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Recover Deleted Files From Your Digital Camera’s Memory Card Or Your Computer’s Hard Drive

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Have you ever accidentally deleted some photos from your camera's memory card (SmartMedia, Sony Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital card, or any other common data storage devices for digital cameras)? I hadn't until yesterday. Jim was on the road. When he's at the races, he sends me a fresh batch of photos to upload to his racing websites each day. Only, on this day, he accidentally deleted half of the pictures before he actually sent them to me. And of course, … [Read more...]

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Make Your Own Credit Card Sized SD Card Holder

Do you use SD cards? Here's a fun idea to make use of an old credit card (or one of those "your name here" fake cards you get in the mail from credit card companies). You may have seen SD card holders like these in book or magazines. The cool part is the fact that you can now keep your SD card safely protected inside your wallet, rather than say in your shirt pocket or your pants pocket (...where it's likely to find its way into the wash). Thanks to "sarCastro", you can now make one of … [Read more...]

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Ever Run Your Flash Memory Card Through The Washing Machine?

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Last week I was multi-tasking (like usual) and on one of my many trips downstairs to let the dogs out -- before I headed back upstairs -- I remembered to take the memory card out of our Canon Digital Rebel camera. Bravo. I remembered. My aim was to download all of the pictures to my computer once I returned upstairs -- so Jim would have plenty of space on the card (a 1 GB Compact Flash memory card) when he took the camera on his upcoming business trip.   … [Read more...]

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Best Tips For New (Or Soon-To-Be) Digital Camera Owners

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**Subtitled: How To Avoid Digital Camera Newbie Mistakes** Got a new digital camera? Don't have one yet, but you're thinking of getting one? Here are a few quick & easy things you'll want to remember...   … [Read more...]

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Getting Digital Photos From Your Camera To Your Computer

There are 3 ways to get digital photos from your camera to your computer: 1. Attach the cable that comes with the camera to your computer's USB port (free!) 2. Use a stand-alone card reader that accepts one or more different types of media card ($10-$30) 3. Use an integrated card reader that is built into your printer or hard drive ($150 and higher) Following are the Pros and Cons for each of the most popular means of transferring photos from your camera to your computer, as well as … [Read more...]

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