Fuji Finepix v5.3 for Vista

I have a Fuji camera and when I load the pictures onto my computer the
Finepix software selects the folder name and I can add a description to
that. For instance, if I select "car pictures" the folder name assigned is
"2004_10012carpictures". This is very annoying. Secondly when the pictures
are loaded onto the PC they are NOT in the order they were taken. This is
also annoying when I am viewing a slide show of my pictures and I want to
view them in order, for instance a birthday party.

Do I have to use the Fuji software, or can I use any third party software?
What are some good free programs?

Thanks!

Eddie G

Eddie G wrote:
> I have a Fuji camera and when I load the pictures onto my computer the
> Finepix software selects the folder name and I can add a description to
> that. For instance, if I select "car pictures" the folder name assigned
> is "2004_10012carpictures". This is very annoying. Secondly when the
> pictures are loaded onto the PC they are NOT in the order they were
> taken. This is also annoying when I am viewing a slide show of my
> pictures and I want to view them in order, for instance a birthday party.
>
> Do I have to use the Fuji software, or can I use any third party
> software? What are some good free programs?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eddie G

I'm not familiar with the Fuji. However, regardless of whether it
assigns a drive letter or not when connected, Vista or Winxp should
recognize it and show it in windows explorer. It's likely that it will
open the Fuji software you have loaded since that is now the default. If
that software isn't loaded you will get the windows camera and scanner
dialog. If you want, you can exit all that stuff and just access the
photos on the camera much as if you were using a card reader (which is
another option). You can then use windows explorer to drag the pics
wherever you want.
As far as listing, windows explorer will normally sort by name, but you
can sort by anything listed by clicking on column name (filename, date
etc.).
If you decide to stay with the Fuji software, you can easily rename
files using 'renamemaster' a free download. As far as how to organize
photos that's a whole different topic which we all grapple with.
Dave Cohen

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:20:45 GMT, Dave Cohen <user@example.net> wrote:

>Eddie G wrote:
>> I have a Fuji camera and when I load the pictures onto my computer the
>> Finepix software selects the folder name and I can add a description to
>> that. For instance, if I select "car pictures" the folder name assigned
>> is "2004_10012carpictures". This is very annoying. Secondly when the
>> pictures are loaded onto the PC they are NOT in the order they were
>> taken. This is also annoying when I am viewing a slide show of my
>> pictures and I want to view them in order, for instance a birthday party.
>>
>> Do I have to use the Fuji software, or can I use any third party
>> software? What are some good free programs?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Eddie G
>
>I'm not familiar with the Fuji. However, regardless of whether it
>assigns a drive letter or not when connected, Vista or Winxp should
>recognize it and show it in windows explorer. It's likely that it will
>open the Fuji software you have loaded since that is now the default. If
>that software isn't loaded you will get the windows camera and scanner
>dialog. If you want, you can exit all that stuff and just access the
>photos on the camera much as if you were using a card reader (which is
>another option). You can then use windows explorer to drag the pics
>wherever you want.
>As far as listing, windows explorer will normally sort by name, but you
>can sort by anything listed by clicking on column name (filename, date
>etc.).
>If you decide to stay with the Fuji software, you can easily rename
>files using 'renamemaster' a free download. As far as how to organize
>photos that's a whole different topic which we all grapple with.
>Dave Cohen

Rename Master

http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/

It will allow you to rename your files by EXIF data, meaning you can rename them
by the date and time taken, putting them back in chronological order. Click on
the blue arrow next to any input field, then the JPG tab for all possible EXIF
data fields that you can use to insert them into your new filenames. Click on
the double-arrow button for more advanced options.

There are many freeware renaming utilities, just put the words: freeware rename
exif, into any search engine. You'll get hundreds of hits. You may like one
better than this but I found it quite useful in the past because it will also
use metadata from MP3 files for file renaming too.

His other freeware utilities are also quite good.