How to copy pics to a CD

I took a few pictures at a wedding, down loaded to my PC. Am having problems trying to copy to a CD.

MAC or PC? What OS are you using?

Windows XP on a PC. Every time I would try and copy the pics on to a CD the program would freeze up or something and I would get an error message. Is it the Canon format being used or something?
Is there another program to use?

If you have Zoom Browser installed, burning to CD should not give you any problem. see this site
Should you suspect something is wrong with the software, a re-install will usually rectify it.

However, if everything else fail, you can still depend on Win XP to burn your CD for you. The way to go about it is to connect a card reader to the USB drive, with the camera's memory card in it, and XP will immediately come up with a window asking you what you want to do with the photos.
Just highlight all the pictures you want and select burn to CD.

I'm afraid I have to disagree, Bukit. I tested out Zoom Browser and I found it to be a complete waste of hard drive space. It's one of the worst, clunky and buggy utilities I've seen in a LONG while. I go agree though that you can burn in XP ... but it's really easy to do it wrong in Windows. So read up on it in the help files and do it step by step. It's more than just highlight and burn.

Another option? IIRC, you can burn to DVD in Nero, and even better, Google's Picasa (an excellent freebie).

It is OK with me if somebody disagree once in a while. Maybe it also happens to twins sometimes.

However, it is perfectly legitimate to say " If you have Zoom Browser installed ...... " because Zoom Browser comes in the CD in every box of Canon camera and buyers are expected to install it in their computer.

I am not with you on whether Zoom Browser is " ....one of the worst, clunky and buggy utilities..." because DCHQ is supposed to be unbiased. Nobody would expect Canon, having a long, hard built reputation to maintain, would put up such a software to go with their camera.

2. XP does just that, highlight your pictures that appear in the right hand column and select copy (burn) to CD found on the left hand column. That's how I do it when I am busy, and others should have no problem doing the same unless my XP is different from others.

I tried that Picasa program from Goggle and it works great!!!! I will try and reload zoom browser and see if works any better if not I may just delete it, may Canon may have an upgrade in the near future..

THANX
JERRY

Sure, Bukit, we're supposed to be unbiased, but it would be unfair and inaccurate to say that the software that comes with any camera is the best option out there. Often times, and I believe to be with Zoom browser based on my experience with it, is far from the best option out there. Just because we're supposed to be unbiased (which means we aren't blind to what works best and what doesn't) surely doesn't mean we eliminate our personal experience with a camera or software just in the hopes of being seen as impartial.

you like zoom browser? hey, fine by me. More power to you. But my experience with it on just about every Canon camera I have tested has been an exercise in frustration.

Jerry, glad to hear you like Picasa. It's one of the best options out there for the PC side of things.

Zoom Browser is a ' purpose built ' software, targeted at ' extending the functionality of Canon Camera ', as Canon puts it . it ' enables you to take full advantage of your camera's built-in functions'. See this page and the pages that follows

Besides performing the common tasks of downloading, organizing and editing images, including making slide shows and burning images to CDs, it also perform specialized duties like Canon RAW image processing, panorama image composition and remote shooting, allowing your computer to control the camera set up somewhere near the object without the object knowing the photographer is around, like shooting birds and wild life.

It can also copy images from the computer to the camera, a task often asked by readers of DCHQ. There are a few more surprises if you care to look deeper.

It pays for Canon Owners to sit down and spend sometime exploring the goodies offered by Canon rather than to look for alternatives that can never replicate the full capabilities of Zoom Browzer, and it is offered for free with the purchase of the camera, absolutely no risk of accompanying spyware, malware, virus or whatever.

You make the wrong assumption that I haven't explored ZB. I have. Just because it has everything in it but the kitchen sink doens't mean it does those things well. Honestly. I'm not impressed and believe there's better options out there.

There are many picture viewers and photo albums in the internet that one can download, some free and some ask for payments.
Most will perform the basic functions of simple editing, search, rotate, re-size, red eye removal and so on and it is not easy to say which is better and which is not so good. Perhaps the paid version has more features than the free ones, offering layering for example, for better editing.

However, when it comes to built in specialized function of the camera, there is no choice but to use the manufacturer's software, because the camera software enables the computer to recognize the camera, which is a pre-requisite, before the computer can control the camera remotely.

Personally, I don't favor one software over another. although I tested many. Zoom Browser, to me, is just an academic interest because I use Nikon dSLR most of the time as I keep many Nikons.
I do strongly feel, however, that for photo editing, Photoshop is the one to use though I am quite impressed with GIMP. This is an area where the average free software just cannot compare.

I don't see anywhere in the replies that I said you haven't explore Zoom Browser because you don't think it works for you. That's fair enough and I hope one day you will try out IrfanView which has 40 million downloads to date, a figure far ahead of most photo viewers and albums, Picasa 3 included.

James,
you probably has missed out my statement, and Canon's , that Zoom Browzer extends the functionality of the camera.

Canon built in some functions into the camera that can only be properly accessed and made use of by Zoom Browzer.

If you just want to stay stagnant at the elementary stage of reading the files from the memory card, any picture viewer will do with a card reader, even Win XP can do very well, no need to install extra software to clutter up the computer.
But if you want to go a step further, exploring what Canon has to offer in their camera, then Zoom Browzer comes in.

Buying Canon, and not making full use of it's capabilities, is a waste of money.

Oh, I didn't miss it, I just don't happen to share it. And a slight about "being elementary" isn't very cricket, my friend. The point is, most people don't need to shoot RAW unless they're doing heavy photo processing. And most who buy the SX line won't really need to shoot RAW anyway. Additionally, sure ZB let's you stitch panoramas. But so what? Photoshop does that. There are plenty applications that can stitch Pan.

The only real advantage, I would agree is the remote access via PC. But again, unless your shooting prom pictures or something like that, the average user simply isn't going to use it, or most of the features.

And above average users would be going SLR. And again, much better options out there.

But if you like it, I won't try and talk you out of it. ;P