# What is the easiest way to upload and send digital photos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 22, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868 "2003-10-22T09:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oldhippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dec6dc/32.png) [@oldhippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldhippy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/1 "2003-10-22T09:25:16Z")
My “out of town friend” has a digital camera, but not the savy to upload or send me a single shot I need. [I am going to send him a link to this post.] Please share “the easiest means” for him to show me a photo… presently in his camera? Is there possibly, a web site he can go to, to just purge his load? You will be directing your comments to the guy with the camera. I thank you in advance for any effort you give to this! ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/2 "2003-10-22T09:42:23Z")
Dear “out of town friend”, There are many ways to get the picture file to your friend Oldhippy, but I need a bit of information before anything else. So here are some questions for you. Your camera - What is the make and model? 2. What type of storage media does it use? 3. How do you connect to a computer…does it have a USB cable, or do you have a card reader or ??? Your computer - 1. What is the operating system? 2. Does your computer support USB? 3. What software came with your camera, and did you install it on the computer? 4. What email program do you use…eudora? Outlook express?? or some other? Your connection to the web - do you use dialup, or cable or DSL? The answer to these questions will enable us to help you. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/3 "2003-10-22T13:22:23Z")
Assuming that once the camera is connected, then you have access to the pics simply as another directory on the PC, you might be able to right-click the picture and choose “Send To” and then “Mail Recipient”. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/4 "2003-10-22T14:48:40Z")
**Revtim** , the problem with that is that you’d be sending a full-sized picture, no? You’d probably want to compress it a bit before sending it as email. And if anybody knows of a freeware/shareware program that does that for you in one step and works with any email program, I’d appreciate it. -nick ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/5 "2003-10-22T15:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldhippy \* > \*\* > …Is there possibly, a web site he can go to, to just purge his load? > > \*\* There are loads of those kind of sites. 🙂 I don’t know about the camers thing though.☹ ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/6 "2003-10-22T15:51:10Z")
Duh! Camera not camers! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/7 "2003-10-22T19:06:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LordVor \* > **Revtim, the problem with that is that you’d be sending a full-sized picture, no? You’d probably want to compress it a bit before sending it as email.** It might already be a mailable size, and if he’s using Win XP it might even prompt him to shrink the pic for him. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/8 "2003-10-22T21:48:04Z")
The thing with some of those free unlimited use photo sites is they state they can use your photos without your permission. So, there you are watching football on tv & you see your family portrait flash on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![oldhippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dec6dc/32.png) [@oldhippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldhippy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-upload-and-send-digital-photos/208868/9 "2003-10-23T01:12:43Z")
I want to thank you all for your time. I’m going to pay another friend to go over to his house, and take care of it for me. That as it turns out…is the easiest way! Thanks again!