Sony DSC V1 file format

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Hi all,
I tried giving the memory stick from my Sony DCS V1 to a photo
printer, but they could not access the files - I also tried using the
Kodak Picture Maker kiosk, but same result. The Kodak kiosk reported
that there were no images on the memory stick. The image files appear
OK when I access the camera via the USB port.

SO: are the files on the memory stick truly in jpeg format, or some
quirky Sony format that the camera translates on the fly when
connected to a computer?
Has anyone else had a similar experience?

One additional "quirk" (read vendor lockin) is that this camera will
not use third party batteries. Optex sells a battery that fits, and
that the photo store assured me would work with the camera, but does
not. The camera turns on for about 5 seconds, displays a message on
the LCD saying "Not an infolitium battery" then shutdown.

I am very pleased with the image quality of the camera, but rather
****ed that Sony locks in consumers like this with the battery. If
the images on the memory stick are proprietary as well, then this will
be the first and last Sony camera I buy.

Thanks for any help,
Robert Griffin



The jpeg files from the Sony V1 are NOT proprietary in any way that I can
tell.

Mine can be found by any memory card reader that fits a memory stick.

They also read just fine in the kiosk at the local Wal-Mart.


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

In article ,
says...
Hi all,
I tried giving the memory stick from my Sony DCS V1 to a photo
printer, but they could not access the files - I also tried using the
Kodak Picture Maker kiosk, but same result. The Kodak kiosk reported
that there were no images on the memory stick. The image files appear
OK when I access the camera via the USB port.

SO: are the files on the memory stick truly in jpeg format, or some
quirky Sony format that the camera translates on the fly when
connected to a computer?
Has anyone else had a similar experience?

One additional "quirk" (read vendor lockin) is that this camera will
not use third party batteries. Optex sells a battery that fits, and
that the photo store assured me would work with the camera, but does
not. The camera turns on for about 5 seconds, displays a message on
the LCD saying "Not an infolitium battery" then shutdown.

I am very pleased with the image quality of the camera, but rather
****ed that Sony locks in consumers like this with the battery. If
the images on the memory stick are proprietary as well, then this will
be the first and last Sony camera I buy.

Thanks for any help,
Robert Griffin



The jpeg files from the Sony V1 are NOT proprietary in any way that I can
tell.

Mine can be found by any memory card reader that fits a memory stick.

They also read just fine in the kiosk at the local Wal-Mart.


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

I'll bet the places you've taken this stick are not upgraded to handle this
Memory Stick PRO format.
There are at least 3 kinds of memory sticks.
MS DUO
MS
MS PRO


I have an external drive that reads all kindza cards. I hade to get the
firmwre upgrade to read this new Memory Stick PRO.


Memory Sticks only get so big, after that they are MS Pro, from what I hear.

The 256 or higher is a PRO, as in Memory Stick PRO.





"Robert Griffin" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,
I tried giving the memory stick from my Sony DCS V1 to a photo
printer, but they could not access the files - I also tried using the
Kodak Picture Maker kiosk, but same result. The Kodak kiosk reported
that there were no images on the memory stick. The image files appear
OK when I access the camera via the USB port.

SO: are the files on the memory stick truly in jpeg format, or some
quirky Sony format that the camera translates on the fly when
connected to a computer?
Has anyone else had a similar experience?

One additional "quirk" (read vendor lockin) is that this camera will
not use third party batteries. Optex sells a battery that fits, and
that the photo store assured me would work with the camera, but does
not. The camera turns on for about 5 seconds, displays a message on
the LCD saying "Not an infolitium battery" then shutdown.

I am very pleased with the image quality of the camera, but rather
****ed that Sony locks in consumers like this with the battery. If
the images on the memory stick are proprietary as well, then this will
be the first and last Sony camera I buy.

Thanks for any help,
Robert Griffin

I'll bet the places you've taken this stick are not upgraded to handle this
Memory Stick PRO format.
There are at least 3 kinds of memory sticks.
MS DUO
MS
MS PRO


I have an external drive that reads all kindza cards. I hade to get the
firmwre upgrade to read this new Memory Stick PRO.


Memory Sticks only get so big, after that they are MS Pro, from what I hear.

The 256 or higher is a PRO, as in Memory Stick PRO.





"Robert Griffin" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,
I tried giving the memory stick from my Sony DCS V1 to a photo
printer, but they could not access the files - I also tried using the
Kodak Picture Maker kiosk, but same result. The Kodak kiosk reported
that there were no images on the memory stick. The image files appear
OK when I access the camera via the USB port.

SO: are the files on the memory stick truly in jpeg format, or some
quirky Sony format that the camera translates on the fly when
connected to a computer?
Has anyone else had a similar experience?

One additional "quirk" (read vendor lockin) is that this camera will
not use third party batteries. Optex sells a battery that fits, and
that the photo store assured me would work with the camera, but does
not. The camera turns on for about 5 seconds, displays a message on
the LCD saying "Not an infolitium battery" then shutdown.

I am very pleased with the image quality of the camera, but rather
****ed that Sony locks in consumers like this with the battery. If
the images on the memory stick are proprietary as well, then this will
be the first and last Sony camera I buy.

Thanks for any help,
Robert Griffin

On 21 Jul 2004 15:12:05 -0700, Robert Griffin wrote:

SO: are the files on the memory stick truly in jpeg format, or some
quirky Sony format that the camera translates on the fly when
connected to a computer?

No, they're normal JPEGs.

One additional "quirk" (read vendor lockin) is that this camera will
not use third party batteries. Optex sells a battery that fits, and
that the photo store assured me would work with the camera, but does
not. The camera turns on for about 5 seconds, displays a message on
the LCD saying "Not an infolitium battery" then shutdown.

I bought a non-Sony battery when I had a V1, it worked perfectly. Maybe some
do, some don't.


--
John Bean

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called
electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been
drinking (Dave Barry)

On 21 Jul 2004 15:12:05 -0700, Robert Griffin wrote:

SO: are the files on the memory stick truly in jpeg format, or some
quirky Sony format that the camera translates on the fly when
connected to a computer?

No, they're normal JPEGs.

One additional "quirk" (read vendor lockin) is that this camera will
not use third party batteries. Optex sells a battery that fits, and
that the photo store assured me would work with the camera, but does
not. The camera turns on for about 5 seconds, displays a message on
the LCD saying "Not an infolitium battery" then shutdown.

I bought a non-Sony battery when I had a V1, it worked perfectly. Maybe some
do, some don't.


--
John Bean

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called
electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been
drinking (Dave Barry)