It would be great if it was under the $120 or $130 price point but under $200 works too. Thinking the [ invalid url ] or something in the family. Anything else I should look at? The highest criteria are thin (under an inch) and very good picture quality. For a point and shoot.
If you look at the Amazon page and drill down into the color options, you can get the black version of the SD770 for $30 less than the silver. At $159, it's only about $10 more expensive than buying the SD1100 from Amazon.
Hi,Don´t know if it is of any importance for you but unfortunately a growing amount of devices with an USB interface are not being recognized as "drive" when attached to a PC. Can´t speak for the linux people here. I wouldn´t want to have a camera which needs to have custom software installed on every pc it is connectet to in order to download/upload it´s content Cube
I think only Vista has been known to have problems with some USB devices (and device drivers in general), but I can hardly blame camera manufacturers for it. I've actually connected my camera to PC only once, to test it out. Normally, I just take out SD card and use a card reader. If you're looking for greater mobility (so to speak), you might wanna get one of those USB card readers.
Hi, no no, it does not have to do with having problems it´s a "feature" of a lot of devices not to act as "external" drive when connectet to a USB port. And it is (indeed) the fault (if you wanna call it that way) of the manufacturer I simply don´t want to own a device with a usb jack that needs custom software installed in order to use it as USB device Cube Edited by - cubesnake on 2/14/2009 11:10:44 AM
What custom software? In Windows, if I hook up my cameras directly using USB, I can transfer pictures using the built-in camera & scanner wizard. Not being able to see the camera as an external drive is no big deal.
I wasn't aware of this "feature". However, if what you say is true, I still won't pass on a good camera simply because it's not 100% plug and play. As I mentioned, this is easily solved by using a card reader.
Think so? Maybe, maybe not. I have an Olympus that worked great until I got Vista and lost the disc that came with it. Come to find out, Olympus decided not to make drivers for that camera for Vista. So, I figured I'd just use my card reader. After I got the pictures off the card and put it back in the camera, it refused to read the card. I tried everything I could think of and looked for solutions all over the internet. Nothing. The camera is now perfectly useless. It won't even turn on because it can't read the card. There's really no excuse for why it isn't plug and play that I can see. I'm not a techy person but there were other cameras at the time that were PNP. Why not this one?
I have two Canon models, one from 2.5 years ago and one from 1.5 years ago. Neither need additional software installed on any of PCs in order for me to transfer my images.Yeah I have Memory Card readers that can do that, if needed. :)
I got the Canon PowerShot 790. It was the right size. I don't recall how it differs from the 770 which I mentioned in the opening message. I didn't install their software - going against several printed warnings in the manual, a piece of paper bundled with the cable and maybe even another one with the software. Works fine to connect to the computer and let something called iPhoto grab them. I did notice that there is no "drive" to eject before detaching it which I guess is what everyone is getting at lately in the thread here. Anyone thanks for the reply and even the replies.
It should turn on with or without a card. Have you considered the possibility that either the card itself or your camera were simply defective or damaged? I have been using cards in and out of a dozen cameras with different card readers with little problems.
OK. It turns on but it simply says "Card Error" and then shuts itself down. Therefore, I say it doesn't turn on. It doesn't stay on long enough to qualify for being "turned on" in my book.Not really. I had two cards for this camera. One that came with the camera and one I bought because the original wasn't large enough to save more than a few pictures at maximum resolution. I put the original card away for safe keeping shortly after I bought the camera (The card worked at the time because I checked). The camera and both cards were working just fine up to the point that I bought a new computer that had Vista on it. The camera had never refused to read a card. I put the card in the computer's card reader, got my pictures off of it, put the card back in the camera and got the "Card Error" message. I thought that just maybe it was a coincidence. Maybe the card died. So I got out the original card that came with the camera. I put it in the camera and everything worked. I took a few pictures, put it in the card reader, got my pictures, put it in the camera and got the "Card Error" message. So now, I have one useless camera with a USB port on it that doesn't work because the company that made the camera decided it wasn't necessary to make it PNP and two useless memory cards. While the camera has a few years on it, it still took perfectly acceptable pictures for my needs. I bought it in 2002, I believe for around $400. I have a 35mm SLR I bought in 1997 for $300 that still works perfectly. Technology should get better. Not worse. I won't buy a camera that requires proprietary drivers or software just to get it to function at it's most basic level.
^ I've done some research on this, and it seems it's a common problem with Fuji and Olympus cameras that use SM or xD cards. I've never worked with Olympusses (let alone Fuji, so I've never experienced this problem. There are however some solutions available to recover the card. Most of those require "unformatting" (i.e. erasing) the card using custom software, and formatting it again using the camera.
Hi, Another "feature" i´ve came across is this one. It´s impossible for a lot of cameras to be accessed via USB when they don´t have their "batteries on board". It seems they don´t get the "power" from the usb cord. So if you have your camera with you (which happens to be pnp if you are lucky) and it dies on the batteries ... you can´t even get to see the pictures without a cardreader on the computer that is near you at that time Cube
I have an HP Photo R725, I've had it for a couple years, so they might have even smaller, but the thing is tiny. I'm sure it's in that price range or cheaper. Great little camera, though I mostly use my SLR.
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