Re: CoolPix 995 Connectivity Issues
- From: tomm42 <tmonego@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:40:46 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 13, 1:49 pm, "Inyo" <i...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So the other day I decide to haul out my first digital camera, the Nikon
CoolPix 995, a device I'd not used in some three years, to photograph
several fossils to include at one of my paleontology web pages.
After the shoot, I hooked the 995 to the USB port (using the cable that came
with the camera), as I'd always done in the past, of course, and patiently
waited for the new drive letter to appear on My Computer (I'm using Windows
98SE)--but, the images never transferred to the computer. They remained
locked inside the camera.
Rather frustrated, to say the least, I then hooked the 995 (using the same
cable that came with the camera) to the USB port on our Toshiba laptop.
Presto...the images tranferred with no problems encountered. As an
additional experiment, to try to narrow down the difficulties, I attached to
my PC through the USB port a portable Zip drive--once again, my PC
immediately recognized the Zip drive and I was able to tranfer the images of
fossils from the Zip to my PC.
OK--at this point I'm figuring that both the cable and USB are fine. I'm
also supposing that the issue may have to do with a lack of transfer of the
necessary drivers from 995 to PC. Probably I'm sounding rather ignorant
here. At any rate...any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Fossils In Death Valley National Parkhttp://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/dv/dvfossils.htm#scenicimages
(I took virtually all of these images from Death Valley with the CoolPix 995
during occasional visits in 2002-2003--a minor few I snapped with a Nikon
35mm camera.) My working email address, by the way, is Waucoba4 at aol dot
com.
Get a card reader for the Win 98SE computer. I have a 995 and camera
transfer was always slow and battery intensive. A $20 card reader
solves the problem and does a faster transfer, make sure you get one
with software for Win98SE. Oh yes the 995 is not fat32, max card it
can use is 1gb.
Think about upgrading your OSs Win 2000 and XP work so much better
than 98SE. I had 3 older computers with 98SE on them, my son badgered
me to upgrade (he is a computer science grad). Even my wifes 9 year
old Pentium IV 900 works better, wouldn't want to try Photoshop on her
computer. If you work for an educational institution the cost isn't
that high. I wasn't happy about the cost but this all worked out and
all the computers are working better, more conveniently.
Tom
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