Digital Camera Not Recongized

When I connect a camera to the MacBook Pro 15 Retina via the USB cable it is not being recognized. It does not show up in the bottom right under USB devices and it does not show up in Windows Explorer. When I go to Device Manager I see the camera under "Other Devices" but it only shows "Canon Digital Camera" instead of the model number. There is also an exclamation mark and looking at the details it says something like "Driver for this device was not installed (Code 28)". Windows does not find a driver when I have it search for one. Canon does not provide a driver for Windows 7 not because it's an old camera but because Windows 7 is supposed to have built-in support. Everything works just fine on a "regular" PC with the same camera and same cable. The only difference is the OS (Win 7 x64 vs Win 7 N x64). Any help to resolve this issue is appreciated.

I looked for a solution for days before this post. There was also an issue with the light sensor so I googled that. Turns out that to get the light sensor to work on Win 7 N you need to download the "MEDIA feature pack". Well, considering the name I figured it might also solve the issue with the camera and indeed it now the light sensor works and the cameras are being recognized.

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[solved] Digital Camera not recognized in device-manager

My digital camera "Canon Powershot SX120 is" is not recognized by the devicemanager. I have read Digital Cameras.
$ groups
wheel storage users printadmin
The "camera"-Group isn't needed anymore and this group doesn't exist on my system.
The Powershot SX 120 has a MTP/PTP connection mode (as the manual says). But:
# mtp-detect
Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.libmtp version: 1.1.6
Listing raw device(s)
No raw devices found.
gphoto succeed:
$ gphoto2 --auto-detect
Modell Port
Canon PowerShot SX120 IS usb:002,019
A gphoto --summary could be found here
There is no udev-rule for this camera. If i create one while copying a rule from a similar camera from /etc/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules, and store it into /etc/udev/rules.d/69-canon.rules, the device-manager shows up. My udev-rule:
# Canon PowerShot SX120AX (PTP/MTP mode)
ATTR{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTR{idProduct}=="31e0", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", ENV{ID_MTP_DEVICE}="1", ENV{ID_MEDIA_PLAYER}="1"
The device-manager shows me only the option to open with a file-manager. Doing so will result in an error:
The file or folder udi=/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8/ do not exist.
With my udev-rule:
solid-hardware listen
Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceAdded(QDBusObjectPath)
Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceRemoved(QDBusObjectPath)
Listening to add/remove events:
Device Added:
udi = '/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8'
Without the active udev-rule, "solid-hardware listen" produces nothing, but
udevadm monitor
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
KERNEL[5077.662572] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8 (usb)
KERNEL[5077.662655] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8/2-8:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [5077.681178] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8 (usb)
UDEV [5077.693035] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8/2-8:1.0 (usb)
Don't know what to do ... is a udev-rule necessary to bring up the message from device-manger? Or is the Camera not recognized as a mtp-device (the Camera has no such settings)? How could i figure it out?
With Digikam i could import Fotos, but i would do so with gwenview. I've tried to check it out with gwenview_importer:
$ gwenview_importer --udi '/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb2/2-8'
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
gwenview_importer: Missing required source folder argument.
(don't care about the different udi, i took this example from a former try) but i don't know, how to find out where the "source folder" is ...
Last edited by quiqueck (2014-02-26 20:10:25)

I have solved this by making an extra udev-rule for my camera. See my adventure on forum.kde.org for details

IPod touch 4th Gen is recognized as digital camera, not in iTunes

I'm using a Windows XP computer with the newest version of iTunes and my iPod touch 4 won't pop up in iTunes, it's a digital camera according to my pc. I have tried really EVERYTHING: update iTunes, downgrade iTunes, reinstall iTunes and all other apple software 7 times, USB drivers, firmware, DFU-mode, every single apple support I could find I tried! And now I'm tired of it, my rage upon this issue isn't describable anymore...
Please help me instead of referring to another topic

Found the sollution, but it is very hard to do though:
"Unfortunatly uninstalling/re-installing iTunes and all doesn't always seem to work. We had the same issue with the ipod touch being recognized as a digital camera under windows xp. We tried just about any recipe listed by apple or others with no success.
In the end what works is to just force the drivers on what windows thinks is a camera, i.e. to ‘update’ the device to use the correct driver. There are some hints on how to do this already listed on this forum, but I’ll try to give some more detailed information:
1. First off you need to have iTunes installed and the ipod touch plugged in
and recognized as ‘something’ e.g. digital camera (it shouldn’t really
matter what it’s recognized as, but it needs to be found by windows).
2. Search for usbaapl in the C:\WINDOWS system folder:
o open windows explorer (e.g. Right-click Start and then click ‘explore’)
o right-click the WINDOWS folder and select ‘Search’).
o type in usbaapl and hit Search – try to ignore the dog!
You should find the driver info in a sub folder of
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE e.g. C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE\usbaapl_A65621D65F5B7507DD7B22331826547BDD2D206B
Remember that location (either leave the search box open or copy the folder
name into note pad – you’ll need it later)
If you don’t find usbaapl.sys, usbaapl.inf etc. then your drivers have not
been installed with the iTunes install and you’ll have to reinstall iTunes.
3. Locate the ipod-camera device:
o Open the device manager, e.g. using Start > Control Panel >
Performance and Maintenance > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager
o Look for a device called ‘ipod’ - if your ipod shows up as
‘digital camera’ it will be under something like ‘imaging devices’.
4. Update the driver:
o Right click the ‘ipod-camera’ in device manager and click on
‘Update Driver’ – the Hardware Update Wizard will open.
o Check the ‘Install from a list or specific location’ then click ‘Next’
o Check ‘Search for the best driver in these locations’. Un-check
‘Search removable media’ and check ‘Include this location in the search’.
In the text box below type (or better copy and paste) the folder
containing the ipod driver information found in step 1 (in the example
above it was C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE\usbaapl_A65621D65F5B7507DD7B22331826547BDD2D206B),
then click Next.
You should now see something like ‘Apple ipod device driver’ or so. Continue
installing that device. Once the driver has been installed the ipod will come
to life and iTunes (if you have it open) will show it.
Hope this helps. Please add comments to the instructions above if you find variations that work for you."
Apple should fix things like this!

PC thinks my iPhone 3GS is a Digital Camera, not visible in Itunes

Hope someone can help
I bought the 3GS iPhone 32gb today and went to register on my PC and when connected to the uSB ports it was detected as a camera and only gives me the option of Photo Shop etc
It is also visible in 'My Computer' as a camera
I tried various USB ports as I believed only half where USB 2.0 the same happened after each restart, so I bought a new PCI USB 2.0 card and tried it through that with the same issue.
The Iphone works normally on another PC but obviously I want it to sync to my PC and Music
Latest version of Itunes installed
Restarted comp several times
Closed various security software on my PC temporarily
Any help much appreciated

kenny0_3 wrote:
Hope someone can help
I bought the 3GS iPhone 32gb today and went to register on my PC and when connected to the uSB ports it was detected as a camera and only gives me the option of Photo Shop etc
It is also visible in 'My Computer' as a camera
This is normal; it IS a digital camera, and this is how you get photos off it.
I tried various USB ports as I believed only half where USB 2.0 the same happened after each restart, so I bought a new PCI USB 2.0 card and tried it through that with the same issue.
The Iphone works normally on another PC but obviously I want it to sync to my PC and Music
Latest version of Itunes installed
Restarted comp several times
Closed various security software on my PC temporarily
Any help much appreciated
Open Task Manager (CTRLSHIFTESC), click on the Processes tab and the Image Name column to sort on name. Then look for AppleMobileDeviceService.exe (AMDS). If it is present then your problem is most likely a USB driver problem; try updating the USB drivers. If it is NOT present go to Control Panels, Administrative Tasks and launch Services. Find the entry for AMDS, right click on it and choose Start.

Digital camera not recognised on iMac

Hi
Yesterday I connected my canon digital ixus camera to my iMac and copied over some photos, via usb, no problem. Today I am trying to do exactly the same but the camera is not seen at all. Nothing has changed, and I have used the same procedure as per many times before (plug it in and get on with it!), Indeed troubleshooting so far:
No new software loaded
Camera has been reset to factory settings
CF card is fine as seen through a card reader
USB cable fine as used with different device
Other external hard drive recognized as soon as plugged in
CF card formatted, and only one photo on it so no "time" issues loading over images.
Camera battery fully charged.
Frustrating (as would rather just be able to plug in camera and avoid card reader) and wondering if anyone else has had any issues with digital cameras (canon in particular) not being seen on Imac, anyone have any ideas or thoughts? Have I missed something glaringly obvious today?!!
Much appreciated i
ynot
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Hi ynot704
Check iPhoto to see if the Canon's image shows up there. All of our other camera's (Olympus & Kodak) mount on the desktop plus open iPhoto. Our Canon opens, shows up and download to iPhoto just fine, but does not mount an image on the desktop or show up in disk utility.
It's not the iMac, look at this Google Search: [canon not mounting on imac desktop|http://www.google.com/custom?q=canon+not%20mounting%20on%20imac%20deskt op&sa=Search&client=pub-6263300333013957&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof =GALT:%23008000;GL:1;DIV:%23336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;A LC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;&hl=en]
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Vivitar 3 in 1 Mini Digital Camera not working

Hello. I have a Vivitar 3 in 1 Mini Digital Camera. It does not show picture on my MacBook. It is a Still Camera, a Video Camera, and a Webcam. I've tried to use macam to get the webcam picture, and it recognizes the Camera, but it just won't display any video. All it displays is a black picture. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

First be sure you have tried following the instructions (if any) that came with the camera.
If one like this camera http://www.amazon.com/Vivitar-Mini-Digital-Camera-Video/dp/B000VSL01E is what you are trying to connect, I doubt that is will work as a webcam with your Mac, but you can try iUSBCam to see if that will get it going for you. Although your Vivitar is not in their list of supported cameras, that fact doesn't necessarily mean iUSBCam won't work for you. You can try the free Demo download to see if if will work with your little camera. If iUSBCam does not make your Vivitar work either, just follow the instructions on how to uninstall the iUSBCam demo and then use your iSight.
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Canon a610 digital camera not supported?

Anyone have any idea how long it takes for them to make digital cameras compatible....i just got a brand new awesome a610 canon digital camera and i cant use it bc my mac doesnt recognize it....what gives?

I also can not get OS X to recognize my PowerShot A620 in Image Capture or iPhoto (version 2!). Then again, it's not a supported camera according to the list of compatible camera here on Apple's site. I blame Canon, mostly, for not making drivers of some sort with the Image Capture SDK. Honestly, I just don't want all this extra software on my computer just to download photos when I SHOULD just be able to do it in iPhoto.
EDIT: After installing the Canon software, the camera is still not recognized in CameraWindow, Image Capture, or iPhoto. Yay! Money well spent...
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Vivitar Mini Digital Camera not compatible with iMac?

I bought this Vivitar Mini Digital Camera the other day, and it came with software that isn't compatible with my computer. I checked out a few boards, and a few more boards, only to find out that other people with Macs were having the same problem. No one really had a solution for this problem. I connected the USB cable, and tried to see if maybe iPhoto or Image Capture would allow me to import photos. Neither one would. The software that came with the camera say "Arcsoft Photo Impression4.0". On one of the message boards, I remember someone posting something about not to even bother downloading it online because it wouldn't work. I looked on Google for hours, and can't seem to find anyone with answers. Thought I'd throw it out here and see if anyone can help. If not, guess I'm returning the camera!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Does the camera have a removable memory card? If so then use a card reader with it and iPhoto will import them.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Digital camera not working anymore

I'm pretty sure this worked at least once since I installed archlinux.
But now, whenever I plug in my usb digital camera, I get the usual kde dialog
and I open the digital camera in konqueror, but all I see inside is a blank
0k file.
EDIT:..
also lshwd outputs:
001:011 USB Imaging: KODAK EasyShare CX7310 Digital Camera (unknown)
The follwing also looked weird. ( btw, I have only 2 usb ports on this P3 )
ls -lR /proc/bus/usb
/proc/bus/usb:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-09 04:05 001
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-09 04:05 002
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2006-04-09 01:13 devices
/proc/bus/usb/001:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43 2006-04-09 04:05 001
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50 2006-04-09 01:13 005
/proc/bus/usb/002:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43 2006-04-09 04:05 001

hussam wrote:does that mean I have to rebuild the kernel?
no, that means that you have to apply the patch when building, so in the PKGBUILD.
Save the patch linked in the bug report as gphoto2-2.1.99-canon-segv.patch, and use the following PKGBUILD
pkgname=libgphoto2
pkgver=2.1.99
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="The core of gphoto2 software. It is a portable library to gives access to more than 400 digital cameras."
url="http://www.gphoto.org"
depends=(glibc libusb libexif libjpeg)
conflicts=()
backup=(etc/udev/rules.d/gphoto.rules)
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/gphoto/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
convert-usermap-libgphoto2.sh gphoto2-2.1.99-canon-segv.patch)
install=(libgphoto2.install)
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
# canon-segv patch
patch -p0 < $startdir/src/gphoto2-2.1.99-canon-segv.patch || return 1
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-exif
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/share/libgphoto2/$pkgver/linux-hotplug
cp -r packaging/linux-hotplug/usb* $startdir/pkg/usr/share/libgphoto2/$pkgver/linux-hotplug
# install udev rules
$startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/packaging/linux-hotplug/print-usb-usermap >> $startdir/src/gphoto.usermap
$startdir/src/convert-usermap-libgphoto2.sh $startdir/src/gphoto.usermap
sed -i -e 's/SYSFS{idVendor}=="0000"/#SYSFS{idVendor}=="0000"/g' gphoto.rules
install -D -m 644 gphoto.rules $startdir/pkg/etc/udev/rules.d/gphoto.rules
#libtoolslay
find $startdir/pkg -name '*.la' -exec rm {} ;
but as I said, I don't know if it is related to your problem

Canon 5D digital camera not able to connect with EOS utiliities software

I use the Canon 5D camera and have a Macbook pro which I got about 3 months ago. I use Canons EOS utilities for this purpose. When the camera is tethered to the computer, you start the software and when an exposure is made, Image browser is opened by the eos utility software and you see the image on the laptop, you can check lighting and other things using this, it is a great tool, at the same time you can save the image to the memory card on the camera as well as on the laptop. Another bonus is being able to control the camera functions on the laptop. Anyhow, just bought the new macbook as a backup when I travel. It has leopard on it and the eos software does not work. I have talked to Canon and Apple about this. it seems that nothing I do seems to make it work, anyone have any hints.
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Sounds like the EOS software may not yet be compatible with Leopard. Did the Canon tech point you to a later version or indicate that it would run under Leopard?
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Sony digital camera not working with iphoto

My Sony Cybershot DSC-P100 used to work perfectly with iphoto (version 4.0.3) until my husband plugged it into a PC and downloaded photos. Now iphoto will not import my photos saying they are "invalid format." The cybershot icon appears on the Desktop, but when I try to import it gets "stuck" (beachball and I "force quit") or gives the "invalid" warning. I plan to upgrade my system next year, but need to load photos now. I have 2700 photos on iphoto. I've read that I need to create a "backup" file, but am unsure how to do that either. Photos are family memories, personal use, and (obviously) not professional.
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Cluless,
welcome to the discussion....
you can try to do a manual upload/transfer...
You have to quit iPhoto before doing this.
1- create an empty folder on the desktop.
2-in the cybershot icon on the desktop, penetrate to the proper level where your pics are.
3-Select all pics (with .jpg extensions) from the cybershot folder and drag into the empty folder onto desktop.
Once all items have been copied from the cybershot
4- disconect the camera, and launch iPhoto, then drag the empty folder onto iPhoto window and they should all import into the iP Library.
side note: name the folder (say July 10th) prior to dragging over iPhoto.
It can be done 2 ways. :
1- if you drag over the pictures area, the pics will be imported to iP, and the Film roll name will become July 10th.
OR
2-you could drag the Folder- July 10th- over the album section at left of iPhoto window. This way the pic will be imported, as well as an album will be created named july 10th, and same for the film roll will also be July 10th.
Step #2 accomplishes more in one step.
Backup file
creating a backup file is as easy as copying the entire iP library onto another HD. Not sure what kind of backup system you have. But if you can afford it, and like you said its family memories, get an external HD for $60 or so and it is easier than having to backup to CD or DVD, and having to toss them away when creating a newer backup.... if you need help with this one write back!
P.s. Do not venture inside the iPlibrary and move ANYTHING out of there....... otherwise you will corrupt you library...and iPhoto will not be able to open it anymore!
michel

JVC Digital camera not fully connected

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Iphone shows as Digital Camera on XP Pro. Problem?

I'm on my second 3G S because of problems syncing (disk cannot be found, read from, written to messages). I just noticed under My Computer that it is listed as a Digital Camera, not as a hard drive or as removable media.
Anyone think this could be the cause of my syncing problems?
Anyone know how to change this?
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jbend wrote:
Autoplay hasn't presented a problem because my machine is set up to prompt for action when cameras are connected. I'm just wondering if everyone's iphone shows up as a camera instead of as a drive.
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Why is my iPhone camera not as good as the one showed off by Steve Jobs?

In the WWDC 2010, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone 4's 5MP camera. But mine is not that great, I get a lot of camera noise and the digital zoom *****, the video capture has a lot of noise too. What's up? Is my iPhone messed up Or are all iPhone 4 cameras like this?

neeraj_96 wrote:
In the WWDC 2010, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone 4's 5MP camera. But mine is not that great, I get a lot of camera noise and the digital zoom *****, the video capture has a lot of noise too. What's up? Is my iPhone messed up Or are all iPhone 4 cameras like this?
You are probably trying to take pictures outside of the lighting conditions that are optimal for the phone. Camera noise is almost always a sign of insufficient light.
And digital zoom is a hoax on the inexperienced photographer. All it does is use less of the sensor, so it is the same effect as cropping the photo on your computer after taking it. This is true of any digital camera, not just the iPhone's.

My ipad 4 will not sync my photos i took with my cannon digital camera, it worked 1 week ago and now will not??If in put it under video on the ipad i can not share or email.

Had an Ipad 2 from Christmas 2011, used a digital camera to record video, a cannon ELPH series, I put the video in my Iphoto on my mac book pro and WAS able to sync them to my photo on my IPAD. The little photo with the camera icon on it was great no problems.!!! Then I was not able to do this any more, I had to drop the video into the video icon on the ipad from my itunes accunt, however you can not send the video to any one from the ipad like you can under the photo Icon, the buffering was also bad. I got a new Ipad 4 for Christmas and again I was able to sync video when i connected it to my ipad and video i recorded with the cannon camera from halloween showed up GREAT!!! This was stored on my Ipad under the Photo Icon and I can send an email, imessage, etc with the vieo. Fast forward another week put my Christmas videos on my mac book pro and when i plugged my ipad to my mac book to sync in it again did not work, it would not sync the video to my photos, though I JUST did it a week earlier and it worked (those videos are still on the IPAD 4 and work fine). Why can I not do it now, I can drop the video into the video Icon on the IPAD and watch, but you can not send it anywhere as if u had it stored under the photo icon.???

What is the file name of the video(s) you want to sync?
Another way. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.
Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).
Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)
Secrets of the iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-conn ection-kit/
 Cheers, Tom

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