Powershot S3is: how to make this appear as a logical drive?

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike
wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?

In a word, no. Card readers are cheap ;-)

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John Bean

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?

Plugging it into a Linux computer would probably accomplish that.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:28:12 -0600
ray wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs
to see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot
doesn't show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under
devices. Other than using a card reader, is there any way to
configure the camera as a logical drive?

Plugging it into a Linux computer would probably accomplish that.

Gphoto2 claims to support the S3is in PTP mode, so plugging it into
a Linux box might come half-way to what the OP wants. But the
proprietary software he wants to run likely only works on Microsoft's
proprietary OS, so Linux is not a candidate solution.

But that brings up a question for the OP. Can you change the
connection mode of your camera? Hunt around in the menus until
you find something that looks like a "USB" or "Computer" setting,
and check out what its possible values do when you hook the
camera up to your computer. Maybe you'll get lucky.

Paul Allen

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?

This is because it is a camera, not a drive.

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:40 +1000,
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?

This is because it is a camera, not a drive.

That doesn't follow. All my cameras can be mounted as
"drives" in just the same way as a card reader, and some can
be used in either mode. Canon and a few other cameras can't,
they use a different protocol.

--
John Bean

John Bean wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:40 +1000,
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?
This is because it is a camera, not a drive.

That doesn't follow. All my cameras can be mounted as
"drives" in just the same way as a card reader, and some can
be used in either mode. Canon and a few other cameras can't,
they use a different protocol.


The same is true for the little mp3 players. My Sansa let's me choose.
The choices are MTP mode (media transfer protocol), in which case the
camera does not show as a logical drive or MSC (mass storage device
class)* mode in which case it does.
Not sure if there is much of an up/downside but I don't use music
services which might affect choice. I keep it in MSC mode.
* Not too sure about that expansion, got it from Wikipedia.
Dave Cohen

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:19 -0700, bdtmike
wrote:

I've got a powershot S3is. I have proprietary software that needs to
see the camera as a logical drive. However, the powershot doesn't
show up in My Computer as a drive, it shows up under devices. Other
than using a card reader, is there any way to configure the camera as
a logical drive?

The short answer is: no.
The long answer is: no, it can't.
The card reader should work, though, right?

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On Jul 17, 4:49 pm, John Bean wrote:
In a word, no. Card readers are cheap ;-)

Yeah, I think Canons don't show up as a logical drive. Get a SD card
reader. My favorite kind is the USB flash drive that accepts a SD
card. That way, you can upgrade your USB flash drive with your old SD
cards.