Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dom, Eggs are for frying. Have no worries just turn off the camera, ground yourself, and pop that card out. If I could do it on top of a sand dune in Death Valley you can have confidence in the privacy of your own office. :) On 3/22/07, Dominic Morris <dommorris@rogers.com> wrote: > > OK, Don, I'll give it a fry - er - try. > Thanks, > Dom > > On 22-Mar-07, at 7:05 AM, Don Dory wrote: > > Dom, > Really, learn a work flow that will let you remove your card from your > camera. Downloading from a card reader is much less traumatic than > have a > battery go flat during download. So, open the bottom of the camera, > touch > your finger to something that will drain static from you, pull the > card out > and slide it into a card reader. Very quick, easy, and affordable. > > On 3/21/07, Dominic Morris <dommorris@rogers.com> wrote: > > > > Greetings. > > > > I loath the prospect of taking the SD card from my camera, especially > > in bone dry winter air when static cackles at the touch of - well, > > anything, really. Upgrading firmware to 1.092 was a major trauma. > > > > So I have always opted for USB cable downloading of images to my > > iMac's hard drive. Initially Image Capture seemed to have a hard > > time recognizing the M8 but then settled down. I also tried the Adobe > > Photo Downloader and drooled over its capabilities. With it you can; > > * down load images to one directory and create a subdirectory on the > > fly (I download to 2007, subdirectory CreateDate in MM/DD format) > > which I consider the Archive directory for later back up to DVD, and > > ultimately to a 2nd hard drive; > > * download copies to a second directory, in my case WorkingFiles. > > * rename the incoming images. > > * covert other raw formats (or the Leica DNG) to DNG (great for > > Aperture users). > > * populate Author and Copyright metadata fields. > > > > Solves a whole lot of workflow issues. Trouble is it took forever to > > boot up and sometimes completely froze Bridge. You could wear out a > > battery waiting for this sucker. > > > > Good news is that with Bridge CS3 Beta 2, it seems to work great > > first time every time. > > > > Colour me happy. > > > > Dom > > > > -- > > Reminder: all disks eventually fail. All computers eventually fail. > > Make > > backups or lose your work. > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com