[Leica] Printing from the Digilux

[richard.setchim@uk.pwcglobal.com]

Bill Grimwood wrote (about the Digilux):

<<After taking the photo and the image is in the camera, how do I transfer
it
to my computer so I can print it? Does this equipment have some sort of
connection to the computer, does it come with the camera? I hear mention of
small credit card size discs to capture the data on.  How does it get from
that medium to the computer?  do i have to purchase some sort of card
reader?  How many images does one hold?>>

You can hook up the camera direct to a video input so you can see the
pictures on a bigger screen or you can hook it up to a computer and use the
supplied software to download the pictures to the computer, but the
software is too slow for me. What I do is to read the images directly off
the "small credit card size disks" - SmartMedia cards - by using (easily
available) adaptors which allow them to be inserted in a floppy disk drive
or a PCMIA slot. With the adaptor they just become another disk drive and
you read the image files just like any other file.

The number of images held depends on the size of the card and the image
quality and file sixe you select. The configuration I am comfortable with
gives me 94 images. The cards are very light and I carry a couple of spares
in the camera case.

It is also possible to take the SmartMedia cards to some D&P outlets and
they will print direct from the card. However, to save explaining which
images I want printed I prefer to copy them onto a floppy disk and take
that round to the store or send the images over the net.

Hope this helps.

Regards.