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| Thread ID: 27713 | 2002-11-29 05:54:00 | dig camera views! | Trev0 (1995) | Press F1 |
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| 102365 | 2002-11-29 05:54:00 | I have a little (cheap) 1.3 dig camera that is great...but when I connect it to my XP os system it comes up as a video camera (one of it's functions is a net-cam)when I click on it. What I'd really like to happen is that I can see thumbnails of all the pics stored on the smart card inside when I click on the icon. Another camera I borrowed did this and I wonder if it's down to the camera or if there's some way round it to choose which way I'd like it.. any help much appreciated as usual Trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 102366 | 2002-11-29 06:11:00 | Many digital cameras show up as a removeable drive (and I assume this is what you want, so you can see the thumbnails of the pictures) Perhaps its because you have installed the camera software (in order that it can operate as a web-cam), the PC has no way of knowing that this time you want to see the files? If this is the case, you might like to do what I do, use a USB card reader to view the files on the card as a drive. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 102367 | 2002-11-29 06:18:00 | Does your camera have a setup menu? You should be able to choose between webcam and 'download' modes on the camera. | wuppo (41) | ||
| 102368 | 2002-11-29 08:14:00 | Is it a little pencam that you have about the length of a pen bu twice as wide. Did it have a disc with it that installed "digital camera manager "-- then when on showscontrols one for video which I never use and one for photos which you enlarge by double clicking on the pic or you can open another panel to the side and transfer the ones you want to keep to it Mine came with 2 discs -one for photos and the other for video----If yours is lke that may be you installed the wrong disc.. NOTE Since I've had XP I've not been able to enlarge the thumnails unless I transfer the to Ulead photo processor ---reall slows the works down I will be interested to see how you get on. Prue |
prue (1413) | ||
| 102369 | 2002-11-29 09:59:00 | Yes I would like it to show up as a removeable drive, godfather...any ideas other than shelling out for a card reader? The software came with some limited (slow) options along the lines of downloading each thumbnail individually and then me having to download the album individually also (taking ages) and then copying them to file, wuppo, but the camera doesn't seem to have any of it's own options.. The software is called 'cammanager' Prue and the camera is an 'aiptek' from Noel Leeming. It is about the size of a small camera and did come with 2 CD's, one was 'Ulead photo express', the other not much different, probably similar to yours though.. |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 102370 | 2002-11-29 10:01:00 | Oh yes, it is a USB connection... | Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 102371 | 2002-11-29 10:07:00 | If its not "designed" to show up as a drive, it won't. To test it out though, uninstall your camera software, then plug it in. Without the driver it may show up as a drive. If not, it probably never will. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 102372 | 2002-11-29 10:12:00 | Thanks GF I'll give that a go tomorrow as i'm off to bo-bo's right now, I'll be dreaming of paradise and keeping my fingers crossed though.. catch ya...trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 102373 | 2002-12-01 22:22:00 | OK, tried that GF and no go, unfortunately. So was that my last shot or is there something else I could try?? toodle-oo trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 102374 | 2002-12-02 01:54:00 | If the manufacturer has not designed it to "look like" a drive when plugged in, not much you can do. Card reader may be your cheapest option. |
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