Nikon nef import trouble

Hi all,
I've searching around looking for a solution to this problem, but no luck so far. I'm hoping someone can help.
I'm using the trial Lightroom 1.1 under Vista with a Nikon D50. When I try to import raw NEF files Lightroom does not find them. It only picks up jpg files that are on the camera. But if I copy them to a hard drive first, LR finds them during the import process.
Thanks for any help.

You set it in the camera. It is in the Setup menu -> USB. It is set to PTP by default. Just change it to mass storage and it will mount on any computer that has mass storage drivers as if it was a USB key, so you won't even have to have any drivers specific to the camera. LR will recognize and load from it. The only slight problem is that you will have to manually eject the card in windows after downloading the images before unplugging the camera. You can also set up LR to eject the media automatically (it's a checkbox in the import dialog).

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