Digital cameras

[Agem]

My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
me through the installation process for my new digital
camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
work.
PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.

Help ???

[Jim Macklin]

You might want to check for hardware problems, memory comes
to mind as a possible area to check.

What make/model computer do you have? Was XP the original
OS or did you upgrade from a previous OS? Did you run the
hardware compatibility tests?

Were you trying to use a Ethernet RJ45 cable modem or a USB
connection?

If the cable modem problem was with USB and the camera is
also USB, you may have a dead USB port or other related
problem.


"Agem" > wrote in
message ...
| My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
| me through the installation process for my new digital
| camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
| installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
| right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
| been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
| work.
| PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
| modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
| PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
| Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
|
| Help ???

[Steve C. Ray]

I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't use the
camera battery. The readers are very cheap, or even free. I got two free
(after rebates) from Office Max.

Steve C. Ray
Replace "mail" with "36db"
"Agem" > wrote in message
...
> My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
> me through the installation process for my new digital
> camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
> installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
> right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
> been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
> work.
> PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
> modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
> PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
> Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
>
> Help ???

[David H. Lipman]

I agree w/Steve. Using Memory Card Readers is the better way to go. I haven't found any
real advantage to connecting a Digital Camera to the PC.

I highly recommend SanDisk. They make excellent readers and the best, and fastest, memory
cards and http://www.buy.com/ is a good place to obtain both. In fact Canon branded
Compact Flash cards are OEM SanDisk cards.

Dave



"Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
...
| I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
| transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't use the
| camera battery. The readers are very cheap, or even free. I got two free
| (after rebates) from Office Max.
|
| Steve C. Ray
| Replace "mail" with "36db"
| "Agem" > wrote in message
| ...
| > My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
| > me through the installation process for my new digital
| > camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
| > installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
| > right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
| > been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
| > work.
| > PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
| > modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
| > PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
| > Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
| >
| > Help ???
|
|

[Tedd Riggs]

My other 2 cent comment.
I agree the Sandisk reader is one of the best on the market and a great
price (around $40 at Staples), there is a 6-1 card reader that has just been
replaced with the 8-1 card reader, they look exactly the same and the same
price. If you can, hold out for the 8-1, Staples let me trade my 6-1 in for
the 8-1 with no additional charge and I think that is Sandisks policy also.
Tedd

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"David H. Lipman" > wrote in message
...
> I agree w/Steve. Using Memory Card Readers is the better way to go. I
haven't found any
> real advantage to connecting a Digital Camera to the PC.
>
> I highly recommend SanDisk. They make excellent readers and the best, and
fastest, memory
> cards and http://www.buy.com/ is a good place to obtain both. In fact
Canon branded
> Compact Flash cards are OEM SanDisk cards.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
> ...
> | I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
> | transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't use
the
> | camera battery. The readers are very cheap, or even free. I got two free
> | (after rebates) from Office Max.
> |
> | Steve C. Ray
> | Replace "mail" with "36db"
> | "Agem" > wrote in message
> | ...
> | > My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
> | > me through the installation process for my new digital
> | > camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
> | > installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
> | > right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
> | > been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
> | > work.
> | > PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
> | > modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
> | > PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
> | > Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
> | >
> | > Help ???
> |
> |
>
>

[David H. Lipman]

Tedd:

Buy.com has the 8 in 1 for approx. $31.00 and the 6 in 1 is for slightly less.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10352362&sp=1&loc=101

Buy.com seems to always beat the prices of; Officemax, Staples, Circuit City, etc. When
objects are in-stock, prices can change daily.

When I bought my Canon EOS Digital Rebel, the same location wanted to sell a 256MB Compact
Flash card for $80.00 that was 3.6MB/s. I paid $59.00 for SanDisk Ultra II 256 MB Compact
Flash cards that are 9MB/s. (9MBs write and 10MB/s read)

Dave



"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
...
| My other 2 cent comment.
| I agree the Sandisk reader is one of the best on the market and a great
| price (around $40 at Staples), there is a 6-1 card reader that has just been
| replaced with the 8-1 card reader, they look exactly the same and the same
| price. If you can, hold out for the 8-1, Staples let me trade my 6-1 in for
| the 8-1 with no additional charge and I think that is Sandisks policy also.
| Tedd
|
| --
| Tedd Riggs
| PDA Square Content Developer
| www.pdasquare.com
|
|
| "David H. Lipman" > wrote in message
| ...
| > I agree w/Steve. Using Memory Card Readers is the better way to go. I
| haven't found any
| > real advantage to connecting a Digital Camera to the PC.
| >
| > I highly recommend SanDisk. They make excellent readers and the best, and
| fastest, memory
| > cards and http://www.buy.com/ is a good place to obtain both. In fact
| Canon branded
| > Compact Flash cards are OEM SanDisk cards.
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| > "Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
| > | transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't use
| the
| > | camera battery. The readers are very cheap, or even free. I got two free
| > | (after rebates) from Office Max.
| > |
| > | Steve C. Ray
| > | Replace "mail" with "36db"
| > | "Agem" > wrote in message
| > | ...
| > | > My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
| > | > me through the installation process for my new digital
| > | > camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
| > | > installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
| > | > right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
| > | > been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
| > | > work.
| > | > PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
| > | > modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
| > | > PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
| > | > Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
| > | >
| > | > Help ???
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

[Tedd Riggs]

Dave,
Wow that is a good price ! And I thought that the $39 at Staples was good. I
will have to give buy.com a try as I often hear after I bought what I
thought was a good price, that buy.com was still lower.

One question. How do you like your Canon EOS Digital Rebel ? I tried one out
at the local camera store and loved it. reminds me alot of my Canon Elan II
35 MM. I have an older Nikon Coolpix 995 which is a good camera, but I
really miss the feel of a 35 MM and real thru the lens viewing also. However
the local camera store seems to push the Minolta A1 as the best camera, It
is a neat camera with its "tracking focus" (ie it locks onto whatever you
click and will follow and focus, seems great for sports shots) I just like
the look and feel of the Canon EOS and have not talked to anyone that has
one, but I have seen some sample prints and they are outstanding, especially
in the color saturation, they seem the most real of almost any camera I have
seen.

--
Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com


"David H. Lipman" > wrote in message
...
> Tedd:
>
> Buy.com has the 8 in 1 for approx. $31.00 and the 6 in 1 is for slightly
less.
> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10352362&sp=1&loc=101
>
> Buy.com seems to always beat the prices of; Officemax, Staples, Circuit
City, etc. When
> objects are in-stock, prices can change daily.
>
> When I bought my Canon EOS Digital Rebel, the same location wanted to sell
a 256MB Compact
> Flash card for $80.00 that was 3.6MB/s. I paid $59.00 for SanDisk Ultra
II 256 MB Compact
> Flash cards that are 9MB/s. (9MBs write and 10MB/s read)
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
> ...
> | My other 2 cent comment.
> | I agree the Sandisk reader is one of the best on the market and a great
> | price (around $40 at Staples), there is a 6-1 card reader that has just
been
> | replaced with the 8-1 card reader, they look exactly the same and the
same
> | price. If you can, hold out for the 8-1, Staples let me trade my 6-1 in
for
> | the 8-1 with no additional charge and I think that is Sandisks policy
also.
> | Tedd
> |
> | --
> | Tedd Riggs
> | PDA Square Content Developer
> | www.pdasquare.com
> |
> |
> | "David H. Lipman" > wrote in message
> | ...
> | > I agree w/Steve. Using Memory Card Readers is the better way to go. I
> | haven't found any
> | > real advantage to connecting a Digital Camera to the PC.
> | >
> | > I highly recommend SanDisk. They make excellent readers and the best,
and
> | fastest, memory
> | > cards and http://www.buy.com/ is a good place to obtain both. In
fact
> | Canon branded
> | > Compact Flash cards are OEM SanDisk cards.
> | >
> | > Dave
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
> | > ...
> | > | I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
> | > | transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't
use
> | the
> | > | camera battery. The readers are very cheap, or even free. I got two
free
> | > | (after rebates) from Office Max.
> | > |
> | > | Steve C. Ray
> | > | Replace "mail" with "36db"
> | > | "Agem" > wrote in message
> | > | ...
> | > | > My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
> | > | > me through the installation process for my new digital
> | > | > camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
> | > | > installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
> | > | > right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
> | > | > been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
> | > | > work.
> | > | > PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
> | > | > modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
> | > | > PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
> | > | > Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
> | > | >
> | > | > Help ???
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>

[David H. Lipman]

Tedd:

The Canon Digital Rebel 300D (6.3mp), I love it ! I got it to replace an Olympus D460-Z
(1.8mp) which I gave to my parents. I got a Rebel "kit" that has two lenses, the body and a
carrying bag. It contained a Canon 18 - 55mm and a Quantaray 70-300mm. I live on the beach
so I can make good use of the 70-300mm lens. I love its speed. The Olympus was so slow to
write. Using the Sandisk Ultra II, I can easily take quick repetitive shots.

Before I got the Canon I asked experts and I lurked in alt.photography a while until I
found someone knowledgeable and asked his advice. The rest is history.

Dave



"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
...
| Dave,
| Wow that is a good price ! And I thought that the $39 at Staples was good. I
| will have to give buy.com a try as I often hear after I bought what I
| thought was a good price, that buy.com was still lower.
|
| One question. How do you like your Canon EOS Digital Rebel ? I tried one out
| at the local camera store and loved it. reminds me alot of my Canon Elan II
| 35 MM. I have an older Nikon Coolpix 995 which is a good camera, but I
| really miss the feel of a 35 MM and real thru the lens viewing also. However
| the local camera store seems to push the Minolta A1 as the best camera, It
| is a neat camera with its "tracking focus" (ie it locks onto whatever you
| click and will follow and focus, seems great for sports shots) I just like
| the look and feel of the Canon EOS and have not talked to anyone that has
| one, but I have seen some sample prints and they are outstanding, especially
| in the color saturation, they seem the most real of almost any camera I have
| seen.
|
| --
| Tedd Riggs
| PDA Square Content Developer
| www.pdasquare.com
|
|
| "David H. Lipman" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Tedd:
| >
| > Buy.com has the 8 in 1 for approx. $31.00 and the 6 in 1 is for slightly
| less.
| > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10352362&sp=1&loc=101
| >
| > Buy.com seems to always beat the prices of; Officemax, Staples, Circuit
| City, etc. When
| > objects are in-stock, prices can change daily.
| >
| > When I bought my Canon EOS Digital Rebel, the same location wanted to sell
| a 256MB Compact
| > Flash card for $80.00 that was 3.6MB/s. I paid $59.00 for SanDisk Ultra
| II 256 MB Compact
| > Flash cards that are 9MB/s. (9MBs write and 10MB/s read)
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| > "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@MSN,C0M> wrote in message
| > ...
| > | My other 2 cent comment.
| > | I agree the Sandisk reader is one of the best on the market and a great
| > | price (around $40 at Staples), there is a 6-1 card reader that has just
| been
| > | replaced with the 8-1 card reader, they look exactly the same and the
| same
| > | price. If you can, hold out for the 8-1, Staples let me trade my 6-1 in
| for
| > | the 8-1 with no additional charge and I think that is Sandisks policy
| also.
| > | Tedd
| > |
| > | --
| > | Tedd Riggs
| > | PDA Square Content Developer
| > | www.pdasquare.com
| > |
| > |
| > | "David H. Lipman" > wrote in message
| > | ...
| > | > I agree w/Steve. Using Memory Card Readers is the better way to go. I
| > | haven't found any
| > | > real advantage to connecting a Digital Camera to the PC.
| > | >
| > | > I highly recommend SanDisk. They make excellent readers and the best,
| and
| > | fastest, memory
| > | > cards and http://www.buy.com/ is a good place to obtain both. In
| fact
| > | Canon branded
| > | > Compact Flash cards are OEM SanDisk cards.
| > | >
| > | > Dave
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
| > | > ...
| > | > | I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
| > | > | transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't
| use
| > | the
| > | > | camera battery. The readers are very cheap, or even free. I got two
| free
| > | > | (after rebates) from Office Max.
| > | > |
| > | > | Steve C. Ray
| > | > | Replace "mail" with "36db"
| > | > | "Agem" > wrote in message
| > | > | ...
| > | > | > My PC seems to do all the right things to detect and guide
| > | > | > me through the installation process for my new digital
| > | > | > camera - a Sony DSC-P52. However, right at the end of the
| > | > | > installation, the PC shows a small message at the bottom
| > | > | > right hand side of the screen telling me that there has
| > | > | > been a problem in the process and that my hardware may not
| > | > | > work.
| > | > | > PS - the same thing happened when I tried to install a
| > | > | > modem for Broadband. Spent many hours between AOL and the
| > | > | > PC supplier, each passing the buck to the other.
| > | > | > Eventually, I dumped the broadband idea.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Help ???
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

[Alex Nichol]

Steve C. Ray wrote:

>I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick reader for
>transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast and doesn't use the
>camera battery.

When using USB, the camera should be getting power from that.

The other question though is was the USB port here one direct on the
machine, or one on a hub? You may well find things work out much better
if you have it a direct machine one. I put in an extra card, so giving
me a total of 6 ports at the back of the machine (all permanent use
items) and three USB 2.0 ones on a front panel - just right for items
like this


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Jim Macklin]

Most cameras use a mini USB connector and do not get power.
The Fuji camera I have suggests (very strongly) that an
external power supply be used.


"Alex Nichol" > wrote in
message ...
| Steve C. Ray wrote:
|
| >I have found that it is much easier to use a card/stick
reader for
| >transferring pictures from a digital camera. It is fast
and doesn't use the
| >camera battery.
|
| When using USB, the camera should be getting power from
that.
|
| The other question though is was the USB port here one
direct on the
| machine, or one on a hub? You may well find things work
out much better
| if you have it a direct machine one. I put in an extra
card, so giving
| me a total of 6 ports at the back of the machine (all
permanent use
| items) and three USB 2.0 ones on a front panel - just
right for items
| like this
|
|
| --
| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8
bit)

[David H. Lipman]

I have checked this statement against my canon EOS 300D.

You have to power-up the camera to be used in conjunction with the PC.

Dave



"Alex Nichol" > wrote in message
...

| When using USB, the camera should be getting power from that.
|
| The other question though is was the USB port here one direct on the
| machine, or one on a hub? You may well find things work out much better
| if you have it a direct machine one. I put in an extra card, so giving
| me a total of 6 ports at the back of the machine (all permanent use
| items) and three USB 2.0 ones on a front panel - just right for items
| like this
|
|
| --
| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)