Loading CF card onto computer- cant figure out problem, anyone here good with cameras?
hi, I’m in a photography class in my school and apparently one of the CF card readers had a bent pin so a lot of CF cards wont load normally. I tried to bring it home and when I plugged it in to the computer directly (it has a port) the light lit up but nothing else occurred. I then tried plugging in a usb cable b/n the camera and the computer and it says I need some sort of software (the camera belongs to the school.)
The interesting thing is you can view the pictures perfectly on the camera itself.
This would be a HUGE help since many students are having this problem and don’t want to lose their pictures so all of our CF cards are tied up.
In case it helps, the camera is a Canon EOS (I’m not an expert so let me know if you need any more info about the situation or the camera itself)
Your help is much appreciated, thanks!
**added details: i have tried using multiple card readers but to no avail (3 diffrent ones not including my computer)
There is nothing wrong with your CF card if you can see the images on the camera.
Just plugging in the CF card is not going to do anything. You have to open up your computers file manager and actually copy the image files from your CF card to your computer. Once there, you can burn a CD or copy them to a USB flash memory card.
You can also by a cheap CF card reader (under $10) and take it to school with you and use it on the computer there.
Once you have saved the images to your computer and CD as a backup, format the card using Canon’s format feature on the camera.
Your instructor and/or lab tech will know all this
Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Notebook PC
