Casio EX-Z500 memory: internal vs card

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Jeffrey Kaplan - 23 Jun 2006 17:32 GMT

I just picked up this camera new last week. It has some internal
memory space which I'd like to use to permanently store copies of some
photos. I've found how I can copy a photo from the card into the
internal memory, but what's in the internal memory does not show in the
playback mode unless I first eject the card. This also makes it
impossible to copy such an image +back+ to the card later.

Am I missing something? Or is this supposed to be a one-way procedure.

What if I had taken these pictures without a card in the camera, how
would I get them onto the card?

I +can+ connect the cradle to a USB port on my computer (USB hub,
actually), but I'd rather not.

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MartinS - 23 Jun 2006 23:54 GMT

> I just picked up this camera new last week. It has some internal
> memory space which I'd like to use to permanently store copies of some
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> I +can+ connect the cradle to a USB port on my computer (USB hub,
> actually), but I'd rather not.

Why not? That's your solution.

There's always someone who wants to do what things are not designed to do.

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Jeffrey Kaplan - 24 Jun 2006 03:51 GMT

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> > I just picked up this camera new last week. It has some internal
> > memory space which I'd like to use to permanently store copies of some
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> Why not? That's your solution.

Because that would mean removing the card.

> There's always someone who wants to do what things are not designed to do.

I think that's my point: Why can I, with just the camera, copy a
photograph from the card to the internal memory, but not from the
internal memory to the card?

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MartinS - 24 Jun 2006 19:13 GMT

> It is alleged that MartinS claimed:
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> Because that would mean removing the card.

So?

>> There's always someone who wants to do what things are not designed
>> to do.
>
> I think that's my point: Why can I, with just the camera, copy a
> photograph from the card to the internal memory, but not from the
> internal memory to the card?

Ask the camera manufacturer.

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Jeffrey Kaplan - 25 Jun 2006 06:25 GMT

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> >> > I +can+ connect the cradle to a USB port on my computer (USB hub,
> >> > actually), but I'd rather not.
> >> Why not? That's your solution.
> > Because that would mean removing the card.
> So?

I'm trying to NOT connect a bunch of things to my computer. The more
items I connect to it, the more drivers it self-installs. The more
drivers it installs, the slower the system gets because the more
overhead there is.

> > I think that's my point: Why can I, with just the camera, copy a
> > photograph from the card to the internal memory, but not from the
> > internal memory to the card?
> Ask the camera manufacturer.

If no one else can answer the question, I will.

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MartinS - 24 Jun 2006 19:14 GMT

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> photograph from the card to the internal memory, but not from the
> internal memory to the card?

Also, I can't understand why you want to use your camera's limited
internal memory for permanent storage. Wouldn't a CD be better?

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Jeffrey Kaplan - 25 Jun 2006 06:31 GMT

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> > I think that's my point: Why can I, with just the camera, copy a
> > photograph from the card to the internal memory, but not from the
> > internal memory to the card?
>
> Also, I can't understand why you want to use your camera's limited
> internal memory for permanent storage. Wouldn't a CD be better?

Because I can't just whip out a CD and say, "...and this is a picture I
took of X." Since this camera is small enough to fit in a pocket, it's
with me most of the time. As such, I +can+ use it as a mobile photo
viewer. So I figured that since it has an internal memory, to retain
as much space as possible on the card for new photos, I'd put ones I
want to always have available in the internal memory instead. I then
discovered that with the card in the slot, stuff on the internal memory
isn't visible.

It feels like a half-finished feature.

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