Camera ?

Thanks for the help guys, I'm going to go Dave's root and see what this P&S will do.
I'm going to load the soft ware today and see what I can get out of it.

OK have been trying to get it to work with no luck, have the soft ware loaded, the camera plug into the USB port, have an image on the camera screen, when you turn the camera on and off the computer does that beep-beep sound to tell you, you have a connection, but the soft ware (Zoom Browser) comes up and says 'no camera detected '
Is there a stupid trick someone knows to fix this, the manual does not help. Or maybe the camera is shot.

OK... stupid Canon time (as in Canon's software isn't BAD, but it just has places where it goes stupid). The manual, all 50+ MB of it is here: http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/suppo...esAndManuals

I think - I don't use Zoom since I live shoot - that all it actually does is import the pictures from the card.

For my Canon dSLR, you have to connect the USB cable BEFORE you power on the camera.

Also, I've found the connection direct to the camera is slower, so if you have a CF reader for your computer, it may be easier to extract the card and connect it directly.

Do me a favor, download something better than paint (it does a lousy job of resizing). I recommend Paint.Net ( http://www.getpaint.net/index.html ) but there are several other free programs.

Are you wanting to use Zoom Browser to shoot tethered - using the computer to control the whole shooting process - or just to transfer images?

If the former, here is probably the order in which you have to do it: Connect USB first. Camera power on second. Ignore the Windows popup for the moment, until the first time you get the camera to connect. Then start Zoom Browser, so during its' startup process it can "see" a camera connected to the system. Hopefully then you can proceed to Acquire Camera Settings, Connect to Camera, and Remote Shooting.

If your A80 works with remote shooting, and this is a big if which I don't have an answer for. It may not support remote shooting. I know the CHDK mod - the "hack" software people have written to unlock greater functionality in Canon cameras - cannot work with the A80.

If the latter and all you wish to do is transfer images, just connect the camera and use whatever Windows has in stock to bring pictures over.

Well I just tried again and the computer see's the camera on F drive but Zoom does not, I tried starting different ways and nothing. I guess my friend will get his camera back.
I will work on camera and parts from the other tread over the summer, unless you have a different idea.

Thanks for the help.