A quick bit of research gives me two obvious sources for your problem. There may be more but these should be easy to identify or eliminate. The first is that the CF card could be a CFast card, designed for extremely fast read/write speeds and needing a card reader cabable of the specification. Second is the file system of the card. FAT32 file system can only create or read a single file up to 4GB minus one byte (now I know why my GoPro video files get split into multiple smaller files for a single long shot) and if your friend shot video with his Canon, or wanted to future-proof himself for the possibility then the card or its filing system could be beyond FAT32 spec.
So, have you tried connecting the camera to your iMac with an older/smaller CF card that is definitely FAT32? If it's a card compatibility issue, then your friend would have already catered for the problem, but you apparently haven't. regards, Anthony On 17 November 2012 17:20, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > The widow of my friend who passed away from cancer last year asked me to > teach her how to use his Canon 5DmkII. So, first of all, I need to figure it > out. When I was last at his place, we plugged his CF card into the reader > on his desktop computer, and uploaded his last files. > I just tried doing that on my iMac, with no luck. It wouldn't even recognize > the card in finder. I then found a USB cable, plugged it into the camera and > while OSX wouldn't recognize the camera, Lightroom did. So I was able to > back up his last photos (and the last photos of him) onto my computer. > > The CF card in question is a 64GB card. Do I need a special reader for it? > Does anyone know the reason that the camera isn't showing up in the finder > when it is plugged in with the USB cable, even though lightroom can read the > files? > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
