Digital camera in the finder?

Hi all, new to mac from PC... I have an issue I can't figure out.
On my Win XP machine, I can hook up my new Canon IS950 digital camera via USB and it shows up in My Computer as a drive. However, for some strange reason, OSX will not see it as a drive. iPhoto reads it just fine, but it doesn't show in the finder.
I know I'm new to OS X, but this should work, right? My PC could do it!
TIA.
Carl Sundermann

a brody wrote:
I've been doing some other research, and it's looking like this is not a function that's built into OS X...
Actually that is not true. It is a function built-into Mac OS X for those USB cameras which follow the spec to the letter. Not all do. Similarly there are some cameras for which Windows doesn't work that clearly.
Very interesting! A couple other posts I've been reading on random google boards and the creative cow are saying this isn't something osx can do. Not that I don't believe you, but it's interesting nonetheless!
This camera says it's compatible with OSX, XP, and Vista. So, as a general consumer, I should just believe this is going to work on at least those systems. Strange that it doesn't on OSX like I want it... But of course, it DOES work with iPhoto... maybe that's why they "say" it's compatible..
What I also find interesting is that I've never had any problem with a camera not working on Windows XP....... I'm just sayin....
http://www.dcresource.com/ is a good website to get some research about which cameras are more Mac compatible than others.
Looks like a handy website, thanks for the tip!
As for building in card readers into the MacBook Pro, there are card readers available via Express/34. Do you wish the extra cost of a card reader passed on to the consumer who doesn't want one?
Good tip about the Express card. I'll look into that. However, I ask.... Can it REALLY be that much more to add the card slot in the machine anyway? I mean, I paid 2800 bucks for this... My coworker paid 1500 for his dell... And his has the card reader and media buttons for iTunes (I REALLY wish I had that!)
You can always give Apple feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Will do.
Again, thanks for your help. I'm sorry to see this isn't something that can work easily.

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