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PowerShot SX70 HS Download pics to computer NOT working!

mrsclaus — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:51:06 GMT

I have a canon sx70 and am desperately trying to find a program that will download pics and vids to my PC and put them in their date taken folders. I have image transfer utility 2 which is totally useless because it wont work. I deleted it and redownloaded it and still it wont pair with my camera. So that program wont work. I also have Digital photo professional and all it does is edit NOT download pics and vids!!!

Re: Download pics to computer NOT working!

normadel — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 02:28:30 GMT

You don't need ANY program at all! You have two choices:

1. Take the SD card out of camera, put it in an SD card reader (or SD card slot on a computer so equipped) and plug it into your computer.

2. Connect camera to computer with a USB A-to-micro B cable.

Either way, the camera will mount in Windows File Manager or on Mac desktop as a drive. Open the drive, open the DCIM folder, and you will see your photos in subfolders. Move the folders to your computer wherever you want to put them.

Re: Download pics to computer NOT working!

mrsclaus — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:35:30 GMT

That wont work for what I need. I am really tired of people telling me to use a card reader. It does NOT do what I need done. I NEED a program that will download my hundreds of pics and vids to their date taken folder. Copy and paste then make a bunch of folders with the dates on them is a heck of a lot of work that I cant afford to do. image browser used to do exactly that and I want a program that will do that again. I wish they didnt stop that program!

Re: Download pics to computer NOT working!

Tintype_18 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:46:40 GMT

Do you have Windows or Mac? What computer do you have? I have a Lenovo laptop with W11 and have no trouble downloading photos by inserting the card into the card slot. You shouldn't need a program as computer should already have that in it. BTW, I used a cord and a reader but found it wasn't necessary when I discovered the card slot.

Re: Download pics to computer NOT working!

kvbarkley — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:35:20 GMT

Adobe Bridge *might* do what you want.

One problem you have is that the paradigm has shifted. Now you let the DAM do all the work, there is no need to do a lot of organizing yourself.

Photos for the Mac is perfectly capable of keeping track of your media and presenting it in any way you desire: By Date, person or location. You can assign keywords and captions, but it is not necessary. Photos can even do things like find all the pictures of dogs, just by looking through your images!

Re: Download pics to computer NOT working!

kvbarkley — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:36:18 GMT

Downloading isn't the problem, TIntype-18. She has a very specific folder structure she wants to fill.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

normadel — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:24:23 GMT

This isn't rocket science, and software that does all your work for you can be confusing in itself. Numerous people have asked about this same subject. If Mrs. Claus has Windows (or Mac even), she can download all her photos to one folder and view/arrange them in date order. Then she can create folders for whatever date periods she wants and drag files to the appropriate date folder. It's all about making use of your computer's file manager function.

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mrsclaus — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:44:10 GMT

ITs not rocket science to understand what I need. I take hundreds of photos and vids and sometimes not able to download them to my pc for a few days. So for me to JUST use the card reader adds so very much more time to the process that I cant afford. I used to have a program that would download my pics and vids and automatically put them into their date taken folders so all I had to do was the editing which takes a tone of time as it is. By just using a card reader adds many many more hours to al already long time. I have windows 11 btw.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

normadel — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:36:57 GMT

I understand what you say you need. You keep saying the same thing.

What/where are these "date folders" that you want a program to automatically sort your images to?

The issue isn't whether you download from the camera or from the memory card directly. How would a program know automatically what date folder you want files moved to?

You are expecting something that quite likely does not exist.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

kvbarkley — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:32:45 GMT

I haven't bothered with Adobe Bridge for a long time, but it might do what you need:

https://www.adobe.com/products/bridge.html

https://www.blog.jimdoty.com/?p=32501

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

mrsclaus — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:42:20 GMT

It DOES exist and I have one that works with my SX510. It is called Camera Utilities Camerawindow DC. THAT is what I am looking for for this SX70. It has a button that you click on that asks if you want to sort the pics on the camera or download untransferred from the camera. I click on that button and it automatically downloads all of untransferred pics and vids to the pictures folder and puts them automatically into folders with their date taken.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

mrsclaus — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:48:06 GMT

That doesnt look like it will do what I need. I dont use photoshop. I just use the digital photo professional to edit my shots.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

kvbarkley — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:57:53 GMT

Adobe bridge is free and has a tryout. Nothing to lose.

Frankly, I think you are kicking against the goads. As I said, the paradigm has shifted to DAM's that take care of all that for you.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

mrsclaus — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:02:52 GMT

I am determined to get a program working that suits my needs. I know its out there I just have to find it and get my camera to pair with it. The Image Utility offered isn't working. I cant get my camera to pair with it. After many hours talking to groups like this one, talking on the phone for support, we are thinking that the windows update might have added a firewall, or something like that, that is preventing me from pairing my camera to the Utility program. It might or might not, but I am checking every avenue that I can find.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

normadel — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:12:59 GMT

Are you talking about Image Transfer Utility 2.2.0 for Windows?

You can disable your Windows 11 firewall temporarily to see if things work. Windows 10 has a firewall also, so who knows?

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

mrsclaus — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 05:44:50 GMT

No I am not. That is not the one I am talking about. I am saying, the one that worked with my old sx510 is the CANON UTILITIES CAMERA WINDOW DC. THATS the one I want for this new one but apparently it wont work with it for some reason. I do have the new Image Transfer Utility 2 but my new camera wont pair with it so it is useless to me until I can figure out why they wont pair. I wont disable any firewall just in case trouble seeps in.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

MathieuR — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:30:00 GMT

I have the same problem. I upgraded from SX50 to SX70 (still not sure which one to keep; have to do several tests to find out which is has the least noise, and gives the sharpest images)

I did the question to the Canon Helpdesk; hope they can give a solution.

I loved the CameraWindow program which I use for the SX50: simpel and swift. I will keep you posted

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

Bignick58 — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:17:23 GMT

Hi mrsclaus, I understand and share your frustration with the downloading of pics from the SX70. I've used the earlier models (SX50 then SX60) for the last 10 years but had to update my camera recently, sticking with what I know, I went for the SX70. When it was delivered, I set the camera up, took a few shots and attempted to download them onto the laptop to take a look. The cable, a micro USB was not supplied and I didn't have one, my laptop doesn't have a card reader slot, so I had to use an old laptop with card reader then transfer onto my new laptop vis a USB. I now have a cable but unlike previous models you have to open the folder on the camera, see which are the relevant photos and drag them across. The previous 2 models downloaded via an interface called Canon utilities camera window. This enabled you to view the images on the camera and either select images to download or even better select 'download untransferred images'. It transferred them into date folders which it created, a new folder for each date image was taken. This was very easy, and useful, I created a master folder for each year and the utility created sub folders by date. I appreciate people use their cameras in different ways, but like mrsclaus, I could take 200 to 300 images a day, especially if on a 'photo trip' (I take mainly wildlife photos, especially birds, and end up with multiple images of which only one or two of a species will be worth keeping). This would be a pain in the backside to download via wifi, assuming wifi was even available in some of the locations. The transfer window was just the ticket, so why make the new model incompatible with a very useful programme that's worked well for a decade? On the same note, the RAW file handling programme from before will not handle SX70 files, so the new version needed downloading, and although packed with useful tools to manipulate RAW images, it's been completely redesigned and made much harder to use. I may get the hang of it but it feels like change for change sake. I spent a while looking for a 'delete' button then found it was now called 'move to recycle bin'. So much simpler!

As for kvbarkley suggestion about letting your machine sort the photos, good luck doing that on 1000s of photos of different bird species. There's no way I could find the time to label them all, but I do upload the very best ones to Flickr or elsewhere so can track back by date if I need to find others of the same subject.

I like the camera but the transfer of images is much more of a faff than it used to be.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

kvbarkley — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:40:16 GMT

"As for kvbarkley suggestion about letting your machine sort the photos, good luck doing that on 1000s of photos of different bird species."

Who said anything about that? The OP was talking about putting them in folders labeled with the date taken.

Re: sx70 Download pics to computer NOT working!

MathieuR — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

a temperarely "solution" :

the SX70 has the option to make a new folder on the SD card. You have to make a new folder for evert day you go shooting.

In "Wrench 1" select : select folder/create folder.

Then make sure you select that "day-folder" the shoot of the day.

With a usb-cable you can transfer the complete directories to your computer. Every day has its directory with pictures. You can yes/no change the name of the directory to DD/MM/YYYY or anything you like, or leave it as it is