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you connect your camera to your computer without first installing the camera maker's software?

I only ask because in my idle musings I have seen dire warnings printed on the packaging of connecting leads and in various camera manuals. As I upload direct from a card reader into LR4 I have never tried it, but neither can I understand why the manufacturers get so hot under the collar.

Anyone committed such a heinous sin?
 
I just put mine in the usb and it comes up with mass storage device. Not sure why they have such a fit about the software ive never put any on my laptop for any cam ive owned.
 
Never had any problems and can't think there ever would be a problem.

The PC will see the camera as another device and you'll be able to copy the photos to anywhere you like.

Only thing I do is go through the "safely remove hardware" routine before I unplug the camera's USB lead from the PC.

Though I'm not sure how important that is, my son never bothers with it and has not had any problems with his camera.

Dave
 
I've never installed any makers software and none of my cameras have blown up.
 
Bit dramatic - dire warnings, hot under the collar and such :)

the worst that can happen is that the computer doesn't recognize what you are plugging into it in which case install the software. Not so much with cameras but certainly with other devices.
 
as above i havent installed any software just comes up as its own drive you have to know which sub folder your camera stores it on the memory card then just transfer them but now i use the laptops internal card reader its just easier
 
ernesto said:
Bit dramatic - dire warnings, hot under the collar and such :)

the worst that can happen is that the computer doesn't recognize what you are plugging into it in which case install the software. Not so much with cameras but certainly with other devices.
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Well ... maybe I exaggerated a mere tad :D but here's a shot of the unpacked USB lead from my 7D.


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I never install the software either. I usually plug the card into a card reader anyway.
 
Most PC's / Laptops will recognise the camera as a mass storage device, as basically thats what it is :shrug:

I have never installed software that came with any camera, its usually an in house editing suite, which will never compare to CS5 anyway :lol:

Les :thumbs:
 
I have no idea why they do it either. Maybe it's just so that you use their software, maybe it adds malware on your system?

I didn't install the SW anyway, and my camera connects perfectly well.
 
I use the Nikkon one purely becuase it remembers what was last downloaded and thus I don't have to worry about not clearing the card or duplicating files. That and the usb ports are all buried but the usb cable for the camera is sitting on my desk.
 
this is probably a left over from ye-old days of windows 98 and w2k, to stop peeps from phoning the help line to say the cameras broke 'cause the pc wont see it.

The only software I put on was Nikons ViewNX and transfer and I always use the SD card reader anyway to grab the images.
 
They do it because there's no native support for USB storage devices in older versions of Windows.

So if they don't do it, and your old Win 95 computer downloads inappropriate drivers (as it doesn't recognise the hardware) and then Borks - who are you going to blame?
 
Phil V said:
They do it because there's no native support for USB storage devices in older versions of Windows.

So if they don't do it, and your old Win 95 computer downloads inappropriate drivers (as it doesn't recognise the hardware) and then Borks - who are you going to blame?
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Cynical? I suspect you may have hit the nail on the head. ;)
 
Nothing Alarming happens from such a dire warning, but they have to cover themselves for people having 15 year old software that they refuse to update. I plugged my 7D in without even looking at the bag and it remained perfectly usable lol.

If you are running Windows 7 and are connected to the internet then it'll find the 7D and you'll be able to access the photos to download them to another file on the PC. Until you install DPP, EOS Utility and the like you'd have to PP them with 3rd party software instead.
 
I have used LR for a while now, but I was curious to know why the camera manufacturers make such a big deal of loading their SW first. It seems they have only their own interests at heart! :lol:
 
This isn't just a camera thing it's more of a USB thing. You'll get the same from printer manufacturers most of the time too because they want the drivers to go on cleanly (and have all of their bumpf of software too) I suspect. It's probably more important for printers etc as the wrong driver can do odd things to them and I can't say I've ever had the trouble with a camera!
 
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