmas gift. Yay!

A big, big thank you to everyone here who gave me advice. Your help was much better than what I got from the Sony guys. Love this site!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, doesn't say much about the Sony guys, eh?

Curlyq
Member

07-10-2002

Friday, December 29, 2006 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I could tell they were just reading from something. Every time they asked me a question and I answered it there'd be a long pause while they were "bringing up the information."

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Friday, January 12, 2007 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Just FYI - I recently bought a membership to the photo sharing site called Flickr. They have a freee membership, where you can upload your photos, but there is a limit every month. But, for anyone who takes a LOT of photos (and at high resolution - more megapixels), I have to say the PRO membership is totally worth the small price.

It's something like 27 dollars for one year, and 47 for 2 years, and you get UNLIMITED uploading and storage on the site. You can organize your photos into "sets" and you can keep some, or all of your pics private. I think the unlimited uploading is HUGELY worth the price. The largest single attachment they can handle is 10 megabytes. My 8 MP camera's pics aren't even half that size. It's a good way to store your photos OFF of your computer, and you can download them back later.

Anyone interested in storing/backing up their photos off the computer should have a look at their pro membership. I really like it.

FLICKR

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I really thought there was a camera thread in here, but I do not see one. Anyways, my cousin is looking for a small and easy camera.

She is looking at the Canon Power Shot SD600 but she is worried about something about not downloading to XP if you have a printer/scanner attached to your computer??? Does that make sense? Or can someone explain that a little better???

Another one she likes is a Sony Cybershot DSC-W50.

She can't decide between the two. Any input is appreciated. OR any other alternatives.

She wants an automatic camera that is small and takes decent pictures, nothing too fancy or complicated.

link

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
I got my daughter a Canon Power Shot SD600 about 3 months ago and she loves it. We have an All-in-one-printer/scanner/fax connected to the computer using Windows XP and have not had any problems with the camera. Worst case scenario would be that you have to remeove the card and use a card reader to transfer the pictures.

We have had bad luck with the Sony Cybershot and find then to be somewhat fragile. They had great features and it took a lot of looking to find another camera that we liked. I forget which models of the Cybershot we had.

The SD600 feels very solid and has several different movie modes and "fancy" pictures modes (like sepia tones, vivid color, etc...) which were all things my daughter was looking for.

We got 2 extra batteries and an extra travel/car charger for under $15 off ebay. The battery life is great and usually last the entire day.


Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
julie, there is a great thread under technical questions/digital cameras.
eta: thanks teach, i'm horrible w/links.

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 8:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Here's the thread you were thinking of Julie:
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Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I had the cannon but replaced it yesterday with Hp 8.1...I havent played with it yet

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 11:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
Pamy, how much was that camera? i'm buying a gift and was thinking of getting this (the first one/with the dock):
http://tinyurl.com/25dnys

i would like to know the difference.

( mods...maybe this thread should be combined with the other one?)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 1:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
It was 299.00, same price as the cannon. We fot at Circuit city, it is intrest free for a year( all cameras 299.00 and above are, pretty good deal) We looked at the ones with docks, I liked those also but figured we had pic software and a printer so didnt need one with dock.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thank you all so much!! Especially Bob! Pamy did you have the SD600? What did you think of it?

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I had the sd630...I only had it a month before it went swimming but I really liked it, the pic software it came with was very easy for printing

note: we got the insurance this time 79.00 for 2 years and it covers swimming!! LOL wish I had gotten it last time !