How the heck do you download photos from this camera (K100D) to the computer? I have downloaded all the software, but no luck.

I have downloaded all required software with this camera and I am trying to download the pictures--no luck as of yet. The Photo Browser 3 doesn't recognize the USB device therefore I cannot pull the messages from the system at all. HELP!!!

Hi Cyndi,

One thing you can try is to uninstall and reinstall all of the software. I know if this is a pain, but sometimes it does the trick. Make sure you install things in the order the instructions tell you to.

Another thing you can do is plug the camera into your computer via USB without opening the Pentax software. If your speakers are on you should hear the usual USB noise indication (a couple of bloops--kinda hard to describe in text). At this point, an autorun window might pop up. If so, it'll list various programs you can use to get your pictures. If not, do this (assuming you're running Windows XP): go to your start menu, open My Computer, look for your camera in the list of devices, double click on it. You should get a folder full of pictures. You can then drag and drop the pictures from the camera to your hard drive.

If none of the above works, I'd recommend buying a memory card reader. They're cheap--like $10 or less--and then you can just take the memory card from your camera, plug it into the reader, and transfer the files that way.

Hope this helps!

Cyndi, does your USB port on your computer work OK with other devices? I had this identical problem once and it turned out the camera's USB port was bad so I had everything set up right but the computer just could not see the camera.

I had the same problem and after reading above did it in this order.

Did not have the supplied software running, just the desktop.

Plug the cable into the camera. This plug is a tricky little devil, make sure it is all the way down.

Plug the usb plug into the computer.

Turn on the camera. PC immediatly appears on the screen
and Windows announces that new hardware has been detected.

Go to My Computer and there it is as a new drive.