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Authored by: jjckanellis on Jan 13, '02 11:41:27AM

I have a Nikon Coolpix 800 (serial connection) but don't connect the camera to my computers. Instead, I use the compact flash card with either a PCMCIA adaptor card (for my Wallstreet powerbook), or a USB card reader with my wife's dual USB iBook.

The USB card reader I purchased only yesterday. It's an "Acom Data" compact flash USB device. This worked with iPhoto straight out of the box - no drivers etc. I was really pleased. Just plug and play. iPhoto started and I instantly downloaded the photos. The CDRom that it came with (drivers etc.) may be of some use to Windows users or Mac OS 9, but not for OS X.

Since OSX 10.1.2, my PCMCIA card also works with no extra software ("Sandisk PC card adapter"). This was the case with both image capture and now iPhoto. It's goodbye classic (almost)!!!

The USB device also provides an easy way for me to transfer smallish files between the 2 laptops (PCMCIA slot on the wallstreet, USB compact flash reader on the iBook) - essentially like a floppy drive. I have a 64MB card which seems ample currently. Obviously I could go even higher with the compact flash card.

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Authored by: 128K Mac on Jan 13, '02 02:49:44PM

I have two different models of SanDisk flash card readers and OS X 10.1.2 solved my problems with both, altho one worked with 10.0.4 then broke with 10.1.

Also have an OEM flash reader of some kind that came with a Nikon camera bag outfit. Like the two SanDisk USBs it also works, but haven't figured out what "brand" it is.

When in doubt, plug it in and see what happens. :)



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