Panasonic Cameras and Windows XP

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"js" <me@mine.com> wrote in message news:41cb5df6$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
> I just bought a Panasonic FZ3 and I want to use the Windows XP Scanner and
> Camera Wizard to download and manage photos from the camera. I haven't been
> able to get this to work. It doesn't seem to recognise the camera.
> I can only download from the camera using the bundled Panasonic software
> which I don't like.
> Has anyone been able to use the Windows XP Scanner and Camera Wizard with
> Panasonic cameras?

I hadn't tried it with my FZ20 until you raised the question. After plugging in the USB
cable and then turning the camera on, XP popped up a bubble that informed me that
it had found new hardware and did its thing. After that the action window popped up
and I selected the Scanner and Camera Wizard and it worked as expected. So, in
conclusion, I am not experiencing the same problem as you are with a combination
of my Panasonic FZ20 and Windows XP. Wish I could recommend something but
wouldn't know where to start.

Ken

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I solved this problem .... I switched the setting in the camera from usb to
pictbridge and now Windows scanner and camera wizard activates when I
connect the camera.
Don't know why this should be, but it works.

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"js" <me@mine.com> writes:

> I solved this problem .... I switched the setting in the camera from usb to
> pictbridge and now Windows scanner and camera wizard activates when I
> connect the camera.
> Don't know why this should be, but it works.

I believe the USB setting has the camera behaving as a removable disk (USB mass
storage), while Pictbridge tells the camera to use the older PTP protocol,
which I imagine the camera and scanner wizard uses.

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