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Connecting Digital Cameras
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It can be frustrating waiting for images to be transferred from your digital camera to your computer. Transfer technology is therefore important.
There are a number of technologies employed.
Infrared
IEEE 1394 - a standard for high-speed serial devices. An infrared port on a computer can communicate with other devices without cables.
RS232
Early digital cameras used RS232 (serial) connections for transferring data to external devices (PC’s)
FireWire
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