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Telephone/Camera

kengillard — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:23:51 GMT

I'd like some help buying a mobile (prepaid) that takes great pics for selling on Ebay and loading onto my computer.....and is super cheap. I don't use a mobile much at all so don't want to pay the earth. This is my most recent attempt to upload pics.....something very very simple to use . My old brain aint what it used to be! Thanks in advance.

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kengillard — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:08:04 GMT

Bum p?

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cherry*135 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:26:31 GMT

I prefer to use a camera for taking photos and uploading them onto computer rather than a mobile/phone.. That is just me though. others may prefer to use a mobile for photos.

buying a mobile (prepaid) that takes great pics for selling on Ebay and loading onto my computer.....and is super cheap

Super cheap and best quality camera in the phone don't go together.

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lind9650 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:38:56 GMT

Gilly, last year my OH bought me a SANYO 3X camera from the Post Office for $59.00. It takes great pictures and they are easy to load on to the computer. Some IGA are selling them too.

All you have to watch is that the batteries are fully charged and replaced when needed.

Hope that helps, Erica

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lurker17260 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:41:49 GMT

I also think you would be better off with just as camera. I have an iPhone 5 and can't load photos from it onto here directly. And it's not such a simple process to upload them onto the computer either. Just slip the memory card into the laptop and you're done with a camera.

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jimmy*part4 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:41:59 GMT

I have a cheap prepaid phone. It can't take pictures, lol. And I struggle to hear what people are saying.

I bought a refurbished Kodak 14 mega pixel here on ebay for $50. It works great and easy to use. When I post pictures here, that's the camera I used to take them.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:58:44 GMT

Gill does your laptop/computer that you use have a slot for a camera card?

Putting a camera SD or XD card in that slot, will bring all the camera photos come up in one file on your computer

From there you can select the photo you want for your ebay listing.

If the photo needs adjusting (crop, rotate etc) you need to copy and save it to your desktop (leave the original one untouched on the camera card). This would be the same step to take whether you used a camera card or got photos from a phone.

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kengillard — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:04:24 GMT

thanks everyone. think I'll go and have some lessons....I've just bought a Sanyo 3X....can't make it work! SHHHHHEEEESH.

Thanks for your suggestions tho everyone.

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freakiness — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:08:04 GMT

@lurker17260 wrote:
I also think you would be better off with just as camera. I have an iPhone 5 and can't load photos from it onto here directly. And it's not such a simple process to upload them onto the computer either. Just slip the memory card into the laptop and you're done with a camera.

A free storage service is a good way around that. I use dropbox and set my devices and comp to auto sync so as I take photos they upload to dropbox and download to devices. The only catch is if the account is not touched in a month (I think) it (free version) cancels.

icloud works in much the same way.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:11:51 GMT

@kengillard wrote:
thanks everyone. think I'll go and have some lessons....I've just bought a Sanyo 3X....can't make it work! SHHHHHEEEESH.
Thanks for your suggestions tho everyone.

Do you have a slot on your computer to put the camera card in?

If your daughter could come around to your house and show you the few simple steps needed to get the photos loaded, that would help more than going to a class. Having someone there showing you exactly what to do would be the best help.

Once you can do the basic loading of the photos, then maybe lessons would be good to learn about more features.

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the_hawk* — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:12:58 GMT

@kengillard wrote:
thanks everyone. think I'll go and have some lessons....I've just bought a Sanyo 3X....can't make it work! SHHHHHEEEESH.
Thanks for your suggestions tho everyone.

Gilly if its a camera and has a USB cable all you should have to do is plug it in to your camera and computer and then access the camera with windoze explorer (file manager)

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cherry*135 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:16:13 GMT

Gill.. did you buy a camera card to go with the camera (sold separately).

I find using the camera card in the computer easier than using a usb cable. With the usb cable the camera needs to have battery life, with the card, camera is not involved in the process at all.

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**meep** — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:30:29 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
Gill.. did you buy a camera card to go with the camera (sold separately).

I find using the camera card in the computer easier than using a usb cable. With the usb cable the camera needs to have battery life, with the card, camera is not involved in the process at all.

Agree.

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sandypas — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 04:20:41 GMT

I had a cheap sanyo for years. Took a fantastic photo and uploaded onto my computer easily with a camera card.

Just paid more for a canon and don't like it as much.

All I did with the Sanyo was put the camera card into the slot and ticked import photos and they went straight to my picture file in windows.

Windows have an editing program where you can crop them and adjust the exposure if needed.

Maybe you haven't had a camera card?

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kengillard — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 04:46:22 GMT

maybe....as simple as no camera card? certainly hope so. will ask daughter and SIL. THANKS.

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icyfroth — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:09:52 GMT

I tried taking pics for ebay with a phone for a while, Gilly, but just wasn't happy with the results, I couldn't get the macro shots for the fine detail. I ended up buying another camera.

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lind9650 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:21:00 GMT

Gillie, sorry I forgot to tell you that you have to buy the sim card seperately. I have a 4Gb card that has cost $12.- It is sufficient for what I need. Let your daughter explain to you how it works, and better have pen and paper ready to make notes in your own words on how and what to do.

That's what I do when I learn someting new, and the person explaining to me is not readily available.

Erica

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ca04 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:21:42 GMT

If you intend to show pictures with good detail forget it they just don't make the grade.

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lind9650 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:27:25 GMT

Sorry, ca04,

but I have used my camera for almost two years and got great details on photos of items I sold. The more expensive camera sits in a drawer, it never gave the same quality photos.

Erica

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cherry*135 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:30:23 GMT

ca04 - might have been referring to mobile phone camera photos, erica. (especially cheap phones).