Hi guys, I'm fairly new to all this, and only just recently started to do this with a bit more seriousness.
My problem is that i have decided to try using Raw and I have about 20 photos on my camera but when i connect it up to the computer it doesnt recognise any of them, there were 4 jpgs and they were seen but thats it, i have rawshooter essentials and photoshop Cs2 and i cant seem to get either to work. Was hoping someone could give any kind of idea as i have a trip with my uni's photography society tmoz and i'd quite like to have the entire space of my memory card.
I use Picasa from Google, it'll recognize RAW files and download them automatically.
I've since stopped bothering with the boxed apps for import and organization. I have 30,000+ photos in it, and it's still truckin.
No, it does not edit your files EXIF data on import like ACDsee does. I have no clue how that myth got started, but I've survived a DQ request and a Ribbon inspection with files imported with Picasa.
A better program is probably Extensis Portfolio (website down as of 9:40 EDT) but it's pretty expensive.
I, personally, can't stanned the canned software that comes with the cameras.
I believe that there is some sort of problem reading RAW files from a camera connected using USB (at least with Canon, as far as I know). From what I remember, using a card reader is the preferred option. The computer will definitely see the files then.
Are they CR2 files or CRW files? If they are CR2 files you might need the update from the Adobe website. I don't know about Raw Shooter Essentials though.
you will need to use the Canon software to pull RAW files off the camera over the USB cable. IMO, you are better off getting a fast card reader; you'll get much faster transfers, and you can just drag & drop, no additional "transfer" software required.
Thanks for all the advice, i had to change it to ask for a choice of software and iv managed to pull the images off the camera. Means iv got a clean card for the trip to the butterfly farm. Will post pics if there are any good ones, anyway its nearly 5 Am so thanks for your help guys.
