Digital Camera Support in Vista?

I've been reading much of what is discussed in this NG and wanted to throw
out a quick question.



Is there any chance that SP1 for Vista will contain better support for
digital cameras?



My Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home Premium see's my Olympus C-8080 but also
reports no storage device can be found.

The drive appears in Windows Explorer but the folder contains nothing. Tried
photo gallery with no results either.



A card reader is on the way to solve this but I was a bit frustrated that
this relatively new camera wouldn't cooperate in Vista.



Thanks for any feedback you can provide.

Otherwise I really enjoy the fresh look and feel to Vista.



btw, I did a lot of searching on this topic but never found a solution that
worked.

I did find a work around for my older HP Photosmart 1000 Printer though.


John

Dell XPS 410

1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo - 2 Gb Ram

256 Mb GeForce 7300 LE

320 Gb WD HD

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:48:56 +0000, John G. Robert wrote:

> I've been reading much of what is discussed in this NG and wanted to throw
> out a quick question.
>
>
>
> Is there any chance that SP1 for Vista will contain better support for
> digital cameras?
>
>
>
> My Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home Premium see's my Olympus C-8080 but also
> reports no storage device can be found.
>
> The drive appears in Windows Explorer but the folder contains nothing. Tried
> photo gallery with no results either.
>
>
>
> A card reader is on the way to solve this but I was a bit frustrated that
> this relatively new camera wouldn't cooperate in Vista.

IMHO a card reader is a much superior solution. It works on all modern OSs
(even Linux), is generally faster, and saves the batteries.


>
>
>
> Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
>
> Otherwise I really enjoy the fresh look and feel to Vista.
>
>
>
> btw, I did a lot of searching on this topic but never found a solution that
> worked.
>
> I did find a work around for my older HP Photosmart 1000 Printer though.
>
>
> John
>
> Dell XPS 410
>
> 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo - 2 Gb Ram
>
> 256 Mb GeForce 7300 LE
>
> 320 Gb WD HD

Unfortunately the C-8080 has been around since Win 98/SE days & it is
unlikely Oylimus or MS will bring out drivers for Vista - so the card reader
is most probably the best option.
They just want us all to buy new equipment!!!!
--
Regards
Bob J


"John G. Robert" wrote:

> I've been reading much of what is discussed in this NG and wanted to throw
> out a quick question.
>
>
>
> Is there any chance that SP1 for Vista will contain better support for
> digital cameras?
>
>
>
> My Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home Premium see's my Olympus C-8080 but also
> reports no storage device can be found.
>
> The drive appears in Windows Explorer but the folder contains nothing. Tried
> photo gallery with no results either.
>
>
>
> A card reader is on the way to solve this but I was a bit frustrated that
> this relatively new camera wouldn't cooperate in Vista.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
>
> Otherwise I really enjoy the fresh look and feel to Vista.
>
>
>
> btw, I did a lot of searching on this topic but never found a solution that
> worked.
>
> I did find a work around for my older HP Photosmart 1000 Printer though.
>
>
> John
>
> Dell XPS 410
>
> 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo - 2 Gb Ram
>
> 256 Mb GeForce 7300 LE
>
> 320 Gb WD HD
>
>

It depends on the camera manufacturer.

For your Olympus C-8080 see:

connecting to Vista
http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/...winvista.cfm#c
RAW codec
http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/...odec/index.cfm
Olympus Master 2 software package
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...wareMaster.asp - there
are updates for this package after you have installed it.



"John G. Robert" <> wrote in message
news:Iwhli.16148$qu5.1416@trndny02...
> I've been reading much of what is discussed in this NG and wanted to throw
> out a quick question.
>
>
>
> Is there any chance that SP1 for Vista will contain better support for
> digital cameras?
>
>
>
> My Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home Premium see's my Olympus C-8080 but
> also reports no storage device can be found.
>
> The drive appears in Windows Explorer but the folder contains nothing.
> Tried photo gallery with no results either.
>
>
>
> A card reader is on the way to solve this but I was a bit frustrated that
> this relatively new camera wouldn't cooperate in Vista.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
>
> Otherwise I really enjoy the fresh look and feel to Vista.
>
>
>
> btw, I did a lot of searching on this topic but never found a solution
> that worked.
>
> I did find a work around for my older HP Photosmart 1000 Printer though.
>
>
> John
>
> Dell XPS 410
>
> 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo - 2 Gb Ram
>
> 256 Mb GeForce 7300 LE
>
> 320 Gb WD HD
>

Your camera need a driver for Vista. That is the cameras problem not MSs.


"John G. Robert" <> wrote in message
news:Iwhli.16148$qu5.1416@trndny02...
> I've been reading much of what is discussed in this NG and wanted to throw
> out a quick question.
>
>
>
> Is there any chance that SP1 for Vista will contain better support for
> digital cameras?
>
>
>
> My Dell XPS 410 running Vista Home Premium see's my Olympus C-8080 but
> also reports no storage device can be found.
>
> The drive appears in Windows Explorer but the folder contains nothing.
> Tried photo gallery with no results either.
>
>
>
> A card reader is on the way to solve this but I was a bit frustrated that
> this relatively new camera wouldn't cooperate in Vista.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
>
> Otherwise I really enjoy the fresh look and feel to Vista.
>
>
>
> btw, I did a lot of searching on this topic but never found a solution
> that worked.
>
> I did find a work around for my older HP Photosmart 1000 Printer though.
>
>
> John
>
> Dell XPS 410
>
> 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo - 2 Gb Ram
>
> 256 Mb GeForce 7300 LE
>
> 320 Gb WD HD
>
>

Just get a card reader, like you said, and plug it into your USB and use a
free editing program like Gimp or Picasa