Check your photo printer, too many printers now have card readers that accept the most popular types of cards. This particular model accepts a variety of memory cards. Note that if you're using the new SDHC (high capacity) cards, the reader must specifically support that type.Īs another option, you can buy stand-alone card readers such as the SanDisk model shown in Figure 8-2. If yours has one that accepts a Secure Digital (SD) card, you can simply pop the card out of your camera and into the card reader instead of hooking the camera up to the computer. Many computers now also have built-in memory card readers. ✓ Transfer images using a memory card reader. Be sure to check for this symbol because a different type of slot, called aįireWire slot, looks very similar to a USB slot, and your USB cable can even seem to fit (sort of) into a FireWire slot. The little three-pronged icon you see on the plug and to the left of the two ports in Figure 8-1 is the universal symbol for USB. If you aren't sure what these gadgets look like, Figure 8-1 gives you a look. (The camera manual refers to the cable as the interface cable.) Your computer must also have a free USB slot, or port, in techie talk. For this option, you need to dig out the USB cable that came in your camera box. ✓ Connect the camera directly to USB symbol the computer. You can take two approaches to moving pictures from your camera memory card to your computer:
