andsome Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 When 'Er indoors bought me my Olympus Camedia, it came with two C.D's. One was Camedia Master, a next to useless editing program. The other was Camedia Suite. Photo's are dragged into this program, or uploaded from any folder. When the camera is plugged into the computer it is shown as Drive G, and the pictures can be viewed . When I had a new computer with Windows XP, I telephoned Olympus and was told that Camedia Suite may not be suitable, and that I should purchase a more up to date version. This cost me £30. I was wondering today why I needed this software if I could drag and drop my photo's so I uninstalled both discs. I find that now, that I have created another folder on the C drive I can drag and drop as usual into this folder, and can create sub folders. I have NO need for either of these software programs. I feel that Olympus are cheating the public, as the Camedia Master is as I said next to useless, and there are far better free or very cheap editing programs. Has anyone else tried uninstalling their camera software in this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Don't forget, andsome, that lots of people are not as computer savvy as you are and need their hands holding with anything to do with new stuff that they may not have come across before - hence these basic (as you say next to useless) programs provided with the cameras. I would think that as they become more experienced (serious) about their digital photography, they will investigate and invest in more professional comprehensive photoeditors. If, of course, they want their camera just as a toy (equivalent of a box Brownie) then this basic software may be sufficient for their needs.I know someone who has a digital camera but no computer - she takes the camera down to Boots and gets them to put the card in their digital processor for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Just import them from your camera into your picasa2 program "top left button" and forget the camera software ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Just import them from your camera into your picasa2 program "top left button" and forget the camera software ;)That's what I do plus the resizer which I picked uo from one of you guys a few weeks ago on----http://bluefive.pair.com/Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I found the Kodak Easyshare software is just annoying, as the camera appears as another drive in My Computer, I just copy the pictures to wherever I want them.I have no need for their editing software either, Paint Shop Pro is perfectly good for me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Paint Shop Pro is perfectly good for me.We have found (management and myself) that unless you are very cicumspect in the use of PSP it can cause a great deal of picture quality degradation due its inherent propensity to "save space" each time one saves an altered image (however little alteration is done). Thus one can end up with a very "grainy" image. We tend to download direct into a directory and from there use Adobe Photoshop and its native file format, until we get what we want, and then transfer the image to a retention/printing directory as a .jpg, from where we use PSP. Of course, for just the odd "snap" PSP is fine, but if one needs to enlarge a section of a piccy then it's a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Can't you ghange the save, to have no loss. (I know what I mean) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I had my camera about four years ago and loaded the appropiate software, since then i have built 3 computers and never bothered putting the software on those.As said above it shows up as a drive (in linux as well) and you can transfer it anywhere you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Can't you ghange the save, to have no loss. (I know what I mean)I know what you mean too... mine is set by default to save quality rather than space. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Can't you ghange the save, to have no loss. (I know what I mean)I know what you mean too... mine is set by default to save quality rather than space. :)There's an interesting thing. I have never tried. I am still using a rather antiquated PSP ver.5.I am using whatever the default is on ver.5. I will investigate. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 When I plug in my camera to the usb I can see the pictures and copy them anywhere, as a jpeg or a png file and use any graphics program to edit/print them. I cannot see any need for any special software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I stopped using my Sony software after discovering that I could transfer direct via usb. The sony software was poor except the option to create movies, now that I am using XP I can use Windows Movie Maker.For instant pictures Epson photo quicker is a handy piece of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 The only software you need from a camera maker is the driver to upload the pics to the computer.For photo editing I want to use more serious tools from experienced companies. For simple editing (e.g. rotating) I am happy with the Microsoft photo editor (part of Office, I believe). For more complex editing (brightness, sharpness, red-eye correction) I use PSP. What catgate wrote earlier is correct; the decompression and compression of JPEG files will result in quality loss, especially when edited and saved multiple times. But PSP can be set to save JPEG files uncompressed if someone is really keen on super quality.But for professional work I guess Photoshop is probably the tool of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 What annoyed me the most was that Olympus suggested that the original software would not be compatible with XP, and that I should spend £30 on an upgrade. At no time did they suggest that the software was not needed. It's just a case of MONEY MONEY MONEY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korgg Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Yes, but there are cameras that work only with proprietary software and there's little someone can do... If you do not have this problem, then get rid of it :) ... And as far as i know there are cameras from Olympus that need some sort of software in order to be seen in windows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I have an Olimpus and that runs through XP, and so did my Nikon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I have an Olimpus and that runs through XP, and so did my Nikon.Yes, but did they supply completely unnecessary software? If they did can you download perfectly well without it, in the same way that I have found that I can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Maybe not completely unnecessary; the drivers for your camera may be in Windows XP, but possibly not in older Windows systems. And people who are not connected to the Internet cannot download it from the manufacturer's website.My SONY's driver was not part of Windows 2000, so I had to install it from the CD-ROM. But it was on XP, so I didn't need it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I have the software but haven't used it. then again i have the Camidia Master loaded to use the panorama feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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