D.P.+1

**Task:** Your family is considering buying a new camera. They have come to you to ask your opinion. Your job is to research 3 types of digital cameras and 3 types of film cameras. Compile your findings into a table and make a recommendation based on those findings. **Moving images from the camera to the computer** The type of digital camera used will determine the procedure used to move data to the computer from the camera. Generally, the easiest way to move images from the camera to a computer is using a card reader. Card readers plug into the USB port on the back of your computer and act like another disk drive. Then you take the card from the camera and plug it into the card reader. The pictures show up as jpeg files on the disk and can be easily moved to the hard drive of your computer. **Examples of various card readers**: **Different kinds of cards**
 * Introduction: **Digital cameras are available at a variety of prices, depending on the features desired. A mid-range camera will probably be suitable for school applications.
 * [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module7a/images/dualcr.gif width="83" height="63" caption="a card reader"]] || [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module7a/images/cr.jpg width="83" height="74" caption="a sinbgle slot card reader"]] ||
 * The dual card reader is an external flash card reader that connect to your computer through the USB port. This type of card reader provide two slots that give you the ability to read and write data from flash memory using a CompactFlash card or a SmartMedia card without connecting your digital camera directly to a computer. || The single slot card reader is an external flash card reader that connects to your computer and provides the ability to read and write data from memory using a CompactFlash card without connecting your digital camera directly to a computer. ||
 * [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module7a/images/cf1.gif width="86" height="54" caption="compact flash card"]] || [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module7a/images/smcard.jpg width="86" height="57" caption="smart media card"]]  || [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module7a/images/ms.gif width="86" height="57" caption="a memory stick"]] ||
 * The CompactFlash card is about half the size of a credit card and only weighs half an ounce. This type of card works well with either of the card readers shown above. || The SmartMedia card is a removable flash memory card that can be used in several different types of digital cameras. This type of card can be used in the reader shown on the left above. || Memory Stick is a flash memory card that is one of the latest digital data storage solutions in several types of digital cameras. ||

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some digital cameras come with software included that allow you to move photos directly from the camera to the computer using a cable to connect the two devices. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Task**: Take several photos using your digital camera and transfer them to the hard drive of your computer.