Don't laugh... Philips Keychain Camera Driver?

[EMKoper]

Don't flame me... I got my daughter (she is 3 and loves to take photos) a Philips Keychain Camera to take photos with and I can only download them via my PC. I've tried a little to find a Mac package that will download the photos, but no luck... does anyone have any ideas?

It is a Keychain USB camera... it is recognized by my mac under system profiler as "dual mode camera" (attached)... I just want to download the photos from the camera to iPhotos ... no fancy stuff!

 

[Abstract]

Can you use Image Capture?

You should have this software on your Mac. Most Macs do.

 

[POHeerwig]

I think this might give you a little insight into your camera; sounds like you aren't the only one with the problem. The blue screen thing sounds a little scary, but I sort of found visualizing the 'taking a hammer to it' thing kind-of cute!

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-79243.html

 

[bousozoku]

If the camera mounts as a drive, you should be able to drag and drop the photos into iPhoto.

As far as automatic transfer, I wouldn't bet on it ever happening. It seems like the camera comes under a few dozen different manufacturers' badges but it's probably not high on Apple's list for compatibility.

 

[EMKoper]

... so the camera doesn't mount as a 'drive' and image capture doesn't 'see' it... I found something on Version Tracker that can utilize it as a webcam, but nothing for pulling off the photos. So far, I am just using my PC to pull the photos off...

Hey, POH, I found lots of Linux users trying to make it work as well ... funny it worked in about 10 seconds on my PC with a itsy bitsy 100k driver but no one in the Mac/Linux community can seem to conquer this little thing. (I am probably not smart enough to conquer it myself... defeated by a $16 camera!)

 

[RedTomato]

I have a similar camera that I brought about 2 years ago.

It takes lovely photos, people don't expect that it's actually a working camera!

Problem is it only works with PCs grrr.. shortly after buying it I decommissioned my last PC, so it's been sitting in my drawer unused for 2 years.

It's only a few dollars, give it away and keep an eye out for a mac compatible model.

Has anyone seen similar cheap tiny cameras that work with OS X?

 

[EMKoper]

Virtual PC?

... I hope I don't have to re-install Virtual PC just to download these photos on my PowerBook!

Anyone ever used one of these with any luck via Virtual PC?

Also, I am going to 'repost' this on the OS X forum to get a little additional eyes on this one ... reposted here ...

 

[thebiggoose]

... so the camera doesn't mount as a 'drive' and image capture doesn't 'see' it... I found something on Version Tracker that can utilize it as a webcam, but nothing for pulling off the photos. So far, I am just using my PC to pull the photos off...

Hey, POH, I found lots of Linux users trying to make it work as well ... funny it worked in about 10 seconds on my PC with a itsy bitsy 100k driver but no one in the Mac/Linux community can seem to conquer this little thing. (I am probably not smart enough to conquer it myself... defeated by a $16 camera!)

what application is this that can use it as a webcam?

 

[EMKoper]

what application is this that can use it as a webcam?

It was claimed that someone used it successfully as a webcam with macam but did not claim success regarding copying off the movies or the still images (user was not specific regarding which version of OS9, X or which version of macam used. I have tried macam 0.9 with 10.4.8 on my G4 laptop and the software doesn't 'recognize' the camera is attached.

 

[Josh.Jenson]

Great Find, POHeerwig!

I think this might give you a little insight into your camera; sounds like you aren't the only one with the problem. The blue screen thing sounds a little scary, but I sort of found visualizing the 'taking a hammer to it' thing kind-of cute!

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-79243.html

Thanks, POHeerwig... that link was great... just what I was looking for... I didn't find anything that useful on the topic ... you are some sort of 'Google' Princess or something!