Grrrrrrr Digital camera annoyance

[Skii]

the canon a40 i had just needed a driver installing ,not unusual and qute obvious when you think about it

install the driver Skii ,sod the software u just need the driver to see it as a removable drive

oh and a quick wouldnt have hurt either

I have m8, I've used cameras on Win2k before and you almost always need the camera driver.

If it was a driver issue it would say 'unknown device' or 'device not recognised', the problem is that it is detected but only accessible through the poxy imaging software.

cheeky goit

[Tumble]

use photoshop then Skii... all you have to do is "import" the images through the file menu.. it comes up in thumbnails.. open any u like and you should be able to delete images off there too...

[StarkMjolk]

Sounds sneaky... I'm thinking of getting a Canon Ixus i now, anyone know if it works the same way? I would prolly like to access it from linux aswell so I really hope it isn't a complicated device to access... But then I could always just get a card reader if it becomes an issue I guess... Would be nice to know that before I get it though.

[da_ging]

just looked and it appears there is only a twain driver for win2k so yea it will only work thru software ,best thing todo is find some software that u can get on with ,plenty about to choose from

[turkster]

Well with my Canon EOS 300D the manual told me to intall the software first so I did. I only installed the WIA driver and the Zoom browser thing. I didnt realise that XP might recognise it without the Zoom browser thingy. Ill try that first next time.
Importing into PS is fine if you only want a few photos but it is annoying if all you want to do is save them to disk. The Zoom browser thing will save the whole lot for you although I presume that could also be easily acheived if it was recognised as a mass storage device.

AS for Linux I was impressed by how easily it was to access the photos. I am using Fedora 1 and it has a little camera applet and all I had to do wasplug the camerea in and select the correct camera from a list and bingo . It was a matter of a few seconds.
Still it seemed to take just as long to transfer photos as it did in XP. That is a long time for 512MB data on USB 1

[Stoo]

Yup, I had the same thing with my canon, easiest way is to just get a card-reader, it's quicker too, especially if you get a usb2 one

[joshwa]

Grrrr

So the only way to access the photos is either by getting a card-reader, or using the software ?

aye unfortunately. the EPIA MII's have built in compact flash readers if you fancy changing your pc

[StarkMjolk]

k, I'll add a nice card-reader to my shopping cart then. Can't go wrong if I get one of those