Canon digital camera & os 10.4

I just purchased a canon eos digital camera and after spending some time learning the camera, etc... installed the canon software for transfering images from camera to powerbook g4...
when I tried to transfer images using canon's camera window I kept getting the message that it could not detect the camera.
after trying this several times and going through the usually checks to see if the camera was set-up correctly... I went to canon's site and:
"For now, Canon is not claiming compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4"...
does anyone know how to transfer images from a canon digital camera to a mac with os 10.4

Don't know about the EOS, but I use Image Capture to
transfer images from my Canon PowerShot S50. Try
launching Image Capture, then go to the Preferences,
General, and select "When a camera is connected, open
Image Capture." Quit Image Capture, and plug-in the
camera and see if Image Capture launches.
Francine
Schwieder
That's exactly what I'm used to doing in the old G3/Jaguar system. At my first try in doing the same thing in the G5/Tiger version, I had the following happen:
A. Plugged in first to one of the USB 2.0 ports. The system didn't react at all, but the display on the Canon went dark, which it had never done before when connecting. Repeated that sequence several times, but Image Capture never launched.
B. Tried plugging into a 1.1 port (on the keyboard). Now the image remains on/powered, but the app never launches. Instead, I get the "No ... capture device connected ..." splashscreen.
C. That seems to be the case, at least as far as I know how to determine it with System Profiler. I can never get any indication that the OS is seeing the camera there at all.
Any ideas on what has gone/is going on, and what I can do about it? I'm really just very surprised that it's not simply working as it should. TIA for any inputs or assistance.
(N.B. I still have the G3 and am considering powering it back up to see if the Canon still works there; I suspect it will, though)

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