Rebel installation issues, Help!

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

12/20/2003 11:13:20 AM · #1

Just got the rebel and am having a hell of a time with installation/uploading.
here's the issue,
when i connect the camera to the computer it asks me each time "please choose which application should receive the image" so then i select zoom browser and sometimes it loads and sometimes it doesn't do anything. what up wit dat???????
when i double click the zoom browser icon nothing happens??????
also, the manual says i need windows 98 SE, i have windows 98. would that be my problem?
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

12/20/2003 11:16:09 AM · #2

The simplest thing to do is select something other than zoombrowser :P Zoombrowser is pretty bad in my experience.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

12/20/2003 11:21:00 AM · #3

it does not allow me to use photoshop 7 becasue of a problem with interface module??

and what about this windows 98 SE?

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

12/20/2003 11:27:49 AM · #4

Because of the slow speed of the interface I never use it; the $20 I spent on a USB 2.0 reader was well worth the money. Just remove the card, stick it in the reader, transfer everything the 'pooter, ready to rock & roll.
I transfer to a directory called "photo archive", then copy from there to where I will work on the images.

jdw91479

Olympus E-300 EVOLT

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

12/20/2003 12:22:03 PM · #5

I really like my card reader too. If you burn up your batteries while your out shooting you don't have to wait for your battery to charge back up before you can start working on your pictures, and the ease of use is nice.

I've seen them on ebay and other online sites for under $10 (USB 1.0 though usually). But if you only have Windows 98, your computer is possibly a bit older, and wouldn't support USB 2.0 anyways.

brownt

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

12/20/2003 03:42:22 PM · #6

Originally posted by jackditch:

and what about this windows 98 SE?

Windows 98 doesn't support USB, Windows SE does. Well, technically it does but there have been issues.

PaulMdx

Canon EOS-1D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

12/20/2003 04:03:59 PM · #7

Originally posted by brownt:

Windows 98 doesn't support USB, Windows SE does. Well, technically it does but there have been issues.

I've never had any problems with USB in Win98 first edition.

Ah, sorry, USB 2.0 - that probably won't work. I was talking about USB 1.1..

Message edited by author 2003-12-20 16:04:39.

brownt

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

12/20/2003 04:16:29 PM · #8

:-)

My fault, it's been ages since I've used 98...

95 had the problem, the OS revision for WIndows 95 helped with USB support. FOund a wee bit here : USB Support (Microsoft Site)

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

12/20/2003 05:48:17 PM · #9

Originally posted by brownt:

:-)

My fault, it's been ages since I've used 98...

95 had the problem, the OS revision for WIndows 95 helped with USB support. FOund a wee bit here : USB Support (Microsoft Site)

all of that USB info is foreign language to me. what is the difference between win 98 and win 98 SE?
by the way, the images are loading now. taking much longer than my 3800 images to load. is that because the pixel size is larger?
thx,
ditch

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

12/20/2003 06:00:48 PM · #10

Hi Jack, Yeh the files are large from the 300d so upload time will be longer. You would be better off investing in a card reader, its much easier and quicker. The zoombrowser is not the best but it works fine with my Windows XP. I use it to upload but still use the Finepix viewer software to look at the images.

cvt_

Canon EOS-20D

12/20/2003 06:54:11 PM · #11

different between 98 ans 98se was.
more included drivers
couple security patches applied
newer version of IE included

98 and XP are 100% different.
XP is a newer version of NT and win2000

USB2.0 does not work with any dos based OS as far as I'm aware.
it works with the latest SP in win2000 and SP1 in winXP

I agree with the USB card reader, the 300D is so slow its not funny :(

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

12/20/2003 07:00:14 PM · #12

speed is relative to the machine you own ;}
none of the new worms or viriiÂ¿ seem to attack win 98 or win98se ;}

patience is a virtue

p4 512M ram, 40gig, win98se
happy anough for now
dl'ing anyway off my 300d is good enough for me

12/20/2003 09:19:47 PM · #13

F*#! it. I went out and bought a card reader. much easier.

thx