2 cameras on one computer?

[chris_r11]

Hi,

We have a Canon SD600 and our daughter has a Kodak C300.

The Canon is working fine but I need to get the Kodak setup on this computer, too. So, does anyone know what the best way to do this would be? I called Kodak, and they said to install the Easyshare software. I don't want to throw off the Canon so I thought I would check here fist.

Does that seem like it would work fine? The Canon would lauch the canon software and the Kodak would launch the Kodak? Any better ideas?

Thanks,

Chris

[Rhys]

It largely depends on the software involved.

As an example: if I write a game then as copy protection make it run only if the game CD is in the drive then I have to run through the drives from Z through to A enquiring whether there's a drive present and whether it's a CD/DVD drive. Then I have to check if there's a CD/DVD present and then whether it's the right CD/DVD. Now that's the way it should be done. I know plenty programmers that will assume that the CD/DVD will automatically be drive D. What happens then is their software doesn't work because (as an example) on my XP Pro box, the drives go:
A - blank
B - blank
C - System (40GB Maxtor)
D - Data (40GB Western Digital)
E - SD card reader
F - LS120
G - CF card reader
H - CD RW
I - DVD RW
I also know many programmers will check for the first CD/DVD and won't then check to see if there are more present before abandoning the search for the CD that's in the drive!

Now that's just to find the CD/DVD and you see how many programmers can't even get that right! My only answer to your question is to try it and see. It might work or it might not.

[Pave]

What computer do you have? Mac or PC? Because if you use PC, you don't need anything. The drivers are part of the Windows system. And if you don't use a PC, you could always use some card reader. That should work for cards from both cameras....

[David Metsky]

I thnik the question may be about the software provided by the camera manufacturers automatically starting up when they detect the camera being connected to the system. My computer (W2K) gives a choice of which software to use when it detects a new drive, so that should work just fine.

I typically use a card reader and I use the Canon software for my two cameras (one Canon, one Oly) and have downloaded cards from Sonys, Kodaks, and Nikons without any problem. You don't need the software from any specific camera to download images, they are all dealing with pretty basic data. The only place it gets interesting is RAW format, and I'll let others chime in on that.

-dave-

[Rhys]

What computer do you have? Mac or PC? Because if you use PC, you don't need anything. The drivers are part of the Windows system. And if you don't use a PC, you could always use some card reader. That should work for cards from both cameras....

Really? I've lost count of the number of times I've had to go to the manufacturer's website for the driver for my XP box.

[David Metsky]

Really? I've lost count of the number of times I've had to go to the manufacturer's website for the driver for my XP box.
You need drivers to see the camera?

-dave-

[ryan112ryan]

What computer do you have? Mac or PC? Because if you use PC, you don't need anything. The drivers are part of the Windows system. And if you don't use a PC, you could always use some card reader. That should work for cards from both cameras....


Really? I've lost count of the number of times I've had to go to the manufacturer's website for the driver for my XP box.

don't install that crap kodak give you, XP is setup to run the camera no prob.

1. hook up usb from comp to cam
2. turn on cam
3. windows pops up and you select open files / folder (or go to my comp, navagate to the camera, then the folder with the pics and select the pics and open it up)
4. drag and drop pics to your folder of choice
5. turn off camerea
6. edit the newly download pics

the ONLY reason i EVER install the software that comes with the camera is if you need it for RAW processing

I run 4 cameras on my one comp and have for years





It largely depends on the software involved.

As an example: if I write a game then as copy protection make it run only if the game CD is in the drive then I have to run through the drives from Z through to A enquiring whether there's a drive present and whether it's a CD/DVD drive. Then I have to check if there's a CD/DVD present and then whether it's the right CD/DVD. Now that's the way it should be done. I know plenty programmers that will assume that the CD/DVD will automatically be drive D. What happens then is their software doesn't work because (as an example) on my XP Pro box, the drives go:
A - blank
B - blank
C - System (40GB Maxtor)
D - Data (40GB Western Digital)
E - SD card reader
F - LS120
G - CF card reader
H - CD RW
I - DVD RW
I also know many programmers will check for the first CD/DVD and won't then check to see if there are more present before abandoning the search for the CD that's in the drive!

Now that's just to find the CD/DVD and you see how many programmers can't even get that right! My only answer to your question is to try it and see. It might work or it might not.

this is very different from what he is talking about or i missed the point of your thread

[Rhys]

this is very different from what he is talking about or i missed the point of your thread

Ah. I was saying here that depending on how the Kodak software was written, it might or might not work. I was also outlining why it might not work.

Instead of CD/DVD think USB Camera port. Instead of disk, think camera. The principle is exactly the same. The system should interrogate each drive/USB port (a..z) to see if it's a camera port and to see if the camera is present. With USB devices, auto-detect means the system is constantly scanning ports for a new device. When it detects it, it checks to see if any software is needed to run the device - at the same time it initiates XP's dialog box (Yes. this is a bug in XP) so you end up with both the dialog box and the software running! Anyway, if software isn't well-enough written then it might detect the first camera port and assume there's only one camera port before declaring the camera found to be incompatible if say the Kodak software found the Canon camera port first. I think my previous explanation was clearer.