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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:42:30 +1000
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On 20/8/08 10:56 PM, "Cristóbal Palmer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Personally I've seen "import" in that context too many times to answer
> "download" and have it feel right.

hmm .. I would "download" from the camera, a process which makes lots of
files in folders, and then "import" them into my photo management software.

If your process short circuits those two actions, then referring to it as
"importing" makes sense.

e. 

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