Thumper wrote:
> "Tom K" wrote:
>
> >For a novice...Easier to plug in the SD card and treat it as an E Drive.
>
> You are plugging in the camera and using it as an E drive. =A0What's
> dangerous about that?
Typically, to download in this fashion requires that the camera be
powered up, for which most people will run the camera off of its
battery. The question is what happens during a long transfer if/when
the battery dies?
What doesn't help matters is that from-camera USB transfers are
typically even slower than the already-not-speedy USB port transfers,
so a system whcih you can get it started, then go have lunch is
preferrable.
BTW, some printers have SD card slots built into them...you might not
need to spend $15 for a card reader.
-hh |