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Canon PowerShot A540
Canon PowerShot A540
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Dawna (dsatov) 0 pts
May 22, 2008 1:07 PM
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retrieving pictures in a file

It seems that some pictures have ended up in a file on my SD card and I don't know how to access them.
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
May 26, 2008 9:56 AM
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Dawna,

You might need to access those files via your computer. Accessing non-picture files or edited picture files with your camera doesn't usually work. If you have a memory card reader that you can access the card with, you can see the files the same way you would in inserting a disc. I hope this helps.

Andrew
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Dawna (dsatov) 0 pts
May 29, 2008 7:34 AM
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I tried that and I still can't view the pictures.The person who put them on my card has a mac and I have a pc so I wonder if that's why I can't view them on my pc.
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
May 29, 2008 7:41 AM
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Dawna,

What file type are the pictures? The Mac to PC thing shouldn't be that big of a deal if you have the right software.

Andrew
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Dawna (dsatov) 0 pts
May 29, 2008 8:00 AM
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Thats what I can't figure out.Someone else who has a mac was looking at my pictures with their card reader on their computer and suddenly all these other pictures popped up that I couldn't access.She thought I had them in a folder and I can't figure out how to see that folder
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
June 1, 2008 8:34 AM
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Dawna,

The only thing I can think of from this info is that the Mac may have created duplicate files of the same images on your card so it could read them. I have heard of this happening in a few cases. Do you know the three letter extension at the end of these "new" images (i.e.: .png or .jpg)?

Andrew
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