canon a80 can do this??

[plasma]

can it used to upload photos to mem card thru the camera? I have a camera previously that can even upload mp3 to the mem card thru the camera itself, but when i tried using a80, it failed on me.
sencondly, how can i connect the usb cable from the cam to computer and using the computer to take pictures or stream video like a video cam? isit possible?

[Hoky]

Originally Posted by plasma can it used to upload photos to mem card thru the camera? I have a camera previously that can even upload mp3 to the mem card thru the camera itself, but when i tried using a80, it failed on me. sencondly, how can i connect the usb cable from the cam to computer and using the computer to take pictures or stream video like a video cam? isit possible?

Even though I do not own the A80, I believe it's possible if you are using WinXP.

The WinXP OS detects the camera and reads it as an imaging device under "My Computer" even you did not install the solution disk. You should be able to read / write to the CF card and manipulate the data from there.

[plasma]

hmm.. strange.. i am using winxp but it is not possible to upload photos to my camera...
they dun have the "paste" function whem i right click in explorer at the a80 imaging drive....

[freeworld]

Yup, your A80 is working perfectly alright. I also can download but cannot upload.
My old oly 2040 used to be able to download and upload.

[Royce]

Get a CF card reader.

[Hoky]

Originally Posted by Royce Get a CF card reader.

Oops, I dunno that we can't upload using WinXP. Have you tried the upload function using Zoombrowser?

Basically, I am using my CF card reader to read/write my files. (Thumbdrive capacity not big enuf.)

Btw, there's a shop in SLS selling the Imation (multi) card write / reader for $28/-.
Cheapest Imation CF related thing so far.