Downloading files from memory card from digital camera?

I've noticed that some digital cameras come with non-Vista compatible
software. Is it possible to still use this camera with Vista, by
getting a memory card for the camera? Or will the files be compressed
and need to be uncompressed by the specific software, and so it's
totally incompatible?
Thanks.

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>> I've noticed that some digital cameras come with non-Vista compatible
>> software. Is it possible to still use this camera with Vista, by
>> getting a memory card for the camera? Or will the files be compressed
>> and need to be uncompressed by the specific software, and so it's
>> totally incompatible?
>> Thanks.
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> The memory card reader will do the job.
> The camera files are not going to have any "special" format.
> In general they will be jpg unless your camera has provisions for shooting
> RAW
>
My Nikon camera stores photos as JPEGs and movies as *.mov. It has a
removable SD memory card which can be read in the card reader of my PC. I
haven't installed the camera's software, because you're not really using
another hardware device; the SD card is treated like any other external
storage media like a floppy disk, CD or flash/thumb drive.

Hi monty194

Some Photo Editing programs will upload directly from you camera too.
I use Adobe Photoshop Elements, but I am sure there are others

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NormCamero