On Dec 6, 5:18 pm, (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
In article , "HeyBub" wrote:
Agreed. The SD card can be treated as an extra drive and things work quite
well. It's when you try to hook up the camera directly to the computer that
the camera maker's software comes into play.

Plus, HP (for one) tries to bundle in all sorts of crapware to
crop/adjust/color/copy/print/hose down with turtle repellant that the
uninitiated may be encouraged to load on the computer (to his detriment).

The consensus is that Canon's software isn't bad at all.

My Canon software has become quite a bit more intrusive
with each subsequent update :-(

HP and Fuji are dreadful. Nikon not too bad.

Just attaching the camera as a USB drive is definitely
the preferable route to follow to avoid all of the
crapola. It wasn't always an option with the older
digital cameras but it's pretty much universal today,
thank goodness.

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I bought a Panasonic 6mp online last year for $150 (BestBuy). 6X
optical and image stabilization. (keep in-mind 6X sticks-out further)
Had a Vivitar before-that ate batteries for breakfast.