CANON ZoomBrowser EX Hi can anyone help

[ipv6ready]

I have been trying to download the CANON ZoomBrowser EX for my Powershot.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

I have tried the canon AU JP and Com sites with no sucess. They only have the updater where as i need the full version.

Thanks you help is appreciated

[Sheila Smart]

Can I ask why you want Zoombrowser (or Doombrowser as it was called a couple of years back ). IMHO, I believe that Canon should stick to what it knows best and leave image management to others. FWIW, I use Picasa2 as my image management. Because it is Google based, it has a lightning fast search engine. And its free.

Cheers
Sheila

[Glen]

Robert, if you cant find it I can send you a copy from my Ixus, but I agree with Sheila.

[ipv6ready]

Thank you for your advice Sheila and Glen.

I was given a used IXUS Powershot S200. Heavy with the metal body but small enough.

I thought maybe the program did something useful. but thinking about it (with your advice) it must be as useful as Nikonview.

Its the smallest camera I have now. Other then my phonecam!

Only a 2mb but for its intended use, just snapshots when i wouldn't have a camera with me due to the sheer size of a DSLR or my Coolpix5000. It does a great job.

I thought about getting a Nikon s4 P&S a tiny 4 to 6mb camera but if I goto a shop with lust I will want more and more features and end up walking out with a Coolpix 8900.

Lust is bad

[Glen]

Robert, I think I have the same one, a 2mb Ixus, paid about $1,000 for it, I just use the CF card with Nikonview, that way all the images are where I can find them.

[ozonejunkie]

I have tried playing this game before....

The only way to acquire ZoomBrowser is off the original product CD's. You can upgrade any version from 3 to the latest 5.2, but you can not get an original install.

And yes, I do acknowledge that it is useful as tits on a bull, I still use it.

I find that the speed it handles RAW images is far superior to that of Windows RAW Viewer, and use it as a glorified file browser.

If you need a copy of Zoombrowser, PM me, and we can organize something.

Tristan

[DionM]

I'll chime in too - Zoom browser is rubbish.

Irfanvew is a great alternative.

[Sheila Smart]

In the "old days", ZB had its own database which used to crash with startling regularity. Countless times I rang Canon in North Sydney to try to recover my images - even they had trouble advising me. It was not long after that Canon decided that databases were much too difficult and elected not to have them. A good move and long overdue. There were so many questions regarding ZB crashes on digital camera sites that I was often emailed by complete strangers asking how to recover a database!

I have tried ThumbsPlus and Adobe Photoshop Album but as I have said before, I now use Picasa2.

Cheers
Sheila

[ipv6ready]

Robert, I think I have the same one, a 2mb Ixus, paid about $1,000 for it, I just use the CF card with Nikonview, that way all the images are where I can find them.

I am not familiar with canon as this is my first canon.
its actually a Powershot S200 Digital Elph
The build quality is top notch as far as metal bod and size is concerned.

Better then coolpix 885, 950, 2500 is concerned (all gone to Nikon Heaven)

Its actually about as heavy as my 5000!!!!!!

Picture i am happy with, anyway now I can take it to parties and not worry where my gear is.