Re: Service Pack 2 has fried my dig camera USB driver brains

From: John A (not_at_available.com)
Date: 10/05/04


Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:59:32 +1000

I accept your point.

John Allen

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:17:10 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>Not really. Especially if the memory card reader is USB v2.0. Then data will be read much
>faster off the memory card and will not be dependent upon the camera's electronics which are
>usually slower than the USB v2.0 standard, especially on lower end point & shoot cameras.
>Plus you can swap memory cards so you can be processing the pictures (hue, brightness,
>rotation, contrast, etc) while still being able to use the camera.
>
>I can't imagine it being easier to hook up the camera to AC adapter, hook up USB to PC,
>turning on camera and downloading pictures from camera when all you have to do is remove
>card and insert in memory card reader on PC. You'll also find this is the advice of
>professionals at; alt.photography
>
>I practice what I preach and take 100's of MB's of 6.3MP pictures per shoot.
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>
>"John A" <not@available.com> wrote in message
>news:lmg3m09hu62n24t7pn0me2880khdmssk4u@4ax.com...
>| Much easier to just plug the camera in. Batteries are not affected if
>| you attach power adaptor!
>|
>| Check out the following advice from Fuju
>| http://snipurl.com/9jbb
>|
>| John Allen
>|
>| On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:56:55 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>| <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>|
>| >That's OK. You should NOT have to connect the camera directly to a PC anyway. It only
>| >wastes the camera's battery/charge.
>| >
>| >The *best* way is to use a USB based memory card reader and take the memory card out of
>the
>| >camera and place it in the reader. It will appear as a drive letter such as "G:".
>| >
>| >I always suggest SanDisk USB card Readers and SanDisk Ultra II (60x) memory cards.
>| >
>| >Dave
>| >BTW: What memory card does you camera use ?
>| >
>| >
>| >
>| >"Joanne" <jnelson6100@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>| >news:181f01c4a9bb$b48e2710$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>| >| I've been uploading digital photos from a Fujifilm camera
>| >| for 2 years, first to a Windows 98, then to XP home
>| >| edition as of a year ago. Since I installed Service Pack
>| >| 2, I cannot. Downloading the driver from the Fujifilm web
>| >| site and reinstalling it doesn't make any difference. I
>| >| haven't found anything on the PC yet to help me solve the
>| >| problem. HELP!
>| >
>|
>



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