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Nikon D300 recognition

My Mac doesn't recognize my Nikon D300. The camera icon doesn't show up on the desktop. I'm able to access and download photos via Image Capture and/or Lightroom. But when NIkon offered a firmware upgrade, I had to do it via an old D200, which did show up on the desktop.

It doesn't matter whether the images are RAW or jpg, the Mac desktop doesn't recognize the camera or the card reader with the D300 CF card loaded.

Macbook Pro 2 ghz, Mac G5 dual 1.8 ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Jul 1, 2008 1:28 PM

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Jul 1, 2008 1:34 PM in response to Clark Addison

Not all cameras mount on the desktop, but the CF card certainly should if it's inserted into a separate card reader. It's not really clear whether or not this is what you're already doing.

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Jul 1, 2008 1:43 PM in response to orangekay

I've tried both hooking up the camera directly and using a usb card reader. Neither shows up on the desktop.

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Jul 1, 2008 1:48 PM in response to Clark Addison

And does this reader work with other cards that were not formatted by the D300?

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Jul 1, 2008 1:58 PM in response to orangekay

Yes, it does.

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Jul 1, 2008 2:40 PM in response to Clark Addison

Have you reformatted the card and/or tried it in another camera?

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Jul 1, 2008 3:30 PM in response to orangekay

Yes to both. Also tried other cards.

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Jul 2, 2008 7:51 AM in response to Clark Addison

HI,
Does the card/camera show up in Disk Utility? if click on image and try mount.

james

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Jul 2, 2008 8:53 AM in response to James Chastney1

I tried that. Card shows up, but not the camera. Mount was grayed out in Disk Utility.

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Jul 2, 2008 9:01 AM in response to Clark Addison

If the card shows up in Disk Utility, select it, click the "Info" button and paste the information it gives you in here.

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Jul 26, 2008 10:14 AM in response to Clark Addison

You need to change the USB option to "Mass Storage" in the camera setup menu before you connect the D300 to the Mac. Then the camera mount on the desktop. As a default the USB option is set to MTP/PTP, which is what you want to have the camera on during regular use to get Photoshop/Lightroom etc. to recognise the camera and start the picture download program.

The whole procedure for installation of the firmware update is described in detail here:

http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/popupadp.php?p_sid=Pu1K1K9j&p_lva=13783&p_li=&p_faqid=15926&p_created=1214586366&psp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xMjgzLDEyODMmcF9wcm9kc z0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZ T0x

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Nikon D300 recognition

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