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Olympus digital camera and OS 9
Name: EL Shaw Date: July 20, 2002 at 17:50:32 Pacific
Comment:
I recently bought a new Olympus digital camera, which connects to my Mac via a USB port. The specs say it's fully compatable with OS 9, and it is--for about a week of image transfers. Then my Mac loses the ability first to transfer pics, then to even put the camera icon on the desktop. It takes a visit to someone who applies Norton Disk Doctor and DiskWarrior to make things right again. Picture transfers then work fine for another week or so, then the problem recurs. Olympus has not yet responded to my request for assistance. Has anyone else observed and solved this problem?
Name: the pickle Date: July 20, 2002 at 21:37:22 Pacific
Reply:
No, but first thing I'd try is a third-party driver like Cameraid.
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Response Number 2
Name: Andy Date: July 21, 2002 at 11:39:12 Pacific
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I've been using a friends usb sony dv camera for about three weeks now,and you shouldn't need drivers!,as long as your camera is on memory max OS 9.x.x and 10.x.x,should mount it on your desktop as though it was a usb hd! Also when you unplug the camera from your mac,make sure you unmount it from your desktop first!(very important)
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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle Date: July 21, 2002 at 13:12:55 Pacific
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DV != digital camera.
There's a HUGE difference.
And DV != USB either. USB has nothing to do with DV.
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Response Number 4
Name: Andy Date: July 21, 2002 at 15:19:45 Pacific
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dv camera's are also still camera's pickle! A mode for video,another for playback and one for photo's!,that's why alot of sony digital video camera's have a memory stick!,they can hold about 44 still photo's!,and why would you say dv has nothing to do with usb?,how else do you transfer photo's from a camera that comes with a usb link?
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: July 21, 2002 at 19:51:14 Pacific
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DV is FireWire-only.
Some DV camcorders have a still image mode, but that's not the same as a standalone digital camera.
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Response Number 6
Name: Andy Date: July 21, 2002 at 20:09:35 Pacific
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The firewire plug is for video! The usb isn't,that's for pics and mpeg clips!
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Response Number 7
Name: fieraci Date: July 22, 2002 at 19:01:46 Pacific
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I thought that MPEG clips were......VIDEO! And now you tell me that USB isn't for VIDEO, but that it IS for MPEG clips.....I'm SO CONFUSED!
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Response Number 8
Name: Andy Date: July 22, 2002 at 20:01:06 Pacific
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They are! But dv is higher quality!,and stored seperate from from mpegs! Dv goes on a dv tape!,mpegs go to the memory card!
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Response Number 9
Name: the pickle Date: July 22, 2002 at 21:50:53 Pacific
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Yeah. And the USB connection doesn't work with the built-in drivers in the OS. The FireWire one does.
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Response Number 10
Name: Andy Date: July 22, 2002 at 22:40:03 Pacific
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I have premier and a few other adobe appz installed!,that could have something to do with my plug and play luck with the usb connection?,but it's not an adobe app that shows them by default! it's picture viewer(classic running) or preview(10.1.5 only)!
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Response Number 11
Name: fieraci Date: July 25, 2002 at 17:12:35 Pacific
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Andy is a little excited
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Response Number 12
Name: the pickle Date: July 25, 2002 at 20:23:46 Pacific
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Clearly. As per his usual.
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Response Number 13
Name: Andy Date: July 26, 2002 at 00:19:54 Pacific
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note excited!,fast typer!
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Response Number 14
Name: fieraci Date: July 26, 2002 at 18:21:20 Pacific
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EVERY one of your sentences ends with either an ! or an ?. Hence, I did 'note' that you were excited.
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