Moving DCIM from Nikon CoolPix to Windows PC

[NewTricks]

This post picks up where ID:1574024 (Mobile WiFi HotSpot Routers) left off. On July 4th, my next task will be moving 2 years of stored images on a Nikon CoolPix to a home in Pictures on Windows 10.

The camera is 12 years old. I ordered a Replacement Nikon UC-E6 / UC-E16 / UC-E17 USB Cable, because the original stopped working. I am told when the cable worked, messages/folders appeared on screen to access photo files, view them, and supposedly move them. I can't verify. I am hoping that a working cable would result in those same messages/folders & save me time and effort.🤞

[A card reader was purchased, sat unopened and successfully used to view photos on the camera card last week.]

If not, then the all the photos in various folders must be moved off the SD card and into Windows 10, either Pictures or some other location.

If my own experience with my Lumix and LG with Windows 11 is useful, then the process will be simple. Go into DCIM, copy to a new folder and then save it with a name to Pictures.

I'm checking in here to have all assumptions tested and have specific process details confirmed as valid or invalid. 

🌺 THANK YOU

[David H. Lipman]

Yes.

Either a USB Cable from PC to Camera or a Memory Card Reader can be used to transfer Photos from the Camera to the PC.

My preference is to take out the Memory Card from the Camera and install it in a Memory Card Reader connected to the PC to transfer the photos. 

Once you confirm the desired photos were transferred successfully onto the PC, you can delete them off the Memory Card so you will have space to take your next batch of photos. 

 

 

Edited June 29 by David H. Lipman
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[NewTricks]

Thanks Dave, I missed that point in my ruminations.

[David H. Lipman]

[AdvancedSetup]

I do the same way as @David H. Lipman recommends @NewTricks

Been doing that method for many years now.

All photography including some programs.

 

Images from Camera only

 

 

Edited June 29 by AdvancedSetup
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[NewTricks]

Success with some twists and turns. I opted for the cable vs the card reader due to "ease of use" and to eliminate my involvement with subsequent repeat sessions.

The replacement cable did indeed have installed software/drivers (?) which presented short cuts to importing files, even deleting them after import.

628 files could not be imported in one fell swoop, so I was broke it up into parcels of 100+. That worked better. That process revealed the cable's interaction with the picture files-it was set up to eliminate duplicates. After all the files were imported then I had to manually delete from the camera card. There were only 4 folders of 200/28  each. The easy part.

Now I know what Nikon does with their legacy CoolPix, however I've never encountered anything like that with Olympus or Panasonic. Plus, I would never leave more than 30 photos sitting on a device for any length of time. All's well that ends well. 

[AdvancedSetup]

Glad you were successful in the end. For future reference it's is always faster and easier to copy from a card reader.

Now, you may need to purchase one if  you don't have one but it really is the way to go.

For myself I generally follow this pattern.

Setup and attend the photoshoot. Complete all the shots, return home, pull the cards copy to main hard drive. Then copy those files to a backup drive.

Then put the cards back in the camera and use the camera to format that cards

Now ready for the next photoshoot and can work on any photo edits at home when ready

 

[David H. Lipman]

9 hours ago, NewTricks said:

Now I know what Nikon does with their legacy CoolPix, however I've never encountered anything like that with Olympus or Panasonic. Plus, I would never leave more than 30 photos sitting on a device for any length of time. All's well that ends well. 

Thanx for the update.

[NewTricks]

8 hours ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Then put the cards back in the camera and use the camera to format that cards

Hmmmm, didn't know that reformatting happened. 👍🏼 I'll do it for myself that way.

[David H. Lipman]

Reformatting the memory card is not automatic and it is not a necessary step for most people.

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[AdvancedSetup]

6 hours ago, David H. Lipman said:

Reformatting the memory card is not automatic and it is not a necessary step for most people.

Perhaps not as most people probably don't fill the cards with a thousand shots in a day.

 

[David H. Lipman]

If one is at that volume, it is just good practice as it also verifies the camera can use it properly.  If it can format the memory card then the photographer can have more confidence that the card is "most likely healthy" and functioning properly for the next photo shoot.

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[NewTricks]

3 hours ago, AdvancedSetup said:

not as most people probably don't fill the cards with a thousand shots in a day.

nope, I would say that is an elite group.

Besides I only use mine for "high magnification." you know?

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