My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

[Guest Tnafbrat]

I've installed the software, downloaded the Win 98 drivers from fujifilm,

installed them, etc yet when I plug my camera into the usb port & turn it on

I get a communications error. The port works on my other usb devices and the

camera/usb cable works on other computers. I'm banging my head .... Any Help

out there?

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Tnafbrat

[Guest philo]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

 

"Tnafbrat" <Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I've installed the software, downloaded the Win 98 drivers from fujifilm,

> installed them, etc yet when I plug my camera into the usb port & turn it

on

> I get a communications error. The port works on my other usb devices and

the

> camera/usb cable works on other computers. I'm banging my head .... Any

Help

> out there?

 

 

It's usually a lot easier to just get a card reader

[Guest Tnafbrat]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

Is a card reader similar to a usb hub?

[Guest philo]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

 

"Tnafbrat" <Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is a card reader similar to a usb hub?

>

 

The card reader would plug into your USB2...

get a card reader that's for the memory card inside the camera...

[Guest philo]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

 

> >

>

> The card reader would plug into your USB2...

> get a card reader that's for the memory card inside the camera...

>

>

 

 

Should have said that USB1 will work too...

just quite a bit slower

[Guest mm]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:13:37 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

>

>

>> >

>>

>> The card reader would plug into your USB2...

>> get a card reader that's for the memory card inside the camera...

>>

>>

>

>

>Should have said that USB1 will work too...

>just quite a bit slower

 

I just got back from vacation, during which I bought a Fujifilm

camera. A guy I met had a messed up memory card, and his camera --

brand I don't remmeber -- and I took it to the camera store which said

he had a virus in the card, and that he must have gotten it from the

computer he used, and that this problem would be avoided by using a

card reader instead of plugging into the camera. But two guys on the

photography newsgroup said that was likely a bunch of hooey, that a

card reader wouldn't protect the camera or the card because the

computer couldn't transfer a virus to either of them. Who is right?

 

BTW, he didn't use a computer between the time the camera worked and

the time it didn't. He didn't even have his computer with him. He

just took pictures one day and it worked and the next day it wouldn't

work. He tried his memory card in another camera and it didn't work

there either (and he may have tried another card in his camera and it

did work.)(

 

The camera store said it got 150 pictures off the card and that he

could reformat it and it would be good again.

 

Who is telling the truth?

>

 

 

If you are inclined to email me

for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)

[Guest philo]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

 

"mm" <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:13:37 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

>

> >

> >

> >> >

> >>

> >> The card reader would plug into your USB2...

> >> get a card reader that's for the memory card inside the camera...

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> >Should have said that USB1 will work too...

> >just quite a bit slower

>

> I just got back from vacation, during which I bought a Fujifilm

> camera. A guy I met had a messed up memory card, and his camera --

> brand I don't remmeber -- and I took it to the camera store which said

> he had a virus in the card, and that he must have gotten it from the

> computer he used, and that this problem would be avoided by using a

> card reader instead of plugging into the camera. But two guys on the

> photography newsgroup said that was likely a bunch of hooey, that a

> card reader wouldn't protect the camera or the card because the

> computer couldn't transfer a virus to either of them. Who is right?

>

> BTW, he didn't use a computer between the time the camera worked and

> the time it didn't. He didn't even have his computer with him. He

> just took pictures one day and it worked and the next day it wouldn't

> work. He tried his memory card in another camera and it didn't work

> there either (and he may have tried another card in his camera and it

> did work.)(

>

> The camera store said it got 150 pictures off the card and that he

> could reformat it and it would be good again.

>

> Who is telling the truth?

> >

 

 

If a computer was infected with a virus....then I suppose It's possible it

could spread to a camera's

memory card. Using a card reader would be no safer.

 

However...if the camera was not even connected to the computer...

the card could not have been infected with a virus.

More than likely, the file system had gotten corrupted...

possibly by removing the card while data was still being transferred.

[Guest Tnafbrat]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

 

"philo" wrote:

> However...if the camera was not even connected to the computer...

> the card could not have been infected with a virus.

> More than likely, the file system had gotten corrupted...

> possibly by removing the card while data was still being transferred.

>

This does sound more likely .. though I suppose there might be a way for

someone to create a virus that would "move against the flow", usually, you're

transferring from the camera TO the computer and it doesn't seem logical that

a virus could move from the computer to the card or camera during that type

of transfer. Though I guess it could if you were transfering From the

computer TO the card or camera.

 

Thanks for the info on the readers philo. that does seem to be the easiest

solution and since all my other usb devices work fine (as well as the hub),

it seems like the perfect solution for me .... at least until I break down

and upgrade to xp ... I just HATE redoing and reloading everything. Lazy is

my middle name :P lol

 

mm, drop a note in here if you find out more on that.

[Guest philo]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

 

"Tnafbrat" <Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> "philo" wrote:

> > However...if the camera was not even connected to the computer...

> > the card could not have been infected with a virus.

> > More than likely, the file system had gotten corrupted...

> > possibly by removing the card while data was still being transferred.

> >

> This does sound more likely .. though I suppose there might be a way for

> someone to create a virus that would "move against the flow", usually,

you're

> transferring from the camera TO the computer and it doesn't seem logical

that

> a virus could move from the computer to the card or camera during that

type

> of transfer. Though I guess it could if you were transfering From the

> computer TO the card or camera.

>

> Thanks for the info on the readers philo. that does seem to be the easiest

> solution and since all my other usb devices work fine (as well as the

hub),

> it seems like the perfect solution for me .... at least until I break down

> and upgrade to xp ... I just HATE redoing and reloading everything. Lazy

is

> my middle name :P lol

>

> mm, drop a note in here if you find out more on that.

 

 

Nothing wrong with being "lazy".

If your present machine does the job...why change things.

 

Anyway just check out the specs on the card reader to make sure it will work

with win98

[Guest mm]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:45:02 -0800, Tnafbrat

<Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>"philo" wrote:

>> However...if the camera was not even connected to the computer...

>> the card could not have been infected with a virus.

>> More than likely, the file system had gotten corrupted...

>> possibly by removing the card while data was still being transferred.

>>

>This does sound more likely .. though I suppose there might be a way for

>someone to create a virus that would "move against the flow", usually, you're

>transferring from the camera TO the computer and it doesn't seem logical that

>a virus could move from the computer to the card or camera during that type

>of transfer. Though I guess it could if you were transfering From the

>computer TO the card or camera.

 

Well, it wasn't I who had the problem -- I was just trying to avoid it

-- but a guy I met traveling, who says he didn't do anything, not even

open the door or remove the card, or transfer the pictures, since he

had no place to transfer them to. But he got a message on the screen

that something was messed up, and his card wouldn't work in someone

else's computer either. So it must have been messed up.

 

I think it is certainly likely that even the tech guy at the camera

store believed what he said. The card reader they sold me, for my

friend, and then I bought one too, was only 10 dollars. OTOH, when I

was looking at a 350 dollar camera and couldn't make up my mind, I

asked if I should ask for you (the salesman I was talking to) when I

came back, and he said it didn't matter. And I did buy it from

someone else, so unless they are very good at keeping track of who

talked the most to a customer, or at splitting commissions, they don't

get commissions. And I think it is the latter, so why lie for a 10 or

20 dollar sale? Even pros are wrong pretty often.

 

But I did buy the card reader, and it would especially come in handy

if I ever have to buy a second card. Of course, I would really only

need to do that if I ran out of space on the first card and DIDN"T

have a computer with me to offload the contents of the "first" card.

So I wouldn't need a card reader than either.

 

But is that why other people want card readers, when they have more

than one card and they want to swap cards quickly and let someone else

or themselves later spend time uploading the card to a computer or

printer??

 

Wasting 10 dollars doesn't bother me too much as long as I don't think

I was lied to.

>Thanks for the info on the readers philo. that does seem to be the easiest

>solution and since all my other usb devices work fine (as well as the hub),

>it seems like the perfect solution for me .... at least until I break down

>and upgrade to xp ... I just HATE redoing and reloading everything. Lazy is

>my middle name :P lol

>

>mm, drop a note in here if you find out more on that.

 

OK, above is probably all I will ever know. Unless I met someone who

contradicted you guys, and I doubt that will happen.

 

If you are inclined to email me

for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)

[Guest James B. Holladay]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

It is a pretty sure bet that your installation of Win98 does not have or

support USB. If it does it is probably 1.1.

I would suggest downloading USB drivers from MS and making sure your

computer is capable of handling USB input.

 

"Tnafbrat" <Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A6CCF84C-4AF3-42DA-9348-16C6BE28580B@microsoft.com...

I've installed the software, downloaded the Win 98 drivers from fujifilm,

installed them, etc yet when I plug my camera into the usb port & turn it on

I get a communications error. The port works on my other usb devices and

the

camera/usb cable works on other computers. I'm banging my head .... Any

Help

out there?

--

Tnafbrat

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

What version of Windows 98 do you have? Original or Second Edition? Are you

completely up to date at Windows Updates? If you have the Original edition,

are the drivers possibly only for Win98SE?

 

What is the exact model of the camera?

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Tnafbrat" <Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A6CCF84C-4AF3-42DA-9348-16C6BE28580B@microsoft.com...

> I've installed the software, downloaded the Win 98 drivers from fujifilm,

> installed them, etc yet when I plug my camera into the usb port & turn it

> on

> I get a communications error. The port works on my other usb devices and

> the

> camera/usb cable works on other computers. I'm banging my head .... Any

> Help

> out there?

> --

> Tnafbrat

[Guest James B. Holladay]

Re: My Fujifilm Digital Camera and my PC don't want to talk

 

I would suggest you visit this site and select what you need. It worked for

me.

http://forum.technical-assistance.co.uk/generic-windows-98-mass-storage-drivers-vt32.html

 

 

 

"Tnafbrat" <Tnafbrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A6CCF84C-4AF3-42DA-9348-16C6BE28580B@microsoft.com...

I've installed the software, downloaded the Win 98 drivers from fujifilm,

installed them, etc yet when I plug my camera into the usb port & turn it on

I get a communications error. The port works on my other usb devices and

the

camera/usb cable works on other computers. I'm banging my head .... Any

Help

out there?

--

Tnafbrat