Downloading pictures from your digital camera

Windows XP provides a Scanner and Camera wizard to import images from your digital camera. After you connect the camera to your USB port, this dialog will appear:


Select Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard and then OK

The following dialog box will appear:


This wizard walks you through the process of importing images from your camera. Click "Next," and you can choose the specific images you want to import:


Select the images you want to import; in addition, you can rotate them and view information

After choosing the images to import, you can specify a name for the group, as well as choose where in the file system you would like to copy them to. You can also choose your home folder on a network (i.e. Y drive)


Specify a name and location for your images
Windows can also automatically delete the images from your camera after importing them. Just check the option to delete pictures. Click Next.

As the Scanner and Camera wizard does its work, it shows you its progress:


Thumbnail previews are shown as the images are being imported

Finally, you can choose from a few post-processing tasks (publish to a website, order prints), or opt to perform no post-processing functions:


Click "Next" to dismiss the wizard

At the basic level, you are done. Your photos are copied from your camera to the specified place on your computer. Keep reading for more options.

As an advanced option, users can select automated events to occur when they plug in their camera by editing its properties:


Specify camera-related events and associated actions

Alternatively, you can work with the images on your camera directly in the file system, bypassing the wizard. When you connect your camera, an icon for it will appear in My Computer:


My Computer lists your camera as an attached device

From there, you can view the pictures directly on the camera. This window behaves just like a regular folder in Windows Explorer, meaning you can work with the images on your camera just like any other files on your system.


Browse the images on your camera directly in Windows Explorer




Information presented was adapted from the website X vs. XP at the following link:
http://www.xvsxp.com/applications/photo_importing.php