https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:22:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-806826 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:20:46 +0000 .twist. 806826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for everyone's advice! I went out yesterday at lunch and bought a new card (I cannot remember the brand but the only one they had started with a V, my old SD card was a sandisk). Anywho, I took it home and tried it out tethered into my mac and...... </p> <p>IT WORKED! I still would really like to format my camera and get the proper software for it, but for now I'm just happy I can take photos and retrieve them!</p> <p>Thank you all so much. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-806356 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:43:35 +0000 Photo Book Girl 806356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everyone who suggested getting a card reader. I bought mine in a package with an SD card. It's so much more convenient. I wonder if inserting it into a Mac and then into a PC may have done something to the card? I believe just like external drives, you format it to your specific computer type (PC or Mac), and maybe that messed it up somehow. Hope you get as much as you can off that card. I agree with others that you should trash the card - it's probably unreliable now. It doesn't sound like a camera problem but a card problem... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800669 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:17 +0000 PurplePumps 800669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like the card to me too. Even if formatting it worked, I'd be inclined to just trash the card and not bother with it anymore. You can get a 16 or 32 gig Sony, Sandisk (good names) card for cheap, like 10-20 dollars now. My friend was on her way to vacation and her card failed... she was making a stop at her in laws where she reformatted and it worked. So she continued on to their cruise where it failed again and she was only able to recover 25% of the pictures. At the cost of what cards are now, its not worth risking losing pictures if the card is flaky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800528 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:24:54 +0000 T.H.O.U. 800528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I had a usb that just stopped working with my mac for some reason. I just got a new one that works fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800350 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:11 +0000 Reese 800350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I had to request another one from the photographer. I was able to see them when I popped in the USB and I was lazy about putting them on my external HD. Finally when I went to look at them the 4th or 5th time ... kaput.</p> <p>It was totally karma kicking me in the ass for always scoffing at people that are anal about removing their devices properly. Ok tech gods - I hear ya! Thanks.</p> <p>Hopefully the new SD card works out for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800309 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:52 +0000 .twist. 800309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: hm, possibly? I never even thought of that. I'm not great with finding software online so it's usually not something I think about! I will try that out too. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800307 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:40 +0000 avivoca 800307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: If you want, you can also buy a card reader that plugs in to your computer's USB port. I bought one for my old computer when the camera cord crapped out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800301 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:57 +0000 mrskc 800301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I would download the software too. Can you find it online to download since you don't have the disk? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800299 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:20:48 +0000 .twist. 800299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Thank you! I will do that when I get home tonight. </p> <p>I'm trying to figure it all out before the baby comes! I want good pictures instead of a ton of phone pics! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800293 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:19:55 +0000 .twist. 800293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone! I am going to go and buy a new, fancy SD card. </p> <p>I will also try to learn how to format my camera and see if I can find the software program to install.... lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800289 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:19:32 +0000 mrskc 800289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: formatting the memory card can help with corruption. Look in your manual and it should tell you how to format the card. I did this with my Canon and i always use the cord to upload images and I've never had a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800288 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:19:17 +0000 .twist. 800288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: omg, did you get your wedding photos off ok???? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800283 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:06 +0000 avivoca 800283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sounds like it would be the SD card, not the camera. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800280 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:17 +0000 .twist. 800280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@VEGMAMA: Yep, I have gotten photos off my camera and onto my mac before, it just stopped working one day. </p> <p>I also haven't installed the software because the camera was a gift from my FIL who also has a Nikon, although he has the Nikon D5100 and he somehow mixed the discs up, so I have the software for the D5100 but not the D3100. He can't find the 3100 disc... :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800279 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:15 +0000 Lindsay05 800279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It does sound like the card. Thats something I learned with having my fancy DSLR. Do not cheap out on a card because they are slow at taking pictures and they are hit or miss when trying to get files from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800272 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:54 +0000 Reese 800272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I did this with a USB (it was our wedding pictures -ah-mazing). It wouldn't read and was a total disaster. I don't safely remove things either and I think that is what happened. It ended up being the USB. The slot was moody for a few days after that, but works.</p> <p>ETA: I have a macbook pro </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800268 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:22 +0000 Vegmama 800268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, it's not the camera. When tethering a camera to a Mac, it will only register the camera in iPhoto, and you'll need to turn the camera on. The very best way to transfer photos would be a card reader (they make USB ones), which should cost less than $20. They sell them almost everywhere. Lastly, your camera should have come with the Nikon transfer software. I hate that program, but it will read your camera. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800259 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:13:24 +0000 .twist. 800259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: uh.... maybe?? hahaha I don't know how to format a camera. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800243 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:09:56 +0000 mrskc 800243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sounds like it could be the card. Did you format it to your camera before you started using it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800237 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:44 +0000 wahine08 800237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a problem with your camera but with the SD Card. I don't think you crashed the SD either, but sometimes they start to fail.</p> <p>I used the cheap-y one that came with my nikon for awhile and it started acting weird. I got nervous so I splurged for a fancy one and haven't had any problems for awhile! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800233 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:07:41 +0000 .twist. 800233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I might have another computer but it's super slow... Although, I guess it'd be worth a shot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800229 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:50 +0000 .twist. 800229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: Nope, I haven't. You think I should try a new one? Did I maybe crash the SD card? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800226 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:24 +0000 mediagirl 800226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: do you have any other computer you could try that SD card in to see if it is the card? You could take it to CVS or Target or somewhere and put it in their card slot to see if it works there, too... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800220 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:20 +0000 loveisstrange 800220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It honestly sounds like it may just be the SD card. Have you tried a different card in there? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dslr-camera-help#post-800203 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:08 +0000 .twist. 800203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey ladies, I really need some camera help. </p> <p>I own a Nikon D3100 DSLR Camera. I love it. </p> <p>HOWEVER, recently I haven't been able to get any of my photos off it. </p> <p>I have a 2008 Macbook and it doesn't have a SD card slot so I usually just tether it in with the USB cord. All of a sudden that stopped working. I thought it was the cord but even after getting a new one it still didn't work. It doesn't register that my camera is even tethered in.</p> <p>My husband has a HP laptop and it does have an SD card slot so I took the SD card out and tried it in there. It worked! So, I got all my photos off the camera that I wanted and took the SD card out. </p> <p>Later, I put it back into my husbands computer to get some more photos off the camera and bam. It didn't work. It doesn't even register that there is an SD card inserted into the slot. </p> <p>This camera shouldn't be having these kinds of problems. I haven't had it that long and it was brand new when I got it. I will admit that I'm not great about "safety removal" of devices, and never have been, but I've also never had any problems before with any of my previous cameras. </p> <p>Can anyone shed some light on this situation for me? Or do I need to take it to a camera store and have them look at it? </p>