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  1. ben_v3

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    I tried a search but couldn't come up with the right wording to find anything. Sorry if it's a repeat.

    Can you put the camera in a mode that will just show it as a folder on the computer? Specifically in OS X? I Don't want to use NXView or Lightroom to import the Time-lapse and videos from my D600.

    Thanks,
    Ben

    Posted 8 months ago #
  2. msmoto

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    Here is what I did. Place the XQD card in the reader, copy the files and paste into an external hard drive. Then eject the XQD card and you have the NEF files in the external hard drive. Or, I am certain you can do that with a video file as well. Just do not have any photo processing program open which might grab the files.

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  3. ben_v3

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    msmoto said:
    Here is what I did. Place the XQD card in the reader, copy the files and paste into an external hard drive. Then eject the XQD card and you have the NEF files in the external hard drive. Or, I am certain you can do that with a video file as well. Just do not have any photo processing program open which might grab the files.

    Yeah a card reader works fine, I was just wondering about plugging the USB directly to the camera.

    Posted 8 months ago #
  4. Correlli

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    On some of the compact cameras (e.g. Coolpix line) you can select what USB protocol you want: Mass Storage or PTP (picture transfer protocol). In PTP the card is not mounted as a drive, in Mass Storage it is. You may want to search the manual for PTP, but I did not find that setting for my D700.

    Posted 8 months ago #
  5. jonnyapple

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    I think they stopped that feature sometime between the D300 launch and the D90 launch, because I haven't seen it since then.

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  6. dormant

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    The mass-storage USB option was dropped by Nikon. A card reader is better for a number of reasons, but I found USB mass storage to be very convenient.

    I miss it a lot.

    Posted 8 months ago #
  7. NSXType-R

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    jonnyapple said:
    I think they stopped that feature sometime between the D300 launch and the D90 launch, because I haven't seen it since then.

    dormant said:
    The mass-storage USB option was dropped by Nikon. A card reader is better for a number of reasons, but I found USB mass storage to be very convenient.

    I miss it a lot.

    Wow, that's news to me, because it's a feature on the D40 still. :D

    Shows you guys how behind the times I am with cameras.

    Posted 8 months ago #
  8. ben_v3

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    Bummer, thanks for the info everyone. I liked that feature on my D70.

    Posted 8 months ago #

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