iPod, Camera, and YOU!!!

[Pooh_Girl]

Ok, I'm running low on trying to come up with catchy thread titles, but this one sums it up pretty well. So here's my question: Has anyone ever used the Apple iPod Camera Connector?? Apparently you can upload your photos from your camera to your iPod while on vacation and it frees up the need to guess how many memory cards you need. My problem though is that once I get the photos onto my iPod, how do I get them onto my computer?? I thought that I could just treat it like another drive and go in through "My Computer", but that didn't work. So does anyone else have a suggestion????

 

[Graeme]

Subscribing. I put some photos on my ipod from my computer, which promptly broke down. I'd love to be able to retrieve them from the ipod and put them back on my new computer.

(Please don't say anything helpful like, 'Didn't you have them backed up onto disc?' - My wife's done that one to death )

 

[WeLubDeeDub]

Ok, I'm running low on trying to come up with catchy thread titles, but this one sums it up pretty well. So here's my question: Has anyone ever used the Apple iPod Camera Connector?? Apparently you can upload your photos from your camera to your iPod while on vacation and it frees up the need to guess how many memory cards you need. My problem though is that once I get the photos onto my iPod, how do I get them onto my computer?? I thought that I could just treat it like another drive and go in through "My Computer", but that didn't work. So does anyone else have a suggestion????

You need to make sure your iPod is set to "Enable Disk Use" in iTunes. In the left menu of iTunes, click on your iPod and the check box should be in the general settings. I'm not at a machine that has iTunes on it, otherwise I'd check for you. Once you do this, your iPod will be a recognized removable drive in My Computer and you can use simple drag and drop like it's any other storage media.

I've thought about that too, instead of lugging the laptop with. Something about it scares me though, not sure if it's how easy to have your iPod stolen/dropped, etc. or what.

 

[Pooh_Girl]

You need to make sure your iPod is set to "Enable Disk Use" in iTunes. In the left menu of iTunes, click on your iPod and the check box should be in the general settings. I'm not at a machine that has iTunes on it, otherwise I'd check for you. Once you do this, your iPod will be a recognized removable drive in My Computer and you can use simple drag and drop like it's any other storage media.

I've thought about that too, instead of lugging the laptop with. Something about it scares me though, not sure if it's how easy to have your iPod stolen/dropped, etc. or what.

The only problem with that is that I've tried it. When I went in to pull what photos I had on there already, it gives me a "Photo Database" icon that's only 301k (totally can't be it) and then a photos folder with icons having an "ithmb" extension. Is there a program I'm missing??

 

[WeLubDeeDub]

The only problem with that is that I've tried it. When I went in to pull what photos I had on there already, it gives me a "Photo Database" icon that's only 301k (totally can't be it) and then a photos folder with icons having an "ithmb" extension. Is there a program I'm missing??

Did you have disk use enabled before you transferred the photos onto your iPod with this connector? If not, my guess is you needed that enabled prior. If so, I'd go to the support team of the connector manufacturer to find out why it's not working as intended.

I'm thinking the "Photo Database" folder with ithmb extensions are for displaying the photos on your iPod that you synched in iTunes.

Good luck and if I find anything else out, I'll post it back here. I've run into trouble with my iTunes and need to figure out how to get it working properly again, so I'll be in that area of the 'net.

 

[Boss Hogg]

Been a while since I last did this, are you trying to do with a PC or a mac?

I think if you enable for disk use, the folder should be visible. It may well not be the case that the pictures will not show as pictures, if that makes sense, but may well just be a folder - try having a "snoop" around the iPod and see if you can see any other folders.

There's a thread here which may help - http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=105856 Hope you get it sorted.

 

[Msslaydbug]

I bought my brother one of these for Christmas and he says it takes FOREVER to upload the photos and by the time it is done the battery on the ipod is drained - not a huge deal but no way to charge the ipod while the photos are uploading.

 

[seashoreCM]

Practice with it first, before going on vacation. Including retrieving the pictures from the iPod and down onto a regular PC. You don't want to run into problems like,

1. The iPod thinks you are transferring pictures to it only to be viewed on it and only thumbnail size/resolution pictures are preserved.

2. The iPod runs out of storage space.

3. The camera memory card gets erased without your consent after the transfer is done.

Digital camera hints: http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/digicam.htm

 

[DizzyV6P]

This is exactly why I was warned against trying it on another forum. I ended up buying an Epson P-3000 to store all my photos from my long trips so I don't have to keep buying so many 2 gig cards

The IPod method is simply too slow and then folks always have problems getting it out of the Ipod. Wolverine and Epson makes some great products to download photos too. You can even put videos on them as well.