Digital Cameras Connecting and Managing

Some cameras will not connect or mount. But easy solution is to use an APP like iPhoto or image capture software. Some you can only view photos or upload but not actually delete the pictures. But if this proves to be correct a simple answer id to take SD card out of camera and insert into the iMac slot near the Optical Dic Drive or into a card reader. Problems solved

After deleting aprox. 150 messages from Inbox and from Sent, both programs were able to download complete list of messages and PC Suite finally reenabled trash icon.
Seems like too much messages causes those program to fail? And why in the past they were working properly with bigger amount of messages?
Well.. one can say "problem solved" but will reappear again in the future with lots of messages. I need to remember to grab them from the phone more frequent.

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Camera connected and controllable, but no picture in monitor when importing

I have a Sony DCR-TRV17E connected through firewire port on my powerbook, and I CAN control the camera using the capture controls, but no picture (or audio) appears in the iMovie monitor. Likewise when I click on import, either for a magicmovie or normal.
It's driving me mad, and all the help pages say is check this, check that, unplug and start again etc. None of which helps!
Thanks

Hi Ashley & Art et. al
May be time for my faulth finding list:
Mac:
- hardware
◊ Slow hard disk (fragmented: repair permissions, repair hard disk, use a faster hard disk)
◊ Disconnect all other ext devices (FW and USB) exept Camera (and keyboard + mouse) and try again
◊ Reset PRAM
◊ Bad RAM-chips
◊ disconnect Mac from powerline (not just switch off, really plug out) for a few minutes to reset FW ports
- software
◊ File-Vault is on - turn it off
◊ Something is occupying the CPU/System, like other programs, Internet etc.
◊ Do You have desktop pictures or screen or energy-savers active? Try turning them off.
◊ Updating - OS has to be a clean install - not an update eg from X.3.x to X.4.x (no good) OS X.4.0-5 needs a clean install to work (I use X.3.9)
◊ Updating QT and/or other updates (to 7 needs v6 to be cleaned out first) QT v.7.0.0-4 needs a clean install to work (I use 6.5.2)
◊ Have you tried the crazy fix: Open GarageBand, play a few notes, close it and reopen iMovie. The camera should import fine now. Sue/SDillini
◊ Running iDVD at the same time as iMovie can cause problems: (Lennart Thelander)
◊ If You also have installed FinalCut Express/pro there are possibly problems with this
iMovie:
◊ remove bookmarks in iMovie project
◊ Trash: com.apple.iMovie.plist and com.apple.iMovie3.plist : files (Xinram)
Connection:
◊ don’t Daisy chain Camcorder <--> external hard disk <--> Mac
◊ FW-wire cable, is it OK?
◊ USB/USB2 is NO GO !
Camera:
◊ The Camera is set to VTR ? (not as when You ”film” record with it)
◊ You may be need to go to the Camera menu and select digital out.
◊ defective camera TRY IT ON ANOTHER MAC ! (if the A/D chip in the camera is harmed then it will say in iMovie that the camera is connected and You can forward rep. backward the tape but there will be no picture or sound just the blue screen.
◊ Cheque the menu on Your Camera so that it communicates with the FW digitally to Your Mac
◊ Date and Time is correct on Your Camera ?
Tape:
◊ Drop outs on the miniDV-tape - make a camera to camera copy on a tape which You have previous recorded with a time code (dummy recording).
◊ Break in the time-code on the miniDV tape (make a camera to camera copy on a tape which is pre-recorded with nothing/anything so that the tape has a time-code from beginning to the end)
◊ If You recorded in LP-mode (90 min on a standard 60 min tape with 12-bit sound). Try to change in iMovie pref. to import but not as individual clips. If this doesn’t work You have to make a Camera to Camera copy with the receiving Camera set to SP-mode and 16-bit sound.
More:
◊ follow advises here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
◊ follow Grandmaster Dan's advice for Sony cameras here: http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/usage/5020.shtml
Yours Bengt W

Digital Camera Connection Problems With Leopard

Hi Everyone,
I'm having a big problem with connecting various digital cameras to my macs. I have 3 different machines (a G5 iMac, 2 MacBook Pros) all running 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 and none of them will recognize my canon Powershot SD800 or my SD1000. I haven't had a chance to test it out with my Digital Rebel yet but I'm suspecting I may run into the same issue.
I've read through all the tech notes in the iLife section and various articles on the web and from what I can tell Apple has a problem with usb device connections in Leopard. I've tried all of the fixes (deleting caches folder, resetting PRAM, updating all applications, etc) and nothing works. The cameras were working fine under 10.4.11. I was really hoping Apple would have fixed this in 10.5.2 but it is still not working. Does anyone have any ideas if Apple is working on this? For photographers like myself this is a major deal. I can get around the issue right now using an external memory card reader, but that's extremely inconvenient at times and I'm just not impressed that something like this has gone months without a fix from Apple.

And I'm not having any problems with Leopard mounting my Canon PowerShot Pro or Rebel though I typically don't connect them, choosing to use a card reader instead. (Saves camera battery.) This is true on the 4 computers I use at home and work as well as my wife's MacBook. Two came with Leopard pre-installed the other 3 I installed Leopard using Archive & install.
We can talk about how you upgraded to Leopard or what you have installed that might be getting in the way, or you can buy an inexpensive card reader and be done with the hassle.

Does Apple have fix for the Canon Digital Camera issue and 4.7 update??

Hi All,
does anyone have any info about a fix for the communication issues with canon digital cameras and PPC users who updated to 10.4.7?
I think it's sad that a machine peopole buy to use for graphics can no longer download picture from a digital camera after up-daing software, as Apple recommends........
Alos, what is the kernel fix....?? any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Bill Anderson

Hi,
What apple are you running?
I have a Digital Rebel XT with PPC G4 with update 10.4.7. And many users with PPC and the update are having the same issue.
Also, if apple would get their updates to the other groups (e.g CANON), then maybe these issues would not come up, but Canon told me "We just can not keep up with Apple updates, and we got the intel versions working, but PPC have toubles..."
OS updates should not affect peripherials such as digital cameras, and the computer does recongize the camera on the USB connection.
thanks,
Bill Anderson

Can't see video picture with digital camera connected to Mac.

Hi,
I just bought a Sony DSC-S650 digital camera and shot a 1 minute video. When I plug it into my iMac intel Core 2 Duo it imports into iPhoto and when I got to play it I get sound perfectly but no picture. The digital camera shoots in .avi so when it shows up in Quicktime it is in .avi format. The Quicktime dialogue box comes up and says I am missing some things and directs me to this other page with all these XVid and different players on there. I've loaded a few of them but still no picture showing up. Is there a specific one I should try or any other ideas?
I'm having no problem importing regular photos into iphoto just the video part.
Thanks,
S.

Spiralgirl
The difficulty with the avi format is that it's really a hold all for a wide range of codecs.
Some things to try:
Have you checked with Sony for an updated driver for for Camera?
Try install Perian
Make sure that your Quicktime is up-to-date - it's at 7.1.5 now.
Regards
TD

Casio Exilim EX-S600 digital camera import and playback issues

When importing the mpeg4 video (.AVI files) from my Casio Exilim EX-S600 digital camera with plug in version 1.1 and iMovie HD 6.0.1 I consistently get an unknown error. I use the HQ setting on the camera. Quicktime will play the movies though sometimes they stutter, if you pause, and then resume it seems to playback better. Strange to say the least. Any tips on how I can edit these clips? And get better playback performance in Quicktime? Thanks in advance!

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Thumbnails not showing when camera connected and ready to import

Whenever I connect my camera, iPhone, iPod, etc to my iMac - iPhoto recognizes the device, but all I see is dotted lines for the thumbnails when it is ready to import. I can import the photos no problem; iPhoto even recognizes duplicates. It is more of a nuisance than anything. What is the best way to resolve this problem? This just started a week ago.

I did solve the problem. I deleted my iPod Photo cache and re-formatted my SD cards. All work perfectly now. Hopefully you already downloaded your photos from the card. I have not had any problems with any of my SD cards or devices once I re-formatted. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Nokia E50, issues with connecting and managing mes...

Hi
I'm using Nokia E50 and Nokia PC Suite for a few years now on. Recently I wanted to do my usual maintenance task: copy all messages to PC and delete them from the phone. Issues start here.
At first I had problems with connecting but finally I manage to do it. After dozens of tries PC Suite finally updated contact list. Then I moved to messages tab. It took a while to download all messages (aprox. 700 in inbox, 600 in sent - I had many more few times before when everything was working ok). I can copy them to PC, but I can't delete them. After selecting message(s), trash icon is grayed out (menu item too). I can read message but can't delete it. Why?
I've downloaded latest version of Ovi to see if that would help. Ovi managed to download contact list (after a loong waiting) but failed to download any message. Messages says that it's trying but after one hour nothing happend.
I'm trying this on 2 different machines (Windows 7 and Windows XP), with cable and blue tooth. Efects are always the same. Phone is connected because I can copy files, but when I'm trying to download messages or do backup, software says phone is not connected or tries to copy data with no luck.
Any hint will be appreciated.
Thanks
Marooned

After deleting aprox. 150 messages from Inbox and from Sent, both programs were able to download complete list of messages and PC Suite finally reenabled trash icon.
Seems like too much messages causes those program to fail? And why in the past they were working properly with bigger amount of messages?
Well.. one can say "problem solved" but will reappear again in the future with lots of messages. I need to remember to grab them from the phone more frequent.

How to connect and manage multiple devices against one computer/account?

I have 2 i phones, 2 i Pads and 2 i Touches and need to maintain unique photos/music/apps on each device. How do I do this using 1 i tunes account and 1 computer?

Open itunes, connect iphone, select what you want, sync, disconnect iphone.
Connect other iphone, select what you want, sync, disconnect iphone.
Connect ipad, select what you want, sync, disconnect ipad.
Connect other ipad, select what you want, sync, disconnect ipad.
Connect ipod, select what you want, sync, disconnect ipod.
Connect other ipod, select what you want, sync, disconnect ipod.

I was trying to upload some photos from a digital camera disc and my iphotos wont open it seems to be stuck. I am not very electronic savy, can anyone easily explain to me what to do? I want to get some of the photos I took on my camera.

I was trying to upload photos from the disc off a digital onto my MacPro to place in my iphotos and ultimately put some on facebook. My iphotos wouldnt open up. I seems to be stuck. I am not very electronically savy. Can anyone tell me an easy way to get my iphotos unstuck. Rebooting the computer did not work. thanks,

We need a lot more information - like exactly waht you are doing, what version of iPhoto you have and what happens
LN

Digital Camera Connected - how to turn off iSIGHT=override??

isight seems to over ride the camera on the mac (MBP or IMAC) how do I set it so the camera takes presence?
Thanks

How is this related to Final Cut Pro?
The built in camera on the computer is preventing FCP from detecting the camera...THAT'S what.
I don't know the answer though...but there has to be some setting in the system prefs. I don't have a built in camera, so I have no clue where.
Shane

How can I transfer images from digital camera without iPhoto?

The thing is that I wish to see my camera's card as an external storage device, as it happens when I connect it to my PC, so I can manually choose which to transfer and where.
But when I plug my camera it automatically opens iPhoto. At first,, this was fun, because I didn't even have to load any device drivers. But if you're using pro-camera equipment and manage and photoshop many images, like I do, an application like iPhoto isn't the way to do it.
Any feedback?
Thanks
Panos
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi Panos,
I started using Image Capture to download all my images and Movie clips. I actually like doing it this way a lot better. My movie clips are downloaded into my Movies folder where I then put them in a dated folder.
My photos are downloaded into my Pictures folder, where I then put them in a dated folder. I import the dated folder into iPhoto. I also keep all dated folders from photo downloads in the Pictures folder till I get enough Movie folders and Photo folders to fill a DVD. I burn them and then delete them from the hard drive.
This way I have the photos in iPhoto and I also have just the photos backed up to DVD.
The Movies I keep on the hard drive in their dated folders until I use all the clips for my iMovie projects for the Year. I then make sure they are all burned to DVD, then I delete those from my hard drive.
Using Image Capture to download images and video clips:
Open up Image Capture which is found in the Applications folder.
When it is opened, go to Image Capture/Preferences
Under the General button choose
Camera: When a camera is connected, open Image Capture.
The next time you connect your camera Image Capture will open.
In the window that opens you will see an Options button. Click on that button to set your options.
To find out more about Image Capture (it can do a lot more) Click on Help in the menu bar when Image Capture is open.
iPhoto: How to Change the "Open Automatically" Preference
If you find you can't change any of Image Captures preferences or can't access any drop down menus or they are greyed out, check to make sure Image Capture is loose in the Applications folder and not within a sub folder.
Lori

Recognizing digital camera via USB

I recently recently reinstalled 10.3 on my iBook using the 'Archive' option. Since reinstallation, my iBook will not recognize my digital camera that is connected via USB.
I have verified permissions and zapped pram. The USB ports work fine with my printer.
Any idea how to proceed to get the camera recognized?
Thanks for any help - direction.

I understand your frustration.
Does Apple System Profiler see anything connected to your USB port? With the camera connected and turned on, click "About This Mac" at the top of the Apple menu, then click "More Info" in the window that follows, and "USB" in the ASP window. When you click on each of your two USB ports in the upper right portion of the ASP window, what is shown below for connected devices? If there's nothing there, some sort of hardware problem would seem to be indicated — and the fact that your ports work with other devices suggests that if there's a hardware problem, it's in the camera or its USB cable. The fact that both were working before you reinstalled the OS doesn't absolutely guarantee that both are still working, though the temporal coincidence of a failure in one of them with your OS reinstallation does strain credulity a little.
...the camera was recognized by my computer before I reinstalled the OS.
That's why I initially surmised that the current failure to do so might be due to software (a driver or extension) that was deactivated when you archived your old OS. But it could instead be because of some software setting or preference that was selected before the reinstallation, archived with the old OS, and now needs to be selected again. Unfortunately, I can't think what it might be. I hope someone else will come along with a bright idea for you.

Transfering digital camera video onto the ipad

how do i get videos on taken with my digital camera to upload on to my ipad

Launch iMovie with your digital camera connected - assuming the video captured by the camera remains on the camera. At the iMovie menu bar, go to File and select Import From Camera. Or go to Import > Movies followed by navigating to the movie file already imported by your Mac.
You can make adjustments to the video with iMovie. With the "Project" selected, at the iMovie menu bar go to Share and select iTunes. You will be provided various size options. You will select Medium or Large - the largest size available to be Apple TV compatible. Or you can use the Export Movie option with various options available for the export. Choose the largest for Apple TV. After the export is completed, import or transfer the exported file to iTunes.

Front Row Photos won't play digital camera videos

Hi,
Firstly, I'm pretty new to Macs but have been finding my feet with most of my new toy's functionality. I've encountered one problem that I can't seem to find an answer to and was hoping someone here would be able to help.
I've used iPhoto to import all of my old photos/videos from my digital camera and have arranged these into a mixture of events and smart-folders. When viewing these via the Photos menu in Front Row, the automatic slideshows play back all my photos just fine, but any videos that were taken at the same time are just shown as a black screen. When I say videos, I mean little video clips that were taken using the digital-camera (640x480 and 30fps).
A few other bits of info that may help with this;
- The videos play fine in iPhoto.
- The black screen appears for the same duration that photos are shown, rather than the length of the video.
- I created a Movies smart-folder, if I hover the selection over this item within Front Row, I'm shown a slideshow of the initial frame of the videos contained within.
- The camera is a Canon Powershot A700 which stores videos as AVIs using the MJPEG format.
Am I trying to do something silly? Should the Photos section of Front Row not be used for video playback? Its a shame if that is the case, as they're memories of that event.
However, the fact that Front Row shows the black screen where the video should be gives me the impression that it is attempting to play it. Otherwise I would expect it to ignore all non-image file formats.
Any help with this would be hugely appreciated.
Cheers,
Ian

Hi,
With a bit of additional searching I seem to have found an answer to my question. Unfortunately it's not the answer I wanted and this seems to be a known issue. The post I found that describes this is here;
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1380562&tstart=0
I'll be raising it in the feedback form.
Cheers,
Ian
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