How do professional photographers get there pictures from there camera to the computer to send to the lab?

I have a NikonD80 and I dont know what device to use to get them onto the computer and to a lab

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I use a pavilion image scanner.

You can either use the USB cord that came with your camera or like most of us, use a card reader to copy the images to your computer ... then format the card using the format feature in your camera.

I use a USB flash memory card or the backup CD I burn all my images to the day I copy my images to the computer. The labs I use also have a FTP service I can use to send them the images I want printed to them using the Internet connection in my office.

There you have it.

Your camera came with a cable to connect it to the computer.

Consult the User Guide to see how to use it.

Once the images are on your puter you can upload them via the lab's Web site.

Or, you can just take the memory card in to your local photo store, and either make prints yourself or have them do it.

Remember to always back up your images on another medium, like a DVD.

Hope this helps.
V

It's best to use a card reader, but you can use your camera.

Open My Computer, plug your camera into a USB Port and turn on your camera.

In the My Computer screen an new drive icon should appear. Double click on it and a window will open with a Folder in it. Double click the folder and your pictures should appear as 'thumbnails'.

Now you have your pictures, but they're still on the card so you have to save them to another location on your computer.

Go back to the My Computer window and double click 'C' drive icon, another window will open showing 'C' drive contents. Right click any blank space inside the window and a sub menu appears, select New>Folder.

A Folder will appear asking you to name it. Type in what you want to call this new picture file and press Enter. Double click the new Folder and an empty file opens.

Go back to the window with the pictures in it and click anywhere inside to select it, press and hold the Ctrl key and press 'A' on the keyboard (Shortcut for 'Select All'), the picture icons will highlight to show they are all selected. Right click on any of the highlighted pictures and drag into your new folder and let the mouse button go. A sub menu will appear asking Move or Copy, select Copy.

Your computer will copy all the picture files to your new folder.

Chris