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Q: I-Photo 11 not recognizing Olympus E-PL1?

Just bought an Olympuse E-PL1 before Christmas.

 

IPhoto 11 doesn't recognize the camera - (calls it unknown or something like that).   It will download the photos - but then sends them to the beginning of my events rather than the end.  I downloaded some raw images - seemed to take them - but not certain.

 

I never had this problem with a Nikon I previously owned.

 

Local Apple store say's it shouldn't be a problem since Raw Camera updates are backward compatible and I downloaded the latest Raw Camera update.

 

Any thoughts anyone?

iPhoto '11

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 5:08 PM

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 31, 2012 5:30 PM in response to sc333
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    Jan 31, 2012 5:30 PM in response to sc333

    Thoughts - no idea what you are asking

     

    General comments - iPhoto does not identify cameras - it identifies storage devices - your memory card probalby is unnamed - most are

     

    your comment on event order is probably operator error - set the event sort desired under the iPhoto view menu ==> sort events

     

    I downloaded some raw images - seemed to take them - but not certain.

    That is a binary situation - iPhoto either did or did not import the photos - only you know the answer to that - are the photos in your iPhoto library?

     

    What exactly is your question?

     

    LN

  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Jan 31, 2012 6:49 PM in response to sc333
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    Jan 31, 2012 6:49 PM in response to sc333

    This camera requires Camera Update 3.9:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4757

     

    Can you import the JPEG's?

  • by sc333,

    sc333 sc333 Feb 2, 2012 4:24 PM in response to sc333
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    Feb 2, 2012 4:24 PM in response to sc333

    Thanks for responding and sorry for any the confusion in my question.

     

    With my previous Nikon when I downloaded pictures in I-Photo it (something) identified the camera in I-Photo because Nikon D60 popped up in the left hand corner as the download began - that is not happening with the new Olympus - instead I'm getting "unknown camera" or something like that.  I realize thats not neccessarily a problem but after being used to the Nikon it was unusual.  

    As to my second issue - when downloading from the Nikon the images all went to the bottom of the Events, where I could easily name etc.  Now the images are going to the top of Events so then i have to drag them down to the bottom - again this is something new with the Olympus. I checked out the view menu on I-Photo - but that doesn't seem to help.  I don't want the existing events re-sorted - what I want is for new downloads to go to the bottom of the Events.

     

    Finally yes I checked and RAW photos from the Olympus are being downloaded as RAW.

  • by sc333,

    sc333 sc333 Feb 2, 2012 4:26 PM in response to Keith Barkley
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    Feb 2, 2012 4:26 PM in response to Keith Barkley

    thanks for responding.

     

    I have installed the 3.9 update.

     

    Photos are being downloaded o.k.

     

    But as you can see from the above they are going to the top of Events (and I have 468 events!) rather than the bottom of the Events.

  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Feb 2, 2012 5:08 PM in response to sc333
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    Feb 2, 2012 5:08 PM in response to sc333

    When in the event view, select view->bydate