Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question but there shouldn't be compatibility issues between digicam and notebook. Any major brand of digicam and notebook should work together. In any event, I don't hook my cameras directly to the computer. I use a USB card reader and plug the flash card in. Using the camera itself as the card reader by plugging it in to the PC is slow and drains the camera batteries.

USB card readers are very inexpensive if you shop a bit.

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