Win 7 picture import. Am I totally noob?

[HerbalKiller]

This may be an extremely noob question, but I have been looking over the internet and can't find the answer I am looking for so was hoping someone in the AT forum could help. Windows 7 picture importing from a camera seems to have taken a large step backwards in an effort to automate and I can't figure out how to get around it. In Win XP I used to be able to plug in my camera, and when the window popped up, select the pics I wanted to import, label them, and continue the import. Now Windows 7 seems to have tried to automate it but has screwed it up. I have two events, I want to label and date differently and download separately and there doesn't seem to be a way to do it. Its either all or nothing and everything has to be labeled the same.
am I missing something?

 

[corkyg]

XP, Vista, Win 7 - all load pictures with ease if you have the right software. Connecting the camera to the computer is probably the worst way to transfer photos.. Use a reader/writer for your camera media and forget the tether.

 

[MadScientist]

Instead of choosing in Autoplay for Pictures "Import Pictures and Videos using Windows" what if you choose "Open folder to view file using Windows Explorer", then you can label and download the pictures from your camera separately.

I use the "Import Pictures and Videos using Windows" option and re-tag the pictures before importing them.

 

[shortylickens]

I use ACDSee.
Its fast, powerful, and relatively simple. And even though Vista and Win 7 have made huge strides in Explorer based thumbnail viewing, they still arent quite perfect yet.

 

[thedosbox]

Instead of choosing in Autoplay for Pictures "Import Pictures and Videos using Windows" what if you choose "Open folder to view file using Windows Explorer", then you can label and download the pictures from your camera separately.

This.

Leaving autoplay enabled is poor security practice. Thumb drives are an notoriously easy way to get malware installed.

 

[Modelworks]

MS has to walk a fine line on how much application functionality they include so they don't get into trouble for bundling software.

I would suggest installing xnview and using that for importing pictures. It is free , doesn't install any junk and works with almost 500+ image formats and will let you do some basic edits to the files.
http://www.xnview.com/en/features.html


Get the full install if you want it to do the importing :
http://download3.xnview.com/XnView-win-full.exe

 

[nickbits]

if you install windows live photo gallery it has better import options

 

[alyarb]

I use ACDSee.
Its fast, powerful, and relatively simple. And even though Vista and Win 7 have made huge strides in Explorer based thumbnail viewing, they still arent quite perfect yet.

i agree. i use ACDSee as a viewer quite often.