Are There Any Patient Technical Wizards Out There Please????

[smiler1962]

Hello ...
I have taken some photos today of my puppy and want to send them as email attachments to friends and family who live overseas..can anybody tell me how to do this?
I am not a technical whizzkid, so would really love step by step instructions and super clear explanations please.., suitable for a 52 year old ....the camera is a canon 600d and I use an Acer laptop with Windows 8.1 .

Yours Hopefully......................Thank You!

[Old_Geezer]

Easiest way is to look for the option in your e-mail that allows you to attach files. You can use it to go to where your photo files are saved and select them for attachment. If the photos are still in your camera memory you will first need to attach the camera via a suitable cable to your PC such that you can see the camera's memory & files.

[smiler1962]

Thank you Old Geezer....
I understand that the paperclip on my emails allows me to send attachments...the knowledge I am lacking is precisely how to transfer them from camera onto the computer..are you able to expand on your initial response?
Thank you

[Prudie]

As OG says you should have a USB cable supplied with your camera that you can connect it to your laptop. Personally I find it easier to take the memory card out of the camera and insert it into the slot on your laptop. Then save your pictures first, a suitable programme such as Windows picture manager should appear on your screen with instructions. Once they are on your laptop then the paperclip attachment in emails is easy to use.

[Buenchico]

Your laptop probably has a card reader slot. (Most modern laptops have got one). If so, remove the memory card from your camera and put it into the card reader. You'll probably see a box come up, asking what you want to do with the card. I suggest simply closing that box and doing nothing. (If you don't see that box, don't worry. The rest of my instructions will still work anyway).

Create a new email, filling in the recipient's address and your message as usual. Then click on 'Attach', 'Attachments' or something similar. That will open a box which you'll need to use to navigate to the location of the pictures you want to send. You'll need to look for the drive letter for your memory card and double-click on it. That will probably then show you a folder where your images are stored, so you then double-click on that. (There might be a further folder, inside the original one, that you again need to double-click on). You should eventually get to thumbnails of your pictures. To select just one as an attachment, double-click on it. To select several, click on the first one and then hold down Ctrl while selecting the others, finishing off by clicking on 'Open').

You'll then see the list of attachments shown on the draft of your email. All you then need to do is to click on 'Send' as normal.

[ChillDoubt]

This may be of some use to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNmkg6cHhVc

[ChillDoubt]

Followed by this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A4FHAolBxE

[Buenchico]

>>>Job done.

No it's not, Methyl. You've not emailed them!

[Old_Geezer]

Pretty much what others have said above.

Personally I have no card reader slot on my desktop, but the camera I have came with a USB lead. Once connected I turn the camera on (IIRC) and Windows Explorer discovers the camera memory/folders after a short while. One can then attach from the camera directly, or copy to the hard drive first, as preferred.

[smiler1962]

Hello
Thank you to all who responded....have been able to send emails-with photos attached today.
smiler62x