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sebastian_abreu

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does the PC (which OS?) still recognise the camera?.

does Windows assign it a drive letter?

do you get the bing-bing sound when you connect the USB cable?

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does the PC (which OS?) still recognise the camera?.

Yes, it recognize the camera. I use Windows 7, but I tried with Vista too.

 

does Windows assign it a drive letter?

It says the camera model only.

 

do you get the bing-bing sound when you connect the USB cable?

Yes.

 

camera model?

Canon 5D MkII with a Sandisk Extreme III

 

And is your camera in USB disk mode?

I don't know.

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USB disk mode is also known as Preview mode.

Basically, depending on camera type, there are two main modes, taking a shot and looking at your shots.

Older cameras wanted to be put in the 'not taking shot' mode to talk to a PC, some modern ones are now just doing it automatically.

Sometimes there is an indicator/LED that tells you, on the camera, that it is talking to the PC.

 

Any such indication on your camera?

 

have you removed the memory card, wiped the contacts and re-inserted?

take a few shots and see if you can preview them. that'll exclude the card itself from the problem list.

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take a few shots and see if you can preview them. that'll exclude the card itself from the problem list.

I suggest the fewer the better because I assume that every shot now has the probability of destroying one of the shots you wish to recover.

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doh - good point guys, I completely forgot the original problem :blink: in trying to suggest ways to get the PC to talk to the camera.

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