DOUBLE SAVING

[Andrew Turek]

I recently downloaded a the contents of CF card and found that every image appeared twice, with "_2" at the end of the names of the duplicate images. I haven't been able to reproduce this wasteful error and must have done something accidentally to cause it. Any ideas? the camera is a Canon Sureshot 50.

Thanks to one and all.

[Andrew Turek]

It's Canon ZoomBrowser EX. I link the camera to the computer, the camera powers up automatically and I find myself in Camera Window. I select whatever I like (normally the lot, except any _02 files) and download them to the hard disc, then delete them from the CF card either through the software or from the camera controls.

[Chuck Snyder]

Andrew: While this suggestion won't necessarily help the double download
you got before, the standing recommendation around here is to get a CF card
reader for downloading your files. That way, you can put those connecting
cords away and stop balancing that camera precariously on your desk...! You
simply remove the CF card, pop it into the card reader, and it now looks
like another drive - so you can use Windows Explorer to download and you
don't have to mess with the ZoomBrowser software. I ditched that program
after about a month when I got my card reader, then tried it again when I
got my second camera....but dropped it again after one use. Personal
preference, though - whatever works best for you.

Chuck

[Andrew Turek]

Thanks - among the many new toys I would like to buy!