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My computer can't detect my camera when i plug it in using my USB ports
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Hello,
1) Try Installing the software that came with the camera
2) Try plugging it into a different port
3) if (1) is already done, try reinstalling.
1) Try Installing the software that came with the camera
2) Try plugging it into a different port
3) if (1) is already done, try reinstalling.
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Pete Stavrakoglou
bigdaddy45613 said:
Unless your camera uses internal memory, it is far easier to use a card
reader to get your photos from the memory card to your computer.
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Ken Blake, MVP
Pete said:
Why?
I actually do it both ways, depending in part on my mood, but also on how
many pictures are on the card. I think that if there are only few pictures
on the card, it's far easier to plug the camera into a USB port than to take
the card out of the camera, put it in a card reader, plug the card reader
into a USB port, and then reverse that process after transferring the
prictures.
There's another potential issue, too. I'm not sure how significant it is,
but every time you insert or remove a card from either the camera or a card
reader, you are abrading the electrical contacts on the card. Sooner or
later, they will wear out.
I how no knowledge of how many times you can do this before it becomes a
problem, but it would at least seem to be a reasonable concern. Anybody here
have any more information on this?
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Pete Stavrakoglou
Ken Blake said:
What you've brought up is certainly valid. I've never had a problem with my
CF or SD cards but I have heard from people who have had bent pins on a CF
card. Hard to do but it happens. However, IMO, it is still easier to just
pop the card out of the camera and into a card reader. I don't have to
worry about loading drivers, getting the camera recognized and using the
camera's power when I can just use the card reader. Some cameras don't have
USB 2 - I have one. It's a DSLR that is painfully slow to use through a USB
connection. The files fly off the card with a card reader. There are also
firmware updates that are done by writing a file to the memory card and then
loading the card into the camera and then updating. I guess it all depends
on what one is used to doing. As a creature of habit myself, other than to
attempt the one-time painful transfer of images from my DSLR, I've yet to
even load drivers onto my computer for the other cameras I've had, I just
use the card reader.
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Ken Blake, MVP
Pete said:
Drivers? Getting the camera recognized? None of that here. The camera
appears just as an external hard drive or thumb drive does, and I don't
have to do anything to make that happen.
The camera's power *is* a potential issue. I use rechargeable batteries, and
it really isn't significant to me. But if you use disposables, yes using the
camera means using up the batteries.
My camera uses USB2, and I've seen no difference in speed whether I use the
camera, a USB card reader, or my card reader built into my diskette drive.
It's fast all the time.
As I said, no drivers required here. The computer sees the camera just as it
sees a USB thumb drive. If your situation is different, then what you do may
make sense in your situation, but once again, I disagree with your
generalized statement that "Unless your camera uses internal memory, it is
far easier to use a card reader to get your photos from the memory card to
your computer."
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Pete Stavrakoglou
Ken Blake said:
Of the three cameras I have, two require drivers and the third I don't even
know because I won't bother since I use the card reader. It's nice if the
camera doesn't need drivers because you can use an OTG while in the field if
you fill your memory card. Just connect the camera to the OTG and download
the files onto it. For this, I have a PSD that has a dedicated CF slot.
Since I also use a camera with SD cards, I have an OTG that I connect a card
reader to and then download the files onto. I don't use them much but in
cases such as two summers ago when I traveled to Greece for three weeks, I
took more pictures than I had memory for and storing them on a PSD and
re-using the cards is very convenient. Plus, I need to take a *lot* of
photos so that I can get a few good ones
It's a minor point but I imagine that if the camera was being used to
transfer files and the power gave out there may be a data corruption issue.
Probably not but I imagine it is possible.
Two of mine use USB 2, one is USB 1 and it is soooo sloooow I have to wonder
if it's even USB 1.
Perhaps you're right about it being a generalized statement. At least in
the case of the OP, who is having some type of issue, it would be easier