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Image download software for Lumix cameras

Started Sep 18, 2018 | Discussions thread
alcelc
alcelc Forum Pro • Posts: 18,975
Why not use the native file manager
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of the operating system? We don't need any specific software to do this

Just create a folder on your hard disk, in a name you prefer, then use either Copy/Paste or Cut/Paste, or by the drag and drop to download the files (photo and video, Post Focus is a video file) to such folder.

*Note, stacking output from post focus file is easiest to do it in camera. Extract frames from MP4 file to do stacking is not easy job.

I don't use PFS or other similar software because of their proprietary folder system. Once if we mess up with the system, the software can't locate the files.

In my case, I use Windows PC, so the Windows Explorer is my tool. I have 3 internal hard disks on my computer. I set a Partition called Photo on E: drive, and setup sub folders in time & event name, e.g. "2021-11-26 Xmas party", then keep all photos & video taken from that event there.

So, all shooting sessions are sorting by their shooting date.

The free FastStone is a good image viewer with basic editing tools and renaming ability. I use it to rename every photos by "YYDDMM HHMMSS XXX" for permanent storage (XXX is camera model).

My 2 cents.

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Albert
** Please forgive my typo error.
** Please feel free to download my image and edit it as you like **

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