I'm a bit confused about what cameras (if any) connect fairly simply to a Mac (older PowerPC desktop). And if not what hardware is needed to feed photos in. I'm thinking about a Kodak 260... Any feedback welcome. Thanks

-- Mary Beth Kemp (mbk@ogilvy.net), September 30, 1998

Answers

I believe Kodak is now selling their Mac connection kit for the DC260 and 220, which provides the wherewithal to plug them into your Mac's serial port. I don't have the part number or cost, but they've typically charged about $50 for this in the past, with prior cameras.

If you can afford one, a SCSI-interfaced reader for "CF" (CompactFlash) memory cards will produce **dramatically** faster file transfers. (Serial-port downloads of the huge files from a 260 will typically take well over a minute apiece.) Another option if you have a PowerBook is to get an inexpensive CF-to-PCMCIA adapter card (they run as little as $15). With one of those, you can just plug the card into your PC card slot, and it shows up as a disk drive.

In our reviews, we always try to indicate which OS' are supported by the cameras. Look under the "Image Storage and Interface" heading that's in each review.

Good Luck! Dave (a fellow Mac user) Etchells

-- Dave Etchells (web@imaging-resource.com), September 30, 1998.