downloading from memory card to computer

I have used up my first memory card. It says "memory card full" and it won't take anymore shots. How do I download this card onto my computer? I would of thought I could plug in my leads to the computer, turn on the camera and the computer would read my camera. But I am not getting any signals at all. Is it something different for the Pentax K200D?


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John

The simple ones first:

Open file manager on the PC and see if the camera is listed there ...

Is the camera turned on?




If not - what PC Operating system are you using.

I believe that there are two modes for connection for the camera, can't remember but it is likely to be somewhere in the custom menu, you may need to change this setting for the camera (and hence, the memory card) to be visible.

The other way is to use an SD card adaptor/reader plugged into USB. I use the cards with a built in USB connection so I just plug the card straight into one of my USB ports (its a SanDisk Ultra 4GB card).

Card reader is the best bet or the cards as used by Beakynet

Some computers have a built in card reader, have a look for the tell tale slots

Sorry can't help with the camera plugging in, never used that method since my very first 1mp camera

Cheers
Rich

The modes are PC and Pictbridge, but a card reader is much more efficient.

Use a card reader pluged in to a usb port open windows explorer, then my computer click on removable disk and open folder pick and drop picture files into any folder you choose (my pictures). I think that if you want to go straight from the camera you may have to install the cd you got with the camera so that the correct driver is installed. Then same as above.

Good Luck

One point to remember is that 'standard' card readers don't read SDHC cards, you need a dedicated one for that.

If your memory card is 4GB or bigger it'll be a SDHC one, so unless your VERY lucky and your reader is brand new, you may have to use the USB cable way to down load for the time being, until you get a compatible reader.

I just plug the USB cable into my PC, turn on the camera (which then says 'PC' on the top LCD), and open up the Windows Explorer. The camera appears as an additional drive, and you can click and drag, copy/cut and paste from there. I know card readers are faster, but this method works for me

Big difference for me is that using direct Camera to PC (usually) uses up the camera battery; using a card reader does not. With the advent of the 4gb+ card, there were (maybe still are)lots of good quality 2gb SD cards about at keen prices (try the 7-Day Shop). I try to download the files on card every day if possible, and at the end of a trip if not. With a holder full of 2gb cards, I cannot easily run out of storage even with RAW files (said he with fingers crossed)