Photoshop Elements Camera issue

Canadian Techdiver · 30th of July 2008 (Wed)

Anyone else have this. My camera is about 4-5 months old. I go out and I shoot about 100-175 pictures at a time. I come home plug the camera in with the stock USB cable from the kit.

Photoshop sees the camera and connects to it. It scrolls through and says it finds X number of pictures. I select get pictures.

And It opens the orginizer and starts to get 2-3 pictures and then I get an error message that says to check the camera or the batteries to see if it is on. The camera is on and blinking busy.

This started about two weeks ago and it seems to be getting worse.

ie. I would shut the camera on and off and go through this a few times and finally get it. Last night I tried multiple times and only brought in the first 4 images of 162.

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this.

tim · 30th of July 2008 (Wed)

Buy a USB 2.0 card reader, take the card out of the camera and put it in that. It's faster, more reliable, and doesn't use camera batteries. I don't use download programs either, I use windows explorer to copy the files manually, though I used to use the free DIM from www.alanlight.com

Canadian Techdiver · 30th of July 2008 (Wed)

Thanks Tim. That is where I was leaning... I was just hoping I didn't have a bigger problem. My cheapy card reader stopped working shortly after I bought my camera...LOL go figure.

Point-n-shoot-n · 5th of August 2008 (Tue)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tim

Buy a USB 2.0 card reader, take the card out of the camera and put it in that. It's faster, more reliable, and doesn't use camera batteries. I don't use download programs either, I use windows explorer to copy the files manually, though I used to use the free DIM from www.alanlight.com

I tried to use a USB card reader and couldn't get it to download anything at all.........just sits there! Never had any problems with the cable to camera connection though..........lightning fast and always works! Is there a specific type of card reader that I would need to get to make things work that way? Perhaps mine is not compatible with something in my computer....??

tim · 5th of August 2008 (Tue)

Nope, any card reader, decent brands usually work better than generic ones. Try using windows explorer to do the copy.

30th of July 2008 (Wed)	#1
Canadian Techdiver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Its Summer I am underwater scuba diving Silly. Posts: 726 IMAGE EDITING OK	Photoshop Elements Camera issue Anyone else have this. My camera is about 4-5 months old. I go out and I shoot about 100-175 pictures at a time. I come home plug the camera in with the stock USB cable from the kit. Photoshop sees the camera and connects to it. It scrolls through and says it finds X number of pictures. I select get pictures. And It opens the orginizer and starts to get 2-3 pictures and then I get an error message that says to check the camera or the batteries to see if it is on. The camera is on and blinking busy. This started about two weeks ago and it seems to be getting worse. ie. I would shut the camera on and off and go through this a few times and finally get it. Last night I tried multiple times and only brought in the first 4 images of 162. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this. __________________ Camera gear: YEP

30th of July 2008 (Wed)	#2
tim Light Bringer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 48,036 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Photoshop Elements Camera issue Buy a USB 2.0 card reader, take the card out of the camera and put it in that. It's faster, more reliable, and doesn't use camera batteries. I don't use download programs either, I use windows explorer to copy the files manually, though I used to use the free DIM from www.alanlight.com __________________ NZIPP Qualified Professional wedding photographer. Camera and Lens Reviews ~ Wellington Wedding Photographer Wellington Wedding Photographer (site2) ~ Wellington Wedding Photographer (site3) Read all my FAQs (wedding, printing, lighting, books, etc)

30th of July 2008 (Wed)	#3
Canadian Techdiver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Its Summer I am underwater scuba diving Silly. Posts: 726 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Photoshop Elements Camera issue Thanks Tim. That is where I was leaning... I was just hoping I didn't have a bigger problem. My cheapy card reader stopped working shortly after I bought my camera...LOL go figure. __________________ Camera gear: YEP

5th of August 2008 (Tue)	#5
tim Light Bringer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 48,036 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Photoshop Elements Camera issue Nope, any card reader, decent brands usually work better than generic ones. Try using windows explorer to do the copy. __________________ NZIPP Qualified Professional wedding photographer. Camera and Lens Reviews ~ Wellington Wedding Photographer Wellington Wedding Photographer (site2) ~ Wellington Wedding Photographer (site3) Read all my FAQs (wedding, printing, lighting, books, etc)

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