Photo backup from camera to PC

[StephenEmery]

Hi there, how do you save your new photo's onto your PC, i.e you have 100 photo's on your camera memory card which have been saved onto your PC, you take another 30 photo's. Is there a way to plug the card into a card reader and just save the new photo's into the same folder on your PC.
Meaning....insert the card...then use an option on the PC to save any "new or different" pictures into the folder.

A bit like the backup system used in offices etc, whereas all files and settings (word documents for instance) are checked, and only new files and any changes are saved onto the backup device.

Also, I back my photo's up to an external hard drive, again what is the easiest way to save only the new photo's

Can you use the PC's backup system as one might do for other files.

Many thank

Steve

[chris-p]

Hi Steve

To answer your first question - yes. When you put the card into the card reader and you open the program you use to move the files, just move the new ones. Personally I clear my card so I download my photos after a shoot and re-format the card so I start from scratch again which avoids this happening.

[StephenEmery]

Originally Posted by chris-p

Hi Steve

To answer your first question - yes. When you put the card into the card reader and you open the program you use to move the files, just move the new ones. Personally I clear my card so I download my photos after a shoot and re-format the card so I start from scratch again which avoids this happening.

Sorry, didn't explian properly, what I meant was....insert the card...then use an option on the PC to save any "new or different" pictures into the folder.

A bit like the backup system used in offices etc, whereas all files and settings (word documents for instance) are checked, and only new files and any changes are saved onto the backup device.

Steve

[Forseti]

When you insert a memory card into the PC (Windows XP) a dialogue should pop up asking what you want to do with the contents of the card. If you choose the option 'Copy' another dialogue pops up showing you thumbnails of your images at which time you check/uncheck the images that you want to copy. In this dialogue you also have the option of browsing to the folder that you want to save them to.

As to backing up 'new content' of a folder to an EHD, one option is to use a very good piece of freeware called SyncBack. With this application you can set up the preferences so that it synchronises the respective folders that you want. It's very good and an application that I have been using for a long time now to back up the contents of one EHD to another (larger) EHD.

[StephenEmery]

Originally Posted by Forseti

When you insert a memory card into the PC (Windows XP) a dialogue should pop up asking what you want to do with the contents of the card. If you choose the option 'Copy' another dialogue pops up showing you thumbnails of your images at which time you check/uncheck the images that you want to copy. In this dialogue you also have the option of browsing to the folder that you want to save them to.

As to backing up 'new content' of a folder to an EHD, one option is to use a very good piece of freeware called SyncBack. With this application you can set up the preferences so that it synchronises the respective folders that you want. It's very good and an application that I have been using for a long time now to back up the contents of one EHD to another (larger) EHD.

I take it you do not know of a program that will in effect, synchronise, the card to the folder in My Docs (or wherever), I kinda think that windows backup could do this. I'll find out and let you know.

I take it that when synchroniseing it only saves new content from the card, but "does not" delete previously saved photos on the EHD, if they have been deleted from the camera card.

Cheers

Steve

[PaulMontgomery]

What camera? The reason I ask is that the Nikon transfer program has the option to only transfer new pictures.

[StephenEmery]

Originally Posted by PaulMontgomery

What camera? The reason I ask is that the Nikon transfer program has the option to only transfer new pictures.

Ones a Fujifilm J20 and ones a Panasonic DMC-FS62, not the sort of camera you would expect on a website hosting "Photographer of the Year".

[Forseti]

Originally Posted by StephenEmery

I take it that when synchroniseing it only saves new content from the card, but "does not" delete previously saved photos on the EHD, if they have been deleted from the camera card.

Steve, I hope you'll forgive me for saying this but I believe you're attempting to make hard work out of something very simple. The easiest way is to follow what I advised in my previous post - it only takes a second and has the advantage of allowing you to review your images prior to 'copying' them over into a folder on the PC. For obvious reasons you don't want to 'copy' over what are plainly out of focus or otherwise non starters.

Synchronising does at it says on the box - it synchronises folders. That said, in SyncBack you have the option of deleting images from the folder/drive that you are syncing to if it finds data that you have subsequently deleted from the parent folder, or, you can set it to leave those images in situ.

[highlandscenics]

Hi Steve,

I understand what your saying, for example, say on Monday you take 50 shots and then save them to pc in a folder, then on Tuesday you take another 50 shots, but when you come to save them you want the pc to only add the shots from Tuesday and not include the ones from Monday.

Well I use the software that came on a cd shipped with my camera to save my files to PC. I use Finepix Viewer (I have the Fuji Finepix s200 EXR). Theres an option in the properties menu that allows you to only save new files when the card is inserted into the reader, so basically if I go on a shoot one day and save the files, then go on a shoot the next, without formatting the card, my software will only save the new data and ignore the already saved stuff.

If you look through your softwares properties menu I am sure you'll find a similar option.

[StephenEmery]

Originally Posted by Forseti

Steve, I hope you'll forgive me for saying this but I believe you're attempting to make hard work out of something very simple. The easiest way is to follow what I advised in my previous post - it only takes a second and has the advantage of allowing you to review your images prior to 'copying' them over into a folder on the PC. For obvious reasons you don't want to 'copy' over what are plainly out of focus or otherwise non starters.

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Thanks for your reply, and I see your point...AND...I will download SyncBack as you suggest (it will be useful for many things).

Although I did not say in my OP, the reason for the question is for saving and backing up my parents photos (two camera's worth) as they do not get on with the pc so well, so I just save the whole lot, and get them to pick out the ones they want to print or loaded onto memory sticks etc.

But I have learned from my question.

Many thanks

Steve