Help with downloading pictures

imac david

Hi,



How on earth do you download pictures from a camcorder to a mac?!?! I don't mean the video - that works 100%; connect the Canon MV450i, fire up iMovie and away i go.



But, I have photos on the multimedia card in the camcorder and I can't find a way of downloading them. iMovie isn't interested, and nor is iPhoto.



Any ideas, or do I have to buy a USB card reader?



Cheers,



David

1seaside1

Have you tried Image Capture? If that doesn't work maybe you can borrow a friend's camera...or end up buying a USB reader.

imac david

Thanks - though just tried it, and no. Just says nothing is attached. However, the camcorder is attached via firewire, and switched on!



Cheers,



David

ra

You need to connect it via USB to get to the pictures. There should be a separate connector.

imac david

It hasn't got a USB connector, only Firewire.



BTW, typically, my camera uses SmartMedia and not the Multimedia Card the camcorder uses.



Cheers,



David

mimac

Looks like you will have to go with a media card reader

I have a Sony Digital8 with memorystick and got a 6 card reader pretty cheap at Lidl the discount store, they sell one for around £12.

It works well with OSX and no visible deterioration of images.

paul

there should be an option in the camera to "transfer" the pictures from the flash memory to the DV tape... then you should be able to export the pictures from iMovie.. one frame at a time...

dmband0026

Get a real digital camera. Still cameras that are built into camcorders suck majorly. But till you get a separate camera, get a memory reader.