question about memory stick and transfer of images..

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if i buy a SONY DSC-S50 digital camera... and it comes with a 4 MB memory stick.. is it possible to buy a larger stick and replace the 4MB one...w/ a 16 or 32 MB stick,.. and is there any limit?.. also how much memory would you suggest i get?

next question is.. is it possible to transfer the pictures from the camera onto the pc...in a CUT & PASTE..kind of way?.. or from the PC to the camera in the same way?.. so that i won't have to keep ALL the pictures on the memory stick?..

for example..i go out take 20 pictures )or however many until there is no more room)..come home..move the 20 pictures onto my computer.. and then go back out and get more pictures..etc.. and is it possible to do it backwards?..moving pictures from the computer onto the camera?..

-- victor fung (victorock@dogmail.com), July 19, 2000

Answers

1. Yes, possible. Currently, 64MB. Recommended minimum 32MB, better 64MB 2. Yes, you can (the camera is treated as just another drive). Yes, you can copy images back to the camera if you save them without change. Otherwise you'll need utility software that preserves the special image data contained in what's called the EXIF header. EXIF is a standard format for digicam images.

-- Henry (tolbert9@aol.com), July 19, 2000.

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