Chuck, you da man! Nailed it. She has the Rebel XSi an the card is 8G SDHC.
Problem not solved but at least understood. At least I know my reader will
still work with my horse n' buggy CF card.
Thanks Ali and Dr. Flash(card).
Charlie
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You didn't specify the model of the Canon Rebel of the specific type of
> flash card. Up to and including the 400D (Rebel XTi) the cameras used
> CF cards. Starting with the 450D (Rebel XSi) they take either SD or SDHC.
>
> If it's a CF card then there is nothing different about an 8GB card vs a
> 2GB card except the format of the data on the card (FAT32 vs FAT16). SD
> cards are different. SD cards only go to 2 GB. SDHC can go up to 32GB.
> But, quoting from the Wiki article on SDHC cards:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#SDHC>
> "SDHC cards only work in SDHC compatible devices, but standard SD cards
> work in both SD and SDHC devices".
>
> My guess is that your sister-in-law's Rebel is either a 450D (Rebel XSi)
> or 1000D (Rebel XS) and the flash card is an 8GB SDHC card. Your
> multi-reader and her printer are probably old enough that they don't
> talk SDHC. The solution for the moment is to download directly from the
> camera via the USB cable for the camera.
>
> Both of you will need newer readers if you want to handle this SDHC card.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> > Ali,
> > The card reader (Sandisk Multi-card Reader) works fine with other cards
> > including the 1 Gig CF I used in my E-500 today and my in-laws SD card.
> > Absolutely no problem with these. When I put in the 8 Gig card nothing
> > works: not the Photoshop auto-load window nor the Windows "do you want to
> > open this device as a file" window. Everything locks up and I have to use
> > the Device Manager to get out of Photoshop.
> > Since I posted my original message, my sister-in-law tells me this card
> > will not work in the card slots of her printer. It locks up and ignores
> the
> > card also.
> > Could the card simply be too big for these devices? Could it be
> defective?
> > It seems to work fine in the camera.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 8:17 PM, AS <alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> First of congrats to your wife! Its not easy to attend college while you
> >> are a working adult, I have been attending part-time as well.
> >>
> >> Is the card reader working? I have a Dazzle card reader which seems to
> work
> >> great with SD cards but will not work with CF. Cheap card reader!! Can
> you
> >> plug the camera in directly?
> >>
> >> My old Sandisk CF reader - original USB 1.x specs but works great!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Subject: [OM] OT: Camera card help
> >>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 8:06 PM
> >>> Greetings All,
> >>> My wife graduated from college today after attending
> >>> part-time classes for
> >>> 10 years. She graduated magne cum laude and we are all very
> >>> proud of her.
> >>> I have a small problem though. My sister-in-law took some
> >>> photos with her
> >>> Canyon Rebel and would like to download them to my computer
> >>> (PC Windoze xp).
> >>> I use Photoshop Elements as an organizer, but when I insert
> >>> her camera's 8
> >>> Gig card into the card reader neither Photoshop nor the
> >>> computer in general
> >>> will recognize it. Any thoughts on why this would be?
> >>>
> >>> TIA,
> >>> Charlie
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