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Canon 20D drivers for windows 7

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My new Windows 7 laptop doesn't recognize my Canon 20D and I can't find an updated driver. Any suggestions?

Reply to KristinaB
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Set your communications to PTP. Win7 will then recognize it.

Reply to TheViper

Use a memory card reader it is a lot faster.

Reply to kimba1366

Thanks TheViper, worked like a charm. KB

Reply to KristinaB

Excellent, glad it's working for you.

Reply to TheViper

TheViper wrote :

Set your communications to PTP. Win7 will then recognize it.


what is communication ptp is that on my camera or my computer i never had to do this ,so i don't know what that is

Reply to vickyk

vickyk wrote :

what is communication ptp is that on my camera or my computer i never had to do this ,so i don't know what that is


It is one of the settings on the camera in the menu.

Reply to TheViper

Thanks for this posting... it really helped me too!

Much appreciated.

Reply to Anonymous

TheViper wrote :

Set your communications to PTP. Win7 will then recognize it.


Thanks for the tip!!! worked for me too

Reply to Anonymous

Thank you. Worked for me too.

Reply to Dollo

YEY!!! you are my hero!! thank you so much! so happy right now

Reply to vasti

Setting the communication protocol to PTP is fine for simply downloading pictures from the camera to the computer. However I need for my application to use the remote capture to take pictures from the computer. I use the camera for some data acquisition and I need the computer to be able to control the camera.

Does anyone know how I could get this to work with windows 7? My IT manager decided to upgrade all machines to win 7 and doesn't want me to get a machine working with XP or earlier.

Reply to QuentinZ

Thank you Viper, the change to PtP also worked for me. May i ask though, wat does it mean, what is the difference between 'Normal' and 'PtP'?

Reply to RandomnQuestion

PTP means Picture Transfer Protocol. Technically it is a means for the camera and a printer or mass storage device to directly communicate together without a computer USB host.

Most modern operating systems will allow picture transfer to the computer under the "normal" setting but some (XP and OSX mostly) don't work quite right but work well when the camera is set to PTP instead.

Reply to TheViper

Thank you Viper! That solved my problem as well!

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