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Canon Powershot A590 IS
Canon Powershot A590 IS
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  • 4 out of 5
"so easy my 6 year old can use it!"
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Wilson (wmoffitt) 17 pts
October 25, 2008 9:21 AM
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How to delete pictures on the Canon A590 IS from the PC?

Lets say I have some pictures I want to keep on the camera and some I want to delete. That means I won't be using the Delete All option. While I understand how to manually delete the photos one by one using the controls on the camera, I'm curious to know if there is a method to delete individual photos on the camera from the PC (running XP Pro) while the camera is connected? I'm guessing that if I were to pop out the 4gb 133x Lexar SDHC card and use a reader (which I don't own, yet) I could browse the card contents through Windows Explorer and that's sort of what I was curious to know if could happen through the PC with the camera. Thanks for any insight, I just received the camera the other day and love it as my first digital camera.
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
November 4, 2008 3:41 PM
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That's actually the best way to go it, Wilson. Kudos to your insight. The PC will read the card as a drive and you can simply highlight and hit the delete key. Deleting using your PC will also keep that card healthier than if you deleted them using your camera.
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Wilson (wmoffitt) 17 pts
November 15, 2008 10:39 PM
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Thanks James! I'll be getting a card reader sometime soon, perfect Christmas gift to self. ;-) And thanks for the tip about it keeping the card in better shape overall health wise than how I was doing it.
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