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Really, really dumb question. I bough my mom this canon digital camera for christmas. [link]
It did not come with a cord of any kind.
How is she supposed to get the pictures on to her computer? She thinks she needs to buy another SD card, but that seems like it wouldn't work unless she has an SD reader.
All the cameras I have ever used just plugged into the computer, and then you dragged the pictures over.
Sophia, it looks like it uses a mini USB cable.
Be careful, though, a *mini* USB connector is different than a *micro* USB connector.
The manual seems to think the USB connector comes with.
I assumed it would have a cord myself, but my mother says it does not (I am not watching her do this). I have several mini-usb cord, so I can probably send her one.
And Thank You!
Sophia, I got a card reader at like, best buy or target for I think $6. So if she's got a card, that might be easiest.
There is neither a card nor a cable, which seems odd to me! It at least seems like that would have come up in the reviews, etc, especially since I was really looking for something that would be simple to use so my mother can take pictures of her cats and share them on Facebook!
So the options are either buy a card and a card reader OR buy a mini USB chord?
Thanks again!
You're going to need a card, whether or not you buy a card reader.
Also, it's entirely possible your Mom's computer already has a card reader built in.
I really think it comes with a card too! But I have ordered a card, a card reader AND a cord all for about $25.00 and have had it shipped to her. I should have opened the box and figured it out first, because trying to do this from a distance is difficult.
Also, any ideas on why my mom's printer isn't printing. She says it isn't the ink, but the paper goes through and nothing prints out.
[link] suggests it does not come with either a card or a USB cable, which is odd.
[link] claims that the USB port is a "Hi-Speed USB (Dedicated connector female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)" so I wouldn't be completely sure this is a standard USB connector.
I'm trying to find somewhere that says definitively one way or the other.
eta that Sophia did exactly the right thing with that order.