Digital camera accessories

[Todd Searles]

I am a beginner with digital cameras and card readers!
I have a Olympus D-360L, A memory card reader with no information except two letters CE?  It is connected to the USB port with a cable. and a smartmedia memory card. I have not installed any drivers and dont have any.  Installation wizard cant seem to recognize the card reader. I Just purchased A Dell machine about six months ago and basically only have the software that came with it.     Help please and thanks in advance

[ShutterbugGail]

Hi Todd,

Welcome to the Q&A Board!

Please give us a little more information. Are you saying that you have a card reader but don't know what brand it is? If a driver is required, you can usally download it for the manufacturer's website...but if you don't know who made yours, that will be near-impossible. Also, whether you need a driver or not depends on what operating system you're using.

Have you tried transferring the images directly from the camera to your computer with the usb cable that came with it?

The only other thing I can suggest at this time is to get a new card reader. They are rather inexpensive.

Let us know how it goes.

[Todd Searles]

That is correct I do not Know the brand of the reader.

I am Running windows XP.

Dont have the cable to connect camera to PC.

Thanks

[ShutterbugGail]

That is correct I do not Know the brand of the reader.

I am Running windows XP.

Dont have the cable to connect camera to PC.
 

Then I would highly recommend you get a new card reader. They are fairly inexpensive, particularly if you purchase it online. If you decide to buy a new one, I suggest you consider buying a multi-card reader in case you ever buy another digital camera or electronic device that uses flash memory cards. Digital camera manufactures seem to be steering away from SmartMedia cards and using other types of cards instead.

I suppose you could try buying a new USB cable for the reader, but some of them are almost expensive as a new card reader.

[Deb]

Dont have the cable to connect camera to PC.

Hi Todd,
Your camera should have come with a standard PC serial cable (that's the kind it uses) for connecting it to your PC.  If you can't find the cable, you can pick one up at most any computer store. Once you have that, you can use the provided software CD (which contains Camedia Master) to download your images to your computer and edit them as you wish.

[ShutterbugGail]

I don't disagree with Deb at all!

But since you need to purchase something in the same price range, consider that a multi-card reader gives you options to use other types of memory cards. You can also use a card reader easily with other computers that have USB ports. Plus you don't drain your camera batteries for image transfers.

[garry]

Hi Guys

Having been spending many nights researching card readers,  I have just purchased a 42 in 1 "internal" card reader that fits into my old (never been used in years) dust gathering "A Drive".  (it can also be used externally) (plug & play)

Learning curve is OK if you have "played" around inside PC before for an internal mount. But you need to know where to plug the USB2 component into your Motherboard. (look at map in PC)

I even had a few probs getting it going?, so basically unscrewed 1 of the usb2 ports from dual port at back of machine & dragged it internally to join up with card reader cord. Jobs done and USB2 speed for my 1GB card.

The 42 in 1 card reader was about the same price as many of the others(and has own USB cable). I'll still carry the camera's own USB cord as a back up.

Cheers from the Outback

[Mike54]

Good lord garry, I didn't know there were 42 different kinds of cards. I hope it's clearly marked which one fits in which slot. :-/

[Michael Tran]

Hi Todd,
If your USB card reader using standard 2.0 or prior (1.X) then you don't  need any to install driver in Windows XP.  May be it's a hardware problem with your USB reader, Gail is right in suggesting the purchase of an external multi-card reader because they're inexpensive, I bought my 6-in-1 at Fry's for $14.99 and get a $10 rebate,  so don't waste your time trying to make it works. I don't recommend the internal Multi-Card Reader, unless you've a copy of your Motherboard manual (this is needed to ensure that PIN configurations are correctly connected),  steady hands with small fingers and lot of patients because it's difficult to connect those tiny connectors to the pins on the motherboard. I installed one for my friends and have to remove lof of existing components(VGA card, NIC) & cables from the motherboard just to gain enough space to work on it.  Good Luck!