Connecting my Canon EOS 350D to Windows 7 (32-bit)
Last week, the week after our marriage, we went a few days to Limburg (Belgium) to relax a bit and have a first small honeymoon trip… Because we had our bikes with us, we decided to make some great tours. During these tours, i love to take pictures with my Canon EOS 350D camera from the lovely landscapes, the nice buildings and even our driving vehicles aren’t safe for my camera.
When I was planning the trip, I decided to take my portable with me, so I could connect my camera to my portable to view quickly the result of the pictures I made. Connecting my Canon EOS 350D DSLR camera to my Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit installation wasn’t that easy as I thought it would be.
Unknown device
I connected my camera with the USB cable to my portable. Unless my camera is almost more than 5 years old, my Windows 7 installation did not want to recognize the hardware. Weird because all other hardware, some less than a year old are always immediate recognized by Windows 7…
Installing the device driver
So I needed to find the Windows 7 driver for my Canon EOS 350D camera. After googling a bit, and sniffling the Official Canon Drivers and Software website, I found that there wasn’t released a new Windows 7 32-bit driver. I had no other option than installing the Canon Camera USB WIA Driver for Windows Vista 32-bit (download here). Unless this wasn’t the Windows 7 driver, this installed perfectly!
Connect camera to my pc
Next step would be a piece of cake… NOT… I connected the camera to my OS and the device was recognized as “EOS Kiss_N REBEL_XT 350D”. I found this a weird name for my camera, but continued because I had no choice. Another thing is, you cannot change the name of your hardware devices in a Windows operating system. When I tried to reach my camera, It was visible in several imaging software like Photoshop, Picasa, … and also in the device manager but I could not download or copy any picture to my computer. Also in the ‘My computer’ window, the camera wasn’t present.
Modify settings on the camera
Again I went googling a bit and now I found that there is one Canon DSLR camera which has problems connecting to Windows 7… Indeed EOS 350D (see here under *4).
To solve this problem, switch the communication setting from the Canon 350D camera from ‘PC connection’ to ‘Print/PTP’.
After modifying this settings (which sounds the wrong way), everything works fine. The camera is recognized as “Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL” and is visible in the “My Computer” window.
Problem Solved!
From now I can copy any image I want from the camera to the Windows 7 computer.
Small tip, but a USB 2.0 card reader (for about €15). Fits in your pocket, transfers are much faster and you don’t have to use the camera batteries when copying.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have been trying to get my 350D work on my new computer for over a month now with no luck. Small change on the settings – who would have thought. You are a life-saver! Many-many thanks!
Thank you this was great. It is sad that Canon do not care about there older products…
Fantastic post. Thanks for sharing this solution, it was a real lifesaver.
Hello There Thanx a million for ur help in this site. I got to download all the photos on to my computer.
Thank You
Thanks so much for all the suggestions – after little success I bought a USB card reader & it is the perfect way around the problem!
Thank you so much…finally I can transfer my photos to my newish laptop!
Best Regards
Yuni
It work. After one hour of fumbling I finally found this tip. Thanks!