Nikon D50

Hello,

Open Image Capture in Applications, does it show there?

In Finder>Preferences>General, what is checked to show on the Desktop ,in the Sidebar tab what is checked?

Image capture should be part of the OS.

Find Any File...

http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/

I'd get EasyFind...

http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/

Near the bottom of the page.

Use one of those to search for it on your whole drive!?

First, do you have Nikon ViewNX 2 installed?

Second, you might check the Tools Menu on the camera to see that the USB setting is "Mass Storage" and not "PTP" since the second setting will usually not allow the data volume to be mounted by a computer. This is at page 71 of the user manual which is online. (I have been bitten on my venerable D100 by this setting, thank you very much.) Here is a clip from the user manual.

GReat, I think you may be onto it! 🙂

But doesn't Image Capture see PTP devices???

BDAqua wrote:

GReat, I think you may be onto it! 🙂

But doesn't Image Capture see PTP devices???

Apparently so. Just did a Science Fair experiment with the D100 in PTP mode, and Image Capture and Nikon Transfer saw the camera, though it is not showing up in Disk Utility. Interestingly, the transfer of one picture using Image Transfer gave me a preview icon, which Nikon Transfer does not, which is a feature lost from the earlier version of the application.

Since the D100 is USB 1, I don't transfer files from the camera, rather I slip the card into an HP Photosmart printer or use a Lexar FW CF reader.

To the OP on this thread, Image Capture should be in your Applications folder.

Thanks OCG! 🙂

PTP is not a disk (block device) based protocol, so Disk Utility cannot see it.

PTP is a protocol where the app exchanges image specific commands with the device, such as asking for a list of images the camera has in its storage.

I never use Image Capture but I know that Preview.app can talk PTP (well, actually, it's a OSX feature, so any app making use of the modern OSX APIs can use the PTP features).

You could also start "Preview.app" and look under the File menu, under "Import from camera".

If it's not showing up there either, and if your camera is set to "mass storage", not PTP, mode, then it should at least show up in Disk Utility.

Suggest you buy (about $10 - $20) a USB memory card reader. Just plug your camera's memory card into it & copy the pic files to your Mac. Quicker & easier than interfacing the camera for pic transfer.

Cheers, Tom 😉

Fayej1234 wrote:

I have a nikon D50 and when i plug it in to the usb the camera display says it is connected with the computer, but no notification shows on my computer screen and there is no way to download or view my pictures. Is there any software i can download so i can transfer my photos?

OK, let's back up a step and ask the following question: What does System Profiler tell you when you connect the camera and turn it on? Connect the camera and turn it on, then launch System Profiler from the Utilities folder (fastest way is while in the finder, do cmd-shift-U). By clicking the USB item under Hardware, you should see all USB devices that the computer sees. You can then click the item in the USB Device Tree that has the camera listed to get full information. If you do not see the camera listed, then you have a problem in either the camera, the USB cable or the computer. The USB cable is the most likely suspect. (See the example of a Tiger System Profiler listing below with a D11 connected and set to PTP mode.)

If you do see the camera in System Profiler, then there is a software issue we need to wring out.

If you haven't downloaded Nikon ViewNX 2, you probably should. It needs Leopard, which you indicate you have, so you shouldn't have a problem with the latest version.

BTW, I mentioned earlier that the D100 was USB 1 only, which is confirmed by the speed listing in SP.