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Matthew Nayman · January 16th, 2007, 05:48 PM

How does one import a photo from Card to computer? Confused...

Chris Hurd · January 16th, 2007, 06:05 PM

Use an SD card reader, available for less than $20 anywhere flash memory cards are sold. It connects to your computer via USB.

Chris Hurd · January 16th, 2007, 06:25 PM

There are dozens of different card readers... I've got three of 'em laying around the house: see attached photo. The Targus one is handy because it's a dual-slot Compact Flash and Secure Digital card reader (but it's only USB 1, pretty slow).

Kevin Burns · January 27th, 2007, 12:45 AM

This seems like a dumb question but how do I load photos onto my computer(iMac). I can't find anything in the manual. Do I have to buy extra software to load photos.
Thankyou

Chris Hurd · January 27th, 2007, 01:18 AM

No extra software required... all you need is an SD card reader. For more info, see http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=84074 for more details.

Dave Stern · February 7th, 2007, 04:40 PM

has anyone done this? I can get my PC to recognize the A1's attached, but can't figure out how to get to the SD (secure digital) card to get the photos from it.

when I leave the card/tape switch on tape, I see the camera icon on the set of drives I have attached, and assume I could capture a tape from there. but when I flip the switch to card, the firewire connection drops, then re-adds, but no icon comes back, and my standard cannon photo capture apps, for example, can't see the card.

is there anything I'm missing that someone else has figured out? It must be something simple / obvious that I'm just overlooking as this shouldn't be that difficult..

Bill Busby · February 7th, 2007, 04:55 PM

I only know & have tried the simpliest way: get yourself a card reader.

Bill

Piotr Wozniacki · February 7th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Dave, I'm afraid the only way is to use an SD card reader.

EDIT: Bill, we'been posting simultaneously:)

Chris Hurd · February 7th, 2007, 05:12 PM

I'm not sure if we need to make this a "sticky," since the question is so frequently asked. Merging a number of separate posts into this one thread.

Dave Stern · February 7th, 2007, 05:30 PM

thanks for the replies & sorry for any double post, I did search.. I was hoping to avoid another card reader..not for any real reason other then another $20 that I could use for something else, esp. since the A1 has firewire (and I just bought a CF reader but didn't think too much about it..could have gotten a multi I suppose..oh well..thanks for the replies!, just wanted to make sure there's nothing I was missing.

January 16th, 2007, 05:48 PM	#1
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	Importing Photos! How does one import a photo from Card to computer? Confused...

January 16th, 2007, 06:05 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Use an SD card reader, available for less than $20 anywhere flash memory cards are sold. It connects to your computer via USB. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

January 16th, 2007, 06:25 PM	#3
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	There are dozens of different card readers... I've got three of 'em laying around the house: see attached photo. The Targus one is handy because it's a dual-slot Compact Flash and Secure Digital card reader (but it's only USB 1, pretty slow). Attached Thumbnails __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

January 27th, 2007, 12:45 AM	#4
Kevin Burns New Boot Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 5	Loading Photos This seems like a dumb question but how do I load photos onto my computer(iMac). I can't find anything in the manual. Do I have to buy extra software to load photos. Thankyou

January 27th, 2007, 01:18 AM	#5
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	No extra software required... all you need is an SD card reader. For more info, see http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=84074 for more details. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

February 7th, 2007, 04:40 PM	#6
Dave Stern Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 391	photo download from A1? has anyone done this? I can get my PC to recognize the A1's attached, but can't figure out how to get to the SD (secure digital) card to get the photos from it. when I leave the card/tape switch on tape, I see the camera icon on the set of drives I have attached, and assume I could capture a tape from there. but when I flip the switch to card, the firewire connection drops, then re-adds, but no icon comes back, and my standard cannon photo capture apps, for example, can't see the card. is there anything I'm missing that someone else has figured out? It must be something simple / obvious that I'm just overlooking as this shouldn't be that difficult..

February 7th, 2007, 04:55 PM	#7
Bill Busby Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 959	I only know & have tried the simpliest way: get yourself a card reader. Bill

February 7th, 2007, 04:55 PM	#8
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Dave, I'm afraid the only way is to use an SD card reader. EDIT: Bill, we'been posting simultaneously:) __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

February 7th, 2007, 05:12 PM	#9
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	I'm not sure if we need to make this a "sticky," since the question is so frequently asked. Merging a number of separate posts into this one thread. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

February 7th, 2007, 05:30 PM	#10
Dave Stern Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 391	thanks for the replies & sorry for any double post, I did search.. I was hoping to avoid another card reader..not for any real reason other then another $20 that I could use for something else, esp. since the A1 has firewire (and I just bought a CF reader but didn't think too much about it..could have gotten a multi I suppose..oh well..thanks for the replies!, just wanted to make sure there's nothing I was missing.