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Originally Posted by Eric H
I hate this "Lumix Digital Camera, there must be a way to get a decent picture out of it but it's beyond me.
My old Olympus was great but not supported in Win 7.
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Sorry to go a bit off topic here, but you don't need to load your computer with very bloated camera software.
I assume that your Olympus has a plug that fits the USB slot.
On Win 7, right click [Start] and select "Open Windows Explorer"
Plug your camera's USB cord into the camera and then into any USB port on your computer.
When your Olympus powers up, it probably will ask you a question and at that point you select the [PC] option on the Olympus screen, at which point the camera screen will turn off.
(If your very old camera fails to power up, turn it on manually.)
You can then use Windows Explorer to probe your camera to find your pictures. Once located go back one folder and select that folder and then copy that folder to any place you want it on your Win 7 computer.
Always select, copy then paste, but never delete anything on your camera using your computer as this sometimes can mess up your camera's logic.
Note: It helps if you have "Display file extensions" turned on in your folder options, to quickly idenfify the jpg files, but it is not necessary.
Every picture that I've posted on this forum was shot with a circa 2002 Olympus using only native Win 7 functions!
As a matter of fact, Windows Explorer will work for almost all digital cameras with a USB connector on all versions of Windows computers back to Win ME and possibly even to Win 98.
James (Still stuck with an analog mind in a digital world)