Posted: 7/17/2005 1:00:09 PM EDT
| I have an older digital camera that saves its data on data card in a raw format. Of course, WinXP won't recognize the files when I put it in a card reader since it's not formatted in FAT. Is there software I can find that will let me extract the pictures and just rename them to JPGs, which is how they are saved? |
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Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP edit: I see you're not talking about the same thing |
Thanks Red Beard, it's not what I'm looking for, but I downloaded it anyway... just because  Let me restate: The file system on the camera's SmartMedia card is not FAT. It is something Windows doesn't recognize, which doesn't surprise me since Windows is years and years behind the filesystem recognition capability of the Unix based systems. Is there a program that will enable me to view it? |
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Too little information. What camera, and what specifically is the "raw" format on the card? You mention that UNIX systems are more advanced than Microsloth (true) but are you able to read the card using a UNIX box (say with Knoppix)? Since it is an "older" digital camera, were you ever able to get the data off the cards, and if so how? Was there a card-reading application that shipped with the camera? |
Camera is an Olympus D-340R. The data is stored on the card in some method other than FAT or NTFS, so WinXP will not recognize it. It shows no files, lists the file-system as "raw", but does show used space in Properties because there are pictures there. Normal method of getting pictures off the camera is to plug it into a cable leading to a serial port and using WinXP's native camera support to extract the photos. I want to be able to just pop my SmartMedia card out of the camera and extract them that way. It's much faster and saves my batteries on the camera. If you need more info, let me know. |
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Try using the driver that Olympus made for use with their 3.5" floppy drive smart media adapter, FlashPath. www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/software_results.asp?special=35&os=w Or get your hands on one of the adapters. |
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http://www.geocities.com/lclane2/olympus.html http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/oly_d340r.asp DPReview indicates they store the images in TIFF format. Doesn't say about the filesystem, but the other site (geocities) says that he uses a USB SmartMedia reader to offload data from the card. Also that the camera can only fully format a 16MB card. If you're using a larger card (which is almost all that's available nowadays), maybe it's just a problem with that? You might try formatting the card on your PC and then putting it in the camera, so that it's fully formatted. The manual is available here: http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/d340rmanual.pdf but it seems to indicate that the only ways to get images off the camera are either by linking the camera to the computer over a USB cable, or by plugging the SmartMedia memory card into either a PCMCIA or a (proprietary?) "floppy" adapter. You might try emailing the guy with the Geocities site ( llane1 AT unl.edu ) -- he seems to be into the camera, and put his address on the main page of his Geocities site for people to email him. |