How does my digital camera store the pictures I take?

How does my digital camera store the pictures I take?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What are the differences between photo formats? and more...

Your digital camera stores the pictures you take on the memory card. So remember, the light comes through the lens, through the computer in the camera, and off to the memory card. The camera creates a folder in the memory card. So, when you take the memory card out of the camera, put it into your computer into the card reader, the first thing you'll see is the DCIM folder, and you'll click on that. Then, you'll click on the next folder which will be where the actual pictures are. You click on that, and then all the pictures will open up for you and you'll get to see them.