ric wrote:
Greg wrote:
Digital Rebels and Powershots don't do USB mass storage, I didn't think
the other models did either. It's one of the lame things about Canons.

I generally trust your posts but this is the second time you've spouted
major, easy to check bull****.

some do. last week i had an eos 350D and 400D on my desk trying to get
them working. i think the 350D's sold as the digital rebel in the US.
the 350d can be persuaded to appear as a usb bulk storage device by
selecting USB/PC-mode on the camera, rather than the PTP or whatever
the other mode is. the 400 can't - the feature's been removed for some
reason.
drove me bat**** as it just doesn't plain work on our win2k sp4 work
clients here in ptp mode - had to use the 350D as an expensive card
reader in the end...!

On my own Olympus I always select 'PC Mode', så I'm sure that the camera
comes up as an external unit. and that's also what I recommend others to
select.

Infact I by this method can make mine occour in OS 9.2.2 as well with
the extension 'Apple Mass Storage Extension' + an extension/library file
from the USB DDK 1.5.5 kit called 'Missing USB Devices'. Selecting 'PC
Mode', the camera just pops up nicely...

By trying and testing more types of digicams I also have found that a
brand here in Europe called 'Medion' works nicely on both OS 9.x and OS
X, if you select 'PC mode', then they pop up as they should, though
Medion themselves write that their cameras donot work with Apple systems
- any version...

Some cameras though are more tricky in OS 9.x. Here you sometimes have
to open the extension/library 'Missing USB Devices' with a resurce
editor and add the name and model code - not model number. You then
sometimes can be lucky that the new 'Missing USB Devices' even will
recognize more models from the same brand. - Fx. do all Medion series
5500, 5600, 5700 and 7110 models now work within OS 9.0.4 to 9.2.2.

i'm sure there's a reason for this but i can't see any justification
for removing the ability to appear as a usb bulk storage device on a
camera...for when you don't want to install canon's cruft, or want to
use it on a new PC...

To me it seems as if Canon 'thinks' - believe that their software is the
best of all to use. - As I earlier wrote I don't like iPhoto, but I find
this piece of software better than the Canon stuff...

I have tried to use 'Inkscape' in connection with GraphicConverter on OS
X. This is the best combination of software that I've tried until now.
Inkscape though is a bit slow, but the newest version is better than the
previous. Inkscape requires X11, - Gosh! I wish it was native X...

cheers, Erik Richard

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