404 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I used to be able to connect my old Kodka DX3500 camera to my computer running Windows XP and it would turn up like a removable USB device. I could upload to it, and basically use it like any other storage device. Now I need to put specific files on a CF card, and I wanted to do this through my camera again, and now suddenly it only recognises my camera as JUST a camera. I can access it through Explorer and download pictures from it, but it seems to be read-only and I can't upload to it. Anybody know how to fix this? I tried googling but found no usefull information in the review/for-sale cluttered search results. ps. Ubuntu under VMWare recognises a camera, but also only gives me the option to download pics off of it, but not to use it as a removable device - or I don't know how to. Aargh!! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 On my Nikon D70 it allows you to set it as a mass storage device or as camera. Have a look threw the options and see if it offers any settings for type of USB device. Or alternatively get a card reader, there dirt cheap and using the camera as a USB device emptys the battery really quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404 Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 Thanks for the reply, VaKo. I tried every option at every place I could think of, and still I just couldn't tell XP to leave all the fancy "Want me to get the pics off?"-fucntionality, and just give me a plain old explorer window where I could drop files in... I needed these files this evening, so getting a card reader wasn't an option. My friend will transfer the files for me now, so the problem is solved for now. I still hate the fact that XP just wouldn't alow me a very basic, low level connection to the camera, grrr! :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Its on the camera somewhere, not on XP. And yup, pisses me off to, thats why I use card readers now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jool Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Look for some setting that is set to PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) which is what tells Windows to show it as a camera. For me it's called Communication and can be either PTP or Normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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