No doubt Chuck is the man! Glad you found a solution.
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Camera card help
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:07 PM
> Chuck, you da man! Nailed it. She has the Rebel XSi an the
> card is 8G SDHC.
> Problem not solved but at least understood. At least I know
> my reader will
> still work with my horse n' buggy CF card.
> Thanks Ali and Dr. Flash(card).
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > You didn't specify the model of the Canon Rebel of
> the specific type of
> > flash card. Up to and including the 400D (Rebel XTi)
> the cameras used
> > CF cards. Starting with the 450D (Rebel XSi) they
> take either SD or SDHC.
> >
> > If it's a CF card then there is nothing different
> about an 8GB card vs a
> > 2GB card except the format of the data on the card
> (FAT32 vs FAT16). SD
> > cards are different. SD cards only go to 2 GB. SDHC
> can go up to 32GB.
> > But, quoting from the Wiki article on SDHC cards:
> >
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#SDHC>
> > "SDHC cards only work in SDHC compatible devices,
> but standard SD cards
> > work in both SD and SDHC devices".
> >
> > My guess is that your sister-in-law's Rebel is
> either a 450D (Rebel XSi)
> > or 1000D (Rebel XS) and the flash card is an 8GB SDHC
> card. Your
> > multi-reader and her printer are probably old enough
> that they don't
> > talk SDHC. The solution for the moment is to download
> directly from the
> > camera via the USB cable for the camera.
> >
> > Both of you will need newer readers if you want to
> handle this SDHC card.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> > > Ali,
> > > The card reader (Sandisk Multi-card Reader)
> works fine with other cards
> > > including the 1 Gig CF I used in my E-500 today
> and my in-laws SD card.
> > > Absolutely no problem with these. When I put in
> the 8 Gig card nothing
> > > works: not the Photoshop auto-load window nor the
> Windows "do you want to
> > > open this device as a file" window.
> Everything locks up and I have to use
> > > the Device Manager to get out of Photoshop.
> > > Since I posted my original message, my
> sister-in-law tells me this card
> > > will not work in the card slots of her printer.
> It locks up and ignores
> > the
> > > card also.
> > > Could the card simply be too big for these
> devices? Could it be
> > defective?
> > > It seems to work fine in the camera.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 8:17 PM, AS
> <alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> First of congrats to your wife! Its not easy
> to attend college while you
> > >> are a working adult, I have been attending
> part-time as well.
> > >>
> > >> Is the card reader working? I have a Dazzle
> card reader which seems to
> > work
> > >> great with SD cards but will not work with
> CF. Cheap card reader!! Can
> > you
> > >> plug the camera in directly?
> > >>
> > >> My old Sandisk CF reader - original USB 1.x
> specs but works great!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Charles Geilfuss
> <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> From: Charles Geilfuss
> <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Subject: [OM] OT: Camera card help
> > >>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 8:06
> PM
> > >>> Greetings All,
> > >>> My wife graduated from college today
> after attending
> > >>> part-time classes for
> > >>> 10 years. She graduated magne cum laude
> and we are all very
> > >>> proud of her.
> > >>> I have a small problem though. My
> sister-in-law took some
> > >>> photos with her
> > >>> Canyon Rebel and would like to download
> them to my computer
> > >>> (PC Windoze xp).
> > >>> I use Photoshop Elements as an organizer,
> but when I insert
> > >>> her camera's 8
> > >>> Gig card into the card reader neither
> Photoshop nor the
> > >>> computer in general
> > >>> will recognize it. Any thoughts on why
> this would be?
> > >>>
> > >>> TIA,
> > >>> Charlie
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