Which 'Windows' needed for K10D

What's gone wrong with me ? Talking about digitalcameras now !!
ANYWAY, I just had a look at the Jessops site, found the K10D and it says it supports windows XP, 2000 or something when I have Windows Millenium on this computer: does it mean if I get the K10D I cannot put any pics ( 'Images' as they seem to be called now ) into the blessed computer so I can work on them as I do on my beloved FILM scans ?

The best thing to do is to buy a card reader. Then you simply plug your SD card into that and plug the card reader into a USB socket on the computer. You can then "drag and drop" the files from the card into whatever folder you want on the PC.

This only copies the files and they are still on the SD card as well. When you have made a CD backup you can format the SD card and use it again.

you will be able to use JPG files like any other, but the software which comes with the camera will not work on ME.

Silkypix does though, so you should be able to work on RAW files by downloading the free version (or the pay for version if you like it and want the extra features).

Since ME, 98 and 95 are now defunct and unsupported by Microsoft you'll find that most software suppliers will only specify Windows 2000/XP even if the software does actually work on the older versions.

That said, you're still better getting a card reader (one that works with ME!), and load from that.

Matt

Rule 1. Pay no attention to Jessops.

With any digital camera, the best way to get the pictures out of the camera is to buy a card reader (around £10, or less), and slot the card into the reader, which is plugged into the computer.

I have several of these. One is a PCMCIA device, which resides permanently in a PCMCIA slot in my laptop (all older laptops had these).

The others are USB or USB2 devices, which will plug into a USB port in your computer.

You don't need the software that come with the camera, and by using a reader you can view and edit the pictures on a Mac or Linux box, or even a PC with BeOS or OS/2.

G

If you want something a bit more permanent for constant use.. I find the external USB card readers a bit fiddly.. you could get one of these, if you have a spare 3.5" bay..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-3-5-Internal-Card-Reader-Writer-SILVER-I3SB_W0QQit...

Any 9 year old could put it in your PC for you in 5 minutes, and you'll get a front USB port as well. Many of the older machines don't have a front USB port, so that'll be handy for you.

Cheers

Liam

Peter,

What software do you 'work on' the scans of your beloved film?

Dan

Thanks for all your help, Pentaxers ! Well, I HAVE a 9 year old daughter and a 7 year old son (Yes, the Old Film Bloke started another family late in life - I'm OLDER than all the teachers and Headmistress ! ) . The daughter knows how to work her Mum's mobile phone and this 'Time' computer so she should know about USB places; there seems to be NO socket on the front but there are two slots at the back where my film/print scanner and the modem thing plugs in.
Daniel: The 'software' I use was supplied by the Yellow Advertiser newspaper at Basildon so I could 'upload images' to them from Brentwood. ( See, I'm getting all the digital lingo now - before I used to go there with real PRINTS ! ) They gave me PhotoShop 7 and FotoStation, a programme which enables me to caption prints ( sorry, IMAGES),and the caption comes up on the bottom line of their computer.