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It’s built in, oops. Remote WIA Picture Taking

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well so much for my expensive remote control script for the D300 – yes it does work, but my script is entirely redundant as the same feature is actually built in to the Windows XP Camera and Scanner Wizard!  You know the one, described here.  It’s how most people get their digital images into their PC, even while those of us who “know better” use Adobe Bridge, or a card reader. 

In fact the Wizard has advantages; as a built in part of Windows it is even better as it gives you a immediate thumbnail of the image as soon as you take it.

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