Saving digital pics direct to hard drive

[Dazanator]

Anyone know how I could take digital pics and save them direct to a hard drive?

I need to take lots of passport type pics and save them with a file name in a format of Surname_Name.jpg for loading onto a security system.

Any ideas gratefully received.

[markmullen]

With most DSLRs you can shoot tethered straight to disk using the supplied software (EOS Utility on Canons) and a cable from camera to computer (USB or Firewire).

I would set the camera up on a tripod shooting towards a plain background, manual focus and metering (so they all look similar) and a cross on the floor for subjects to stand on.

Edited by markmullen on Monday 18th October 17:43

[adamfogerty]

If you don't have a camera that supports tethering, check out these:

http://www.eye.fi

Adam

[AndWhyNot]

Dazanator said:

Anyone know how I could take digital pics and save them direct to a hard drive?

I need to take lots of passport type pics and save them with a file name in a format of Surname_Name.jpg for loading onto a security system.

Any ideas gratefully received.

How many is lots?

Schools these days often use electronic registers with images of each child alongside provided by the school photographer. For a small project the cost of something similar would be prohibitive I'm sure but if you're doing thousands it could be worth looking in to.