aquiring images

[grandad]

please forgive a new user of XnView i am struggling to capture images from my camera olympus 4000z ihave manage it transfer the files but that lost me the images on the camera is anyone patient enough to talk me through the process
thanks tony

[xnview]

please forgive a new user of XnView i am struggling to capture images from my camera olympus 4000z ihave manage it transfer the files but that lost me the images on the camera is anyone patient enough to talk me through the process
thanks tony

Could you explain more what you have made?

[grandad]

Thanks what i tried was aquire and capture these did not seem to work with my camera so i transferred them to a new folder in my pictures but that left no images in the camera I also transferred them to the folder by dragging the image to the folder. I think that i have not got the procedure correct and i am new to both camera and this program, with the prog i got with my camera you just click on a button and they just transfer. thanks for your patience i hope this helps
tony

[XnTriq]

@ Pierre:

I'm not the right person to give advice to Tony, because I've never transferred photos through Acquire... (TWAIN/WIA).
But I've googled some information on his camera (Olympus C-4000 Zoom) and the software that comes with it (CAMEDIA Master 4.x) that might be of use when troubleshooting.

USB Auto-Connect means you simply drag and drop your images/QuickTime movies to quickly transfer them from camera to computer.

USB Auto-Connect for fast image download, without special driver software on current operating systems.

The C-4000 Zoom comes with interface software and cables for both Macintosh and Windows computers. It employs a USB Auto-Connect interface for high-speed computer connection. Like all of Olympus' most recent digicams, the C-4000 is a USB "storage class" device. This means it can connect directly to Mac OS Version 9.1 or later, or Windows Me or 2000 computers, without separate driver software. Storage-class or Auto-Connect connections are generally faster than device-class ones. I clocked the C-4000 at a transfer rate of 546 KBytes/second on my G4 Mac. This is a good bit faster than the average USB-connected camera although not quite at the top of the charts. (Close, though.) While it's becoming more commonplace now, Olympus was one of the first companies to pioneer storage-class camera connections. - I really like not having to load driver software to connect the camera!

The C-4000 Zoom comes with a nice complement of software on the supplied CD. Direct camera control and image downloading are provided by Olympus' Camedia Master software package (Version 4.0) for both Mac and Windows platforms (Macintosh OS 8.6 and higher, Windows 98v2/Me/2000 Pro). USB drivers for both platforms and an Apple QuickTime reader are also included.

[grandad]

Thank you Pierre,
I appreciate your help and the extra info you have provided makes me a littlle bit wiser one final question if I can. you state that you do not transfer using aquire, what is your method of transfer, perhaps this should have been my first question
many thanks
Tony

[XnTriq]

Hello Tony Welcome to the forum!

you state that you do not transfer using aquire, what is your method of transfer

Your digital camera is different/better than mine in that you don't have to install special driver software to be able to access the camera's memory.
Only if your Olympus were to rely on such a driver, you had to tranfer the images through the Acquire... interface.
When you connect the 4000-Z to the PC, Windows treats it kind of like an external floppy or hard disk drive.
As a matter of fact you wouldn't even need Camedia Master (although it seems to be quite convenient).
You can use Windows Explorer or XnView (or any other program that has file managing capabilities) to copy, move and delete image files from your digicam.

We shall see what I can do to assist you in finding out where your pictures went and how to use XnView to transfer photos to your PC's hard disk.
But first, I need to ask you a couple of questions:

1. Which version of Windows are you running (98/ME/2000/XP)?
2. Which version of XnView are you running (go to Info » About...)?
   The newest release is v1.82.4 (03 Mar 2006).

[Guest]

Thanks again for all your help my operating system is windows me and the version of XnView is 1.82.4. I am managing to drag and drop the files from camera to folder but it seems rather clumsy, that is if there is an alternative,
thanks again Pierre for your help and patience
Tony

[XnTriq]

I am managing to drag and drop the files from camera to folder but it seems rather clumsy, that is if there is an alternative

Well, you could use the “Copy To...” function in the “Edit” Menu.
Unfortunately I don't know if “Add XnView as applications for USB events” works in Windows ME.
If it doesn't, you could give APO USB Autorun a try.
But let's wait if some other board member will help us out on this one.

thanks again Pierre for your help and patience

Oops, I'm not Pierre.

• Pierre = xnview
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[Guest]

thanks and as you have found out i am not very observant your method is working for me
thanks to everyone this time
tony