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Post by kiwi on Mar 21, 2010 14:22:47 GMT 12
I appear to have inadvertantly touched something on my camera , now when I attempt to get the pictures from the camera to the computer , there is a BUsy sign flashing above the viewing screen and the computer does not seem to pick up the camera . I can view the images already in the camera useing the camera screen and I am still able to take pictures . Any help gratefully recieved by this novice .
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Post by stu on Mar 21, 2010 16:13:53 GMT 12
Just my unedumacated five cents worth, and I'm sure there will be somebody out there with a more concise answer, but it almost sounds like a problem with the computer.
I've had similar cases with my computer suddenly deciding that for some reason, perhaps the alignment of the planets or suchlike, a device plugged into a usb or firewire connection suddenly doesn't exist although said device is adamant it does and sits there demanding to be recognised before doing anything else.
In such cases either reconnecting the device to the pc while still switched on, switching the device off then on while still connected or rebooting the pc seemed to clear the problem.
With regard to Canon cameras, not quite the same but I did initially have a problem trying to download 4gb worth of photos to the pc. It would get about half way and then lose the connection to the camera.
In that case, it turned out that - due to some prior "what does this do" fiddling - the power save feature on the camera was turning it off after 30 seconds of inactivity (file transfer counting as inactivity) and effectively disconnecting it from the pc.
Cheers,
Stu.
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 21, 2010 16:42:27 GMT 12
The above are reasons to use a card reader (or the SD slot in your laptop) These are often also faster than the camera, and the small risk of tugging your camera to the floor is removed.
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Post by kiwi on Mar 21, 2010 17:53:38 GMT 12
Thanks for that , I was sure I had tried that but did it again and got the pictures to load into the computer , many thanks . I will be buying a card reader also as I can see the camera being tugged off the desk by the cord , good advice thank you .
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 21, 2010 22:00:18 GMT 12
Got to love technology.
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Post by stu on Mar 22, 2010 10:49:59 GMT 12
The above are reasons to use a card reader (or the SD slot in your laptop) These are often also faster than the camera, and the small risk of tugging your camera to the floor is removed. Precisely - off to get one soon  The old Fuji camera came with one of those handy cradle thingamajigs that acted as a charger and connection to the pc and sat safely out of the way however, the Canon relies on the dangle usb cable across the computer desk method. SD slot on the laptop? Luxury for those of us with steam powered, valve driven beasts pretending to be laptops ;D Having just bought the new toy, I think a replacement laptop is some way off if I also want to keep flying Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by tbf25o4 on Mar 22, 2010 14:28:08 GMT 12
I quickly learned that the best way of uploading from an SD or other card was to purchase
a multi card reader from Mr Dick Smith's (reasonably cheap). I ended up by purchasing
two so one is permanently connected to the main PC and the other is in the camera bag should I need to upload when away from home base.
Paul
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