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6ft USB Type A Male to Mini B (5 Pin) Male Cable $0.01 The USB 5-Pin Mini-B Cable connects your USB-ready computer or USB hub to a digital camera or other portable device that uses a 5-pin mini-B connector, such as an MP3 player or PDA. This cable is designed and manufactured to USB specifications to ensure it delivers its excellent performance…. |
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Compatible SONY Type A to Type B DSC Digital Camera Cradle USB Cable This superior USB 2.0 cable is the simple solution for downloading image files from your Sony Digital Camera Cradle to your PC or Laptop. On one end of the cable is a standard USB Type A Male that will fit into your PC. On the other end is a USB Type B Male plug which will fit into your compatible cradle. Specifically designed to work with the Sony DSC-M1 Cradle, DSC-T1 Cradle, DSC-T3 Cradle and t… |
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Gold-Series CB-USB4 Compatible Olympus Digital Interface Mini-B 5pin Cable with Ferrite Core $9.00 Gold-series hardware version USB cable used to move files, photos, or video images from a Digital Camera, Camcorder, MP3 Player, or other compatible digital USB device, to or from a PC, notebook or laptop. Plug and Play. Dynamic data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps! The Olympus CB-USB4 USB Cable enables you to transfer your camera pictures to a computer up to 40 times faster than with a serial cable… |
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Nikon 7216 Action 8x40mm Binoculars $64.00 A great bang-for-the-buck binocular, the 8×40 Action VII Binocular is the ‘standard’ entry in value-driven porro prism lineup, featuring a tremendous view that’s relaxed and spacious. It is a great choice enjoying stadium sports, and also makes for a sensible birding or hunting selection. Its high-refraction prisms combined with the 8x magnification yield a wide 8.2 degree true field of view, a… |
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Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser – CANON/NIKON $18.80 Give your camera’s harsh pop-up flash a makeover! The Puffer flash diffuser gives you the same flattering lighting style used by professionals. The Puffer simply slides into your camera’s flash shoe and places the diffuser in front of your pop-up flash. The diffuser softens the light which gives you much better color and softer shadows, an all together better shot in a flash! Provides professional… |
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Media Card Not Recognized – SmartMedia?
I have an OmniFlash Uno4 card reader that worked fine until recently, and now won’t recognized the SmartMedia card from my Olympus digital camera. I reformatted the card, and the camera recognizes all the stored info. I plug it into the card reader, the reader is recognized by the computer, but when I try to view the info on the computer it says please insert a disk into that drive (F:). Any thoughts? Can’t seem to track down any driver files from this company… maybe they’re defunct.
No Software drivers are needed for the following operating systems:
* PC’s running Windows 2000, Windows XP and Millennium
* Apple Mac’s running MAC OS 8.6 with USB Manager 1.2.1 and later
* Linux Kernal 2.4.1 and later
* Sun Solaris systems with USB
* Windows CE 4.0 based devices (Pocket PC etc.)
* Powered through the USB cable. No external power source required! Saves Camera, Music Player and PDA batteries.
Source: http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/SPD/omniflash-usb-2-0-udma-40-compact-flash-reader-omniflash-usb-2-0-udma-40-compact-flash-reader-writer–80000264-1186149598.jsp
Maybe the card is damaged and needs replacing. Have you tried another card in that slot? I was thinking that perhaps because the camera is probably better engineered and higher quality, perhaps it’s able to read more of the card. Have you run error checking on it yet? You can do that from My Computer. Right-click on the drive letter and choose Properties. If that comes up, go to the Tools tab and have it error checked. Look at the options and choose all the ones that attempt to fix the drive. Have it append to the log, not replace it and not have it not write a log at all.
You should be able to transfer pictures from the camera straight to the computer – you would need a mini-USB to USB cable, which probably came with the camera and your card reader probably uses one, as well. Harder on the batteries but you can plug it into the mains power. The camera would (should) show up as an external drive on your computer and can be browsed directly. Or you could use Camedia which probably came on your CD that came with the camera.
Do you have a printer? Have you checked to see if it has a suitable slot in it? Being an Olympus camera, you probably have an xD card. Also, laptops often have card slots in them these days although you need to check for xD because it’s the one most often left out. If the card is still tricky to read in those, I’d suggest it could be time for a new card. This is your starting point for working out which cards are compatible with your camera:
http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/compati/
Find the link for your camera series and follow it. The next page will have a chart of the info you need to buy a new card.
Hope that helps you resolve your problem.
Getting a Digital Camera – Features to Look For When Choosing a New Digital Camera
If you’re looking to buy a new point-and-shoot digital camera, then this is the article you should read. In this article I am going to first look at the key . After that, we will then take a look at some additional features that you may want to have on your camera. Then finally, we will take a look at the most important digital camera makes available at the moment.
Most important Features of a Digital Camera
Naturally, all cameras have their own unique set of features, but there are some fundamental features that a modern digital camera cannot possibly be without, for example:
- LCD Display: You can view your photos once you have taken them.
- Various Automatic Modes: Quickly and easily take photos using the correct setting for whatever situation you are in.
- Optical Zoom: Enables you to get close to the object.
- Image Stabilizer: A lot of digital camera now have this, which really helps to produce sharper images in difficult conditions.
Extra Features of a Camera
In addition to the key features mentioned above, here are some extra features that you may want to look out for:
- Smart Auto: As well as the various automatic settings described above, some cameras now have the ability to actually automatically select the appropriate scene setting for you.
- Smart Portrait System: Some newer cameras (such as Nikon) include this feature, which detects faces and can even automatically take a photo whenever a person smiles.
- Automatic Panorama Mode: Quickly create wide panoramic views within the camera by taking multiple photos and then letting it automatically stitch them together.
- Face Retouching: Some higher end cameras have the ability to make certain edits within the camera, such as smoothing the skin or removing blemishes.
- Built-in GPS Navigation: Find ideal shooting locations quickly and easily.
The Most important Companies and their Camera Ranges
- Canon: $89-$900. Top camera brand, with quite a large choice of products (almost 400 of them) to suit all requirements and budgets.
- Olympus: $73-$1,049. As with Canon, another top digital camera brand with a wide assortment of products available (more than 350 of them).
- Sony: $80-$700. Like Olympus, there are more than 350 products available here for a wide range of budgets and requirements.
- Nikon: $75-700. Once more, as with Sony, more than 350 cameras spread across a large price range.
- Kodak: $60-$450. More than 300 cameras, including everything from your basic compacts all the way up to high end fully featured cameras with large lenses.
- Panasonic: $89-$586. Just like Kodak, a large number of cameras covering a wide range.
- Fuji: $80-$1,000. This brand is also decent, and has a large number of digital cameras.
- Samsung: $80-$850. Again, another good make with cameras to suit all budgets and needs.
- Pentax: $75-$400. A decent choice of digital cameras to suit almost anyone.
- Casio: $80-350. A good series of digital cameras at some very reasonable prices, even for high end cameras.
- Vivitar: $20-$120. A good series of low budget compact cameras. Great if you’re really low on cash.
- General Electric: $60-$195. Not a huge assortment (about 70), mostly compacts.
- Polaroid: $24-180. As with General Electric, not a very broad series, and mostly compacts. However, if you’re struggling money-wise, there are some extremely low budget ones here.
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