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setting up dslr setup with an old camera i got for basically free. an olympus evolt e300.
i have everything i need but it seems to not like the sandisk CF card i fed it today. 
windows also agrees and freezes when i try to acess the card through my cameras usb port (i have no other way of acessing cf cards at the moment)
what do i do about this?

the card is a brand new from sandisk themselves. its a sandisk 32gb extreme or SDCFXSB-032G-G46

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4 minutes ago, Eatz said:

setting up dslr setup with an old camera i got for basically free. an olympus evolt e300.
i have everything i need but it seems to not like the sandisk CF card i fed it today. 
windows also agrees and freezes when i try to acess the card through my cameras usb port (i have no other way of acessing cf cards at the moment)
what do i do about this?

the card is a brand new from sandisk themselves. its a sandisk 32gb extreme or SDCFXSB-032G-G46

Have you tried accessing the CF card externally, as in not in your camera with an adapter? It sounds like it may be something wrong with the camera.

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1 minute ago, BiotechBen said:

Have you tried accessing the CF card externally, as in not in your camera with an adapter? It sounds like it may be something wrong with the camera.

as i said, i have no other way of acessing CF cards, this is common problem with corrupt cf cards im just wondering if theres a way to fix it.

 

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Do you have a smaller cf card? Since that camera is pretty old, it might not like 32gb cards. Try to find a used 4gb or simmilar, best would be from the correct time period.

 

Id really get a cf card reader, its really the best way to copy files from it.

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3 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

Unless you have another way of accessing it to format it, I would say no. I will say that if you have a 3.5in expensing bay and internal USB2.0 you can get a reader for about $10

okay well for now card doesnt matter to me, getting the cam setup to my pc is more important. im using an elgato camlink 4k and it doesnt seem to want to show any video when i select it.

 

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2 minutes ago, Eatz said:

im using an elgato camlink 4k and it doesnt seem to want to show any video when i select it.

How are you getting video out of the camera via HDMI? There's only an analog video output (which is to be expected of a camera from that era).

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okay well for now card doesnt matter to me, getting the cam setup to my pc is more important. im using an elgato camlink 4k and it doesnt seem to want to show any video when i select it.

 

Well It doesn't have live view, so you can't use it as a webcam or video. 

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1 minute ago, AbydosOne said:

How are you getting video out of the camera via HDMI? There's only an analog video output (which is to be expected of a camera from that era).

im using the original cable and an adapter to get it to hdmi. ive tested them all and they work. maybe its because the camera has no card and therefor doesnt think it can display anything?

 

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2 minutes ago, Eatz said:

an adapter to get it to hdmi

Yes, like what kind of adapter?

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4 minutes ago, Eatz said:

im using the original cable and an adapter to get it to hdmi. ive tested them all and they work. maybe its because the camera has no card and therefor doesnt think it can display anything?

 

Well it isn't able to do video or show whats going on currently. It can only take pictures. If you want a webcam, you will need a different camera.

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its just a cable that one end terminates in rca and the other terminates in hdmi. i have dual female end adapters to join the two rca ends of each together

 

Link? What cable is this? 

 

1 minute ago, Eatz said:

that just isnt true. ive seen several other do it.

 

 Can it show the sensor output on the screen? Basically all dslrs at that time had no live view. The E330 is the newer version with live view.

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3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Link? What cable is this? 

 

 Can it show the sensor output on the screen? Basically all dslrs at that time had no live view. The E330 is the newer version with live view.

well it has teathered live rec view so id assume so.

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Link? What cable is this? 

 

 Can it show the sensor output on the screen? Basically all dslrs at that time had no live view. The E330 is the newer version with live view.

it can send video over usb but i couldnt get it to work for some reason so tried the video out route.

 

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5 minutes ago, Eatz said:

its just a cable that one end terminates in rca and the other terminates in hdmi. i have dual female end adapters to join the two rca ends of each together

HDMI is digital; RCA is analog. You need an active adapter.

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it can send video over usb but i couldnt get it to work for some reason so tried the video out route.

 

Can you see the current view of the camera on the screen?

 

The video out on these old cameras was for showing photos you took on your tv, not for viewing the output of the camera live.

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Can you see the current view of the camera on the screen?

 

The video out on these old cameras was for showing photos you took on your tv, not for viewing the output of the camera live.

ah, i needed to update my cameras firmware. give me a moment.

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Can you see the current view of the camera on the screen?

 

The video out on these old cameras was for showing photos you took on your tv, not for viewing the output of the camera live.

well now its connecting to the pc properly but i still dont get video out over usb or the cable.

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well now its connecting to the pc properly but i still dont get video out over usb or the cable.

Yea it can't do live view or view. The camera doesn't support, the newer model does, but your model doesn't. There is no way to use this camera for video or a webcam. The video out is only for viewing photos on a tv, not video.

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Yea it can't do live view or view. The camera doesn't support, the newer model does, but your model doesn't. There is no way to use this camera for video or a webcam. The video out is only for viewing photos on a tv, not video.

ive seen it done before so i know its possible. first off i have a display that i connect to this camera for larger live wiew while recording videos and taking photos. that should be enough proof to know its possible, just confused why it isnt working now.

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11 hours ago, Eatz said:

ive seen it done before so i know its possible. first off i have a display that i connect to this camera for larger live wiew while recording videos and taking photos. that should be enough proof to know its possible, just confused why it isnt working now.

With that exact camera? Where did you see it?

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