02-26-2012, 02:12 PM
Hi. This is the first time trying to use a Windows 7 64-bit computer to work with photos. My Windows XP machine just died. Coffee spill :/
So I had a photo shoot yesterday. I have a bout 1.5 GB of images to transfer. Connected the card reader with CompactFlash card to usb port of computer. Windows 7 recognized the reader and said - READY FOR USE. All good up to here.
But then..
When I tried dragging the Canon Raw image files (.CR2) from the card to the hard drive - the transfer seemed impossibly sloooowww. It said expected time would be 1 hour!
I stopped it and tried again. This time it said 3 hours!
I googled the issue and found people mentioning that 64-bit systems are not yet supported by Canon Raw. Though most were talking about viewing the images rather than transferring them from card to hard drive. I also found someone mentioning that 64-bit systems would cause the .CR2 files to become corrupt!!
The weird thing is that all these mentions I found on the internet seem dated... from 2009 or 2010.
Does anyone know what is going on today?
Are there still issues with Windows 7 64-bit and Canon Raw image files?
Is there some solution?
Please help..... it's kind of urgent. I need to get these images off the card soon.. before another shoot <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />
Thanks!
So I had a photo shoot yesterday. I have a bout 1.5 GB of images to transfer. Connected the card reader with CompactFlash card to usb port of computer. Windows 7 recognized the reader and said - READY FOR USE. All good up to here.
But then..
When I tried dragging the Canon Raw image files (.CR2) from the card to the hard drive - the transfer seemed impossibly sloooowww. It said expected time would be 1 hour!
I stopped it and tried again. This time it said 3 hours!
I googled the issue and found people mentioning that 64-bit systems are not yet supported by Canon Raw. Though most were talking about viewing the images rather than transferring them from card to hard drive. I also found someone mentioning that 64-bit systems would cause the .CR2 files to become corrupt!!
The weird thing is that all these mentions I found on the internet seem dated... from 2009 or 2010.
Does anyone know what is going on today?
Are there still issues with Windows 7 64-bit and Canon Raw image files?
Is there some solution?
Please help..... it's kind of urgent. I need to get these images off the card soon.. before another shoot <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />
Thanks!