download pictures

[Elliott]

Bought my Digital rebel 2004- love it

Bought my new laptop - windows 8

I can't download my pictures. I read on the forum  that I can go to my menu button on my rebel  and go torint/PTP- wil this work for me?

[cicopo]

The simplist way to get around these problems is to buy & use a card reader. They aren't expensive & allow you to download to just about any computer with a USB port.

[Elliott]

will any card reader work -- is one better than the other?

what about changing on my camera to PTP ( whatever that is-- ass-u-me it's an easy change) then it's done one time and forever without having " another " piece to deal with.

Ell

[Skirball]

Give it a shot and see if it works...  but doesn't your laptop have an SD card reader on it?  I find that to be easier than pulling out a cord and my camera.

And yes, any ole card reader should work, but if your laptop has USB 3.0, just make sure you get a 3.0 card reader.

[Elliott]

to be honest.... I took a quick look at my laptop and the slot for a memory card looked smaller that the card I use on my camera-- I'll have to double check when I get home from work.  ( canon uses a " larger " memory card than my wifes HP quick shot ... the slot looks like it would fit that one  )

thanks for the input

ell

[Skirball]

What laptop is it?

[cicopo]

It's very likely the original Rebel uses a CF card and most current card readers will have no trouble reading it including CHEAP ones. As for the other setting I've checked my 20D manual on my laptop & the PTP setting is for direct printing but worth trying since computer OS systems have changed since those days. t

[Elliott]

A Dell- - pretty standard model - upgraded processor

[Skirball]

Sorry, you're right, the 300D had CF. 

OP:  You'll need a card reader to read directly from the laptop.  Try the PTP first before buying a reader though.

[Elliott]

I won't be screwing up my camera by changing that  right?  ( can u tell I'm not a computer kinda guy  ? )

ell