mac compatibility

[e.l._van_dijk]

Recenttly I have purchased a Rollei dt 3200. Nothing wrong with

this camera. However I am working with a Mac G4 running under

MacOSX. According to the instruction manual this camera

requires under Macintosh system Mac 9.1 or higher which OSX

clearly is. As soon as I have plugged in the USB connection my

computer gives the folowing response: (shortened) "A disk has

been placed with volumes unreadable by MacOSX, initialise to

continue.. etc."

It is impossible for me to work with this camera on my current

system, where any other camera I worked with was either directly

recognized or at least shown on my desktop as unknown disc.

The accompanying software is PC/Windows based,hence

unusable for Macs. Is there a solution for this problem and if

there is could anyone please let me know.

[kevin_hunt]

I dont think the software is Mac OSX compatable. I know logic would dictate that 10.X

is higher than 9 but in this case I believe that your software is only useable in OS 9.1

or 9.2. Try going to www.versiontracker.com or Rollei's website and seeing if there is

an update that is OSX compatable. Good luck.

[the tightwad]

As another Mac owner I can understand all to well so I make it a practice to CALL the various digital camera makers BEFORE I buy any

digital equipment. In my case it's harder still to find compatible

gear because I run a B&W G3 on OS 8.6.

 

I personally am very tired of companies that think we have unlimited

resources to continually upgrade or buy new computer equipment to be

able to use the products they want to foist off on us. For these

companies I ring up a NO SALE on their equipment. (another great

reason to stick with film)

[pns digicam]

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the problem, but try this:<OL>

<LI>attach the camera via USB</LI>

<LI>open iPhoto</LI>

<LI>turn the camera on</LI>

<LI>click on the "Import" button near the bottom of the iPhoto window

</OL><br>

You should see a message in the lower left corner of the iPhoto window, something

like "Rollei dt 3200 32 photos".

<P>

 

If that doesn't recognize the camera then do a Google search for an OS X version of

whatever Windows software came with the camera (e.g. if the packaged software is

called "ImageBrowser", then search for "ImageBrowser OS X" in Google).

[._._z]

The Rollei is not directly supported in iPhoto:

 

http://www.apple.com/iphoto/compatibility/camera.html

 

However, if it has utilizes a memory card of some sort you can simply transfer the

photos via a cheap (under $15) card reader.

[andrew robertson]

I've plugged in roughly 20 different digital cameras into my TiBook, and they've

always seamlessly just plain worked. Maybe you should call Rollei?

 

I don't use iPhoto, I use image capture and just dump 'em to a directory.

[._._z]

<i> I've plugged in roughly 20 different digital cameras into my TiBook, and they've

always seamlessly just plain worked. </i> <p>

 

The Rollei is not directly supported in iPhoto. <p>

 

The Rollei specs page says that the camera is supported under Apple System 8.5 and

up (but not OS X, which is a different OS), so perhaps there is software that works

under Classic that e.l. can use. <p>

 

BUT... it uses an SD storage card, so the <b>easiest</b> thing to do is spend $10

for an Sd-card reader, and use that to transfer files. Quite easy, actually.