It just hooks up to the computer, and the computer treats it like an external drive.

My 3-year old HP has the option of appearing like an external drive, or of using PC xfer software. But I've used it exclusively on Macs for the last 2 1/2 years, so it doesn't matter if I set it to be an external drive or not - iPhoto still handles it the same.

Or you can just plug it into the computer and let iphoto on your mac deal. I actually want to get a card reader to bypass the iphoto weird foldering, but it's not necessary.

I like this one. This sounds like something I could do.

I used iPhoto to transfer on my Powerbook from my Kodak. I did not like it. Still don't use it.

What brand camera is that?

See, I knew that question was coming. Um, I think it's a Sony. Definitely a Sony. Very close to this one: [link]

We liked the fact that the screen was 2 and a half inches instead of one and a half. Makes it much easier for me to frame pictures, and to review and/or trash them on the spot.

All of mine have also worked that way, but I end up using the transfer software since it makes the filing easier.

I generally take pictures for one trip or event, then I grab them off the camera and put them in a folder, so my filing isn't complicated.

We did a lot of camera research before we bought, and liked this site: [link]

What is it you don't like? The suck everything and the PITA foldering? Those are my main complaints. I think I've finally figured out the logic of the latter for when I want to go digging for originals and I sure as hell wouldn't do it that way, but ... it's a little late now. Had I known, I'd probably have done it differently from the get go, but now I'm too lazy to reorganize.

I just pop out the memory card and use a card reader rather than hooking up the camera.

I actually just used by gift certificates to mostly purchase a tiny, cheap digital camera for when the Canon Rebel XT is just too bulky to carry around.

The new little camera is a Fujifilm A345. It feels a little cheap, but then it is a cheap camera. I don't have a feel for how good the pictures are yet, I took a picture out my window [link] but with the light, the lack of care of holding steady, and the window reflections I can't really say much about picture quality. It is tiny though.

The Canon takes fantastic pictures, but it's definitely not what you're looking for.

This is also a good review site.

The photo transfer software let me categorise pictures in a bunch of different ways--like flickr's tagging, basically. I have a categorisation jones (or a retrieval jones--I love to pull all holiday pics, or all bruise pics, or whatever) and they played into that.

Does iPhoto do that?

The version I have is very, very stripped down. I don't categorize much.

Thanks guys! I will have to spend some time reviewing those sites.

I got a chortle seeing the pic of Steve Jobs accompanying this article: [link]

Just the image: [link]

t still chuckling