seiden Posted April 25, 2007 Share #1 Posted April 25, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) The only way I can properly download to XP media edition is to put the memory card into the slot on the computer. If I use the USB cord the computer does not see the memory card as a storage device. It sees the M8 as a 'camera' and I have to use the wizard as opposed to explorer to do the download. What I end up with has the wrong extensions and sometimes has duplicates. I've also tried to take the memory card and download into an Epson P-4000. It sees the card but doesn't see any data. I have no problem downloading from my Nikon D2X. My computer sees its memory card and I can use explorer or whatever program I wish to do the download. Can anyone give me any suggestions? Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brucek Posted April 25, 2007 Share #2 Posted April 25, 2007 I would never connect the camera to any computer - Mac or PC. That can be fraught with all sorts of problems. IMHO the only safe way to get data off of a memory card is to use a card reader. What sort of memory card are you using? Regarding your Epson problem I am able to transfer the photos from my SD cards to my P3000 without difficulty. I do not try viewing them until after they've transferred to the Epson. Are you shooting RAW images only? Or RAW + JPG? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted April 25, 2007 Share #3 Posted April 25, 2007 The only way I can properly download to XP media edition is to put the memory card into the slot on the computer. If I use the USB cord the computer does not see the memory card as a storage device. It sees the M8 as a 'camera' and I have to use the wizard as opposed to explorer to do the download. What I end up with has the wrong extensions and sometimes has duplicates. I've also tried to take the memory card and download into an Epson P-4000. It sees the card but doesn't see any data. I have no problem downloading from my Nikon D2X. My computer sees its memory card and I can use explorer or whatever program I wish to do the download. Can anyone give me any suggestions? Many thanks Right it doesn't see the M8 as a mass storage device. It doesn't do it on XP Home, Pro, ME or any other version of Windows (I have no idea about Mac's). The proper way to get images off any card from any camera is to put the card in a card reader. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted April 25, 2007 Share #4 Posted April 25, 2007 Howard-- Some cameras may be set up as either mass storage devices or cameras. As Ed said, the M8 appears only as camera. You have discovered what the M8 instruction manual says on p 121 . Most people on the forum try to avoid using the camera for transferring data because doing so introduces more possibility of problems--camera battery condition, software interfacing etc. Regarding the printer--does it see .NEF files but not .DNGs? Does it see JPGs from either camera? Those are just a couple ideas that occur to me; I'm really not familiar with transferring card data direct to printer. --HC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiden Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted April 26, 2007 Thanks for your feedback. I have two Nikons and had 2 Fuji digital SLRs and have preferred to transfer direct from camera for the simple reason that I figure the less one opens up the camera and handles the memory cards the better. I came to this conclusion after an expensive SanDisk Compact Flash Card died on me. Does not make sense that Leica provides one with a USB cable to download and then develops a system that makes downloading difficult/impossible. Nikon has an AC adapter, which I purchased but have never used. Their system works nicely and allows me to never have to touch the compact flash cards. I have to assume that with the 9 exposed contacts on the SD memory cards used in the M8 are at greater risk of damage from being handled than the compact flash cards. Certainly, Leica should have made the system such that one had the option of going direct from camera to comput especially since they give instructions on page 121 on doing so. In fact the manual talks about downloading before it discusses using a card reader. With respect to those instructions, they of course don't work as described. Has anyone figured out how to get the camera to be seen as a storage device as opposed to a camera? When downloading or uploading computer/storage device is much simpler than computer/camera. My impression of this camera is that Leica came to market with something that was not well thought out. I don't believe for a minute that they anticipated the color problems. The camera does not have features/software one would expect from a professional intstrument. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted April 26, 2007 Share #6 Posted April 26, 2007 Touching, handling, the card has nothing to do with it failing, that is if you don't hit it with a hammer or drop and grind your heel into it. It is a electronic device and will fail sometime. I stay away from Sandisc cards. They are the one most counterfeited and people have the most problems with them. It has features that M users like in the M line of cameras. What software features should it have? There is no auto focus so you don't need all the options for that. There are no focus zones like SLR cameras have because it is a rangefinder so you don't need those options. Metering is center weighted so no need for options there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 26, 2007 Share #7 Posted April 26, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Utterly uninteresting. Virtually nobody downloads directly from the camera.It is unwise to download photos from any camera by using an USB connection. The only reason it is at all possible on the M8 is that the USB port was necessary to enable tethered use. Download using a card reader - it is faster and safer. and they are dirt cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted April 26, 2007 Share #8 Posted April 26, 2007 Howard, the posibilty of damaging the USB port with its small pins and socket is much higher that the possibility of damaging the card when removing and replacing it IMHO. Neither are very likely, but personally I'll continue to use a card reader. Compact Flash cards have there own arrangement of tiny pins and sockets which again (in theory at least) makes them more fragile that an SD card with its flat contacts. Personally after years of using both types I've never had a card problem. Maybe I've been lucky. I have an Epson P-2000 and that downloaded the DNG files perfectly. Of course I can't see the images on the Epson's screen, but that's a problem with the Epson viewer not the fiels themselves. I can then copy the DNGs to my XP desktop without any problem. They are hidden in quite a deep directory structure though, try searching the device using *.DNG and you may find them. What are the features that you feel are missing. For someone like myself coming from a film M background it's wonderful to have a digital camera that operates in the same way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted April 26, 2007 Share #9 Posted April 26, 2007 Howard, if you get one of the new usb-2 card readers, your file transfer will be very fast, and you won't have to carry your only camera adapter cable around with you. These things move data so quickly, it'll blow your mind. Not expensive; recommended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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