Getting great pictures

Windows 7 has a builtin decoder program for all camera multimedia devices. Navigate through the list of available programs to ascertain the media program that is compartible to the camera. usually the camera should be connected to the computer for detection of any compartibility be achieved. Capture media with camera, connect the camera with USB cables to the computer. Also, cameras that have storage media would require to insert the media into computers that are media component compartibel to attain multimedia transfer.

Compact Flash, or CF, up to 2GB in size.

Polaroid PhotoMax PDC 700 Digital Camera driver is available to download .To download it for free click here

According to the actual manuel and other info on this,  it will only hold as high as a 48x.

The Polaroid PDC 700 digital camera accommodates an optional, Type 1 ATA compatible CompactFlash memory card up to 48MB. When an unformatted memory card is installed in the camera, it is automatically formatted when the camera is powered on. WARNING: Once you format the flash memory or format a memory card, all images are erased and cannot be retrieved - they are gone forever! Before you format (erase) the flash memory or format a memory card, transfer the images to your computer.

The PDC 700 digital camera has 4 MB of internal flash memory on which to store images. An optional ATA-compatible Type 1 CompactFlash memory card gives your camera substantially more memory, allowing you to store more images or images of higher quality. images captured on the CompactFlash card can be downloaded using the same method as you use to download photos from the internal memory.

To delete photos from the SmartMedia memory card in your camera, you must first download them to your computer. Follow this procedure to transfer your photos from the camera to your computer: 1. Make sure that your PDC 640 is connected to your computer and both are turned on. The "PC" icon should appear on the status panel on the top of the camera. 2. Open the PhotoMAX application on your PC. 3. Click Get Photo. Note: If you are using PhotoMAX Pro to transfer pictures, you need to select PDC 640 Camera from the Select Source dialog box (select File > Acquire > Select Source), and then select File > Acquire. 4. Click Album or flashPath. 5. Select the album in which you want to save your images, or click New Album to create a new album. 6. Click Camera or Scanner. 7. Select PDC 640 from the Sources list on the Select Source window, and then click Select. The PDC 640 Twain Driver window opens. 8. Click Get All to transfer all the images in the camera memory to your computer, or select the images you want to transfer to your computer and click Get Selected. The images are transferred to the selected album, which is located in the PhotoMAX Albums folder. The PDC 640 Twain Driver window closes. 9. To edit a picture, double-click the image in the album that you want. The image appears in the image tray.

None of the Polaroid digital cameras listed below can be used as a "web cam." All of these models are designed for taking still images only. DMC/DMC 1e DMC2 Fun! Digital 320 Fun! 620 Fun! Flash 640 Fun! Flash 640 SE Fun! Flash 820 MP3 Digital Camera Olympus C-211Z PDC 300 PDC 640 PDC 640CF PDC 640M PDC 640 Plus PDC 700 PDC 800 PDC 1100 PDC 1300 PDC 1320 PDC 2000/3000 PDC 2300Z

The PDC 700 camera TWAIN driver is not 100% compatible with Windows Me because it does not support USB downloads. No new driver software is available from Polaroid -- however, a compatible TWAIN driver is available from a third-party source. The Pretec DC-800 is the functional equivalent of Polaroid's PDC 700. Pretec's DC-800 Setup Disk for Windows 95/98/ME/2000 is available for download at its online Driver Download Center. Testing done by Polaroid has shown that this driver works with the PDC 700 using the listed operating systems, including Windows Me. When accessing the camera with image editing software compatible with the computer's operating system, the camera driver appears as Digital Camera 1024X768 Driver.

Yes, you can use the camera with Windows XP, but you will no longer be able to use a USB port to download your photos. Only serial port downloads are supported under Windows XP for the PDC 700 camera.