[Flyingmac]

I've been trying to download Fly-in photos from my camera and from a USB card reader. I keep getting an error message. SEMAPHORE TIMEOUT PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. (4GB SDHC). Does anyone have an idea what's going on?

[Keef]

Dunno where Semaphore comes into it. I'm a morse man, myself.

I download pix from my camera using Windows Explorer (the plain ordinary file manager thing). I had to go into Control Panel - Admin Tools - Disk Management and assign the camera a drive letter of its own (P cos it's a Panasonic and that makes it easy to remember). Then, I can copy and move and delete from the camera without needing to take the SD card out.

[pfoomer]

if you are running your camera/reader via a usb hub, try a direct connection to the computer's usb port.

see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming)

for more geeky stuff.

[Vince C]

Blame these guys. They get tired after a while.

[kanga]

Blame these guys. They get tired after a while.

..

.. but signal flags can be left up for a LONG time (and have been, on HMS Victory ..)

[Vince C]

Blame these guys. They get tired after a while.

..

.. but signal flags can be left up for a LONG time (and have been, on HMS Victory ..)

Uh? Am I missing summat or are you too young to get the joke?

[kanga]

..

Uh? Am I missing summat or are you too young to get the joke?

sorry, should have added explicit smiley!

[but it is nice, these days, to be considered too young for anything .. ]

[pfoomer]

I've been trying to download Fly-in photos from my camera and from a USB card reader. I keep getting an error message. SEMAPHORE TIMEOUT PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. (4GB SDHC). Does anyone have an idea what's going on?

Gosh so many 'experts'!!!

Did you try the direct route I suggested?, and are you running on a Mac?