Where we are at right now is we need to be able to take pictures with an external digital camera of objects, lets just say we have Object A, B and C. For each of them we need to take x number of pictures we will just leave it at 10 to keep it simple. There is a web application running on a palm pilot that we are connected to that takes all of the info and text based data for each of these 3 objects, however, there is no way to directly associated the images with these sets of data. (Yes we could use the built-in cameras on the pda but the image quality is way too poor. So the long way as we have it right now is that as we are entering data for each object we have to manually input the name of each image into a field in. (Ex: 000-0001x.jpg) and having to do that like 10 or more times is really a waste of valuable time and it leaves the possibility more open for user error. What we do now is after entering all the data for each of the object, we then upload the images to our servers, the server app runs and looks at all the new data and based on the image names associated the specific images with the data that was entered.

So, that's where we are now, if we could just create folders with specific names on the cameras we are using then during the process all we have to tell each data set is one folder name that will contain all the images rather than potentially 10, 25, 50 file names individually. This way we upload the folders of images to the servers and everything is associated in a much cleaner way.

The ideal solution would be if the camera could be wired into the pda and directly input the image names into our app as they are being shot, though, that's a little too much to ask for now.

We have found digital SLR cameras that can do this, however, they are too bulky.

The catch is we have found a sony camera that can create folders, though it's in sony proprietary memory stick format. The data has to be able to be stored on standard SD cards that most other camera manufactures use. The SD card is what fits into the PDA so the images can be uploaded. If we had a sony memory stick to SD convertor we'd be set, but I can't find one of those.

Also, the data for what we are doing must be uploaded and transferred almost instantly while we are on location, so the option of just bringing all the data back to the office or home isn't available.

 

Do you have a USB port on your PDA? If so, this might work...

http://www.memorysuppliers.com/dazsonusbmem.html

If not, maybe you can find another card reader/writer that will connect to your PDA.