i have several memory cards from a canon i bought years ago, well, i bought the rebel xti because i figured i'd save money on memory cards, i put it in, and the camera works fine. i plugged my Sandisk memory card reader in and my computer picked up that it was plugged in, but once i plugged in the card itself, my computer wouldn't read it anymore. i put in other cards, ones with pictures i took from another camera, and it worked fine. so i can only assume it has something to do with the camera itself or the files. can anyone help me out, is there anything i can do to make this work?if it helps, it's not really a rebel xti, it's the kiss digital x, which is the same thing. i know vista has problems with things, could it be vista, my computer has a built in reader, but it doesn't have a slot for the cf memory card. it only reads sd and smaller.(thats why i was using a different reader)
You will have to have it fixed. Call Canon at 800-OK-CANON and ask for an estimate of what it would cost. Don't try to fix it yourself or you will just make it worse.
what kind of memory card are you using? the first thought i have is that the memory card is sucking enough power out of the USB connection to cause it to fail. The other issue I've noticed is that not all memory card readers are alike. Some will work better with some cards than others.
If your card reader has a detachable USP cable, the end of it might fit into the port on the side of the camera (mine does). When the camera is turned on and the card in the camera, your computer should see the camera. Double click on it and you should see the images. Otherwise you can use the cables that came with the camera if you've installed the software.
