posted on September 2, 2002 03:16:45 PM new
I bought a new Olympus camera over the weekend but now I find I can no longer use my Adobe 4.0 because it doesn't support USB or if it does, I can't get it to work (I'm running Windows 98 and I suspect that might be the problem). My new camera doesn't even HAVE a Twain on it, so I'm going to have to buy new photo editing software. It came with PhotoSuite 3 but I don't like it and can't get IT to recognize the USB either.
So what do I want? 1.0? 2.0?
Any recomendations? Who has the best price?
posted on September 2, 2002 03:51:05 PM new
Geesh...
I wish I had your adobe photoshop...I had an olympus camera then sold it with the software....then my computer ate my program and Im stuck with Microsoft Picture it...I really don't like that one...
Sorry, didn't really answer your questions about which one to buy...
posted on September 2, 2002 08:40:00 PM new
I don't quite know what ot say. I am using an Olympus with Photoshop 3.0 HE & love it. Have windows 98SE & have no problems. I have heard bad stories about vesions 1 & 2, but my 3.0 works great
posted on September 3, 2002 05:54:04 AM new
I don't think Windows 98 is the problem the Olympus E-10 and E-20 will run on Windows 98.
Those 2 are their top of the line cameras.
You might check to see if your USB is an Open Host Controller or a Universal Host Controller. That could be the problem. Lots of the latest cameras will not run on an Open Host Controller.
To find out:
Click on start
Click on settings
open your control panel
Click on System
Click on device manager
Scroll down until you see USB and it should tell you what you have.
Being right is nice, being obnoxiously right can cost one friends.
posted on September 3, 2002 08:04:45 AM new
It says it is Universal. It is an Olympus C 3000 Camedia. But then I was never able to get my Ricoh camera set up USB either.
it says in the adobe help:
If your scanner or digital camera does not have an Adobe Photoshop-compatible plug-in module or is not TWAIN-compliant, you can use the manufacturer's software to obtain your photos and then save them to your hard disk in a PhotoDeluxe-compatible format. Or you can use the Digital Camera Direct Access option to display thumbnails of the photos in your camera.
so I can get them from the camera using the Olympus Camedia, opening them, saving them, and then opening the Adobe and getting THOSE files, but that's too many steps. I want to download directly into the adobe.
posted on September 3, 2002 09:37:33 PM new
Before I bought any new software, I would invest $20.00 to $30.00 in a SmartMedia card reader(@ Wal Mart). It has the USB drivers & allows you to import the photos as if they were from another computer drive. You remove the smart media from the camera, insert it (the smart media) into the reader & the camera does not have to be powered on to import the photos. Then you can use your present software to edit the photos.
Or go to Microsoft's web page about trouble shooting Win 98 USB ports.
