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45th of 63 in Extended Zoom (#1 is Panasonic FZ35)
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Dave Lillico (lillac) 0 pts

June 25, 2007 6:59 AM

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Can't get FZ30 to talk to my PC

I am trying to use an FZ30 with my PC. It is setup for PC connection an says so on the screen. But no matter what I do I cannot get to see the removable drive. I have moved the sd card to an older camera and can copy the images across that way but not straight from the FZ30, any advice?

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Brenda P (BrendaP) 28728 pts

June 29, 2007 3:06 AM

Are you using Windows XP? If so you should not have to install the camera drivers, but if you're using a different system it may be a matter of installation. If the drivers for the older camera are installed but these aren't, that would explain why that one works and this one doesn't.

I have experienced this issue myself and it turned out that the USB port on the side of my camera did not work. Another possibility, although a really difficult one to prove (I spent an hour on the phone with Canon customer service before we narrowed it down to that).

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58445 pts

August 3, 2007 4:57 PM

Have you tried a USB card reader? It's much easier than trying to sort out crappy drivers and bloated sofware.

A card reader is about $10 and will cause your sd card to be read as a drive on the PC. Then it's a simple drag and drop.

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