Nikon Transfer not showing photos in slot 2.

andrek666

Senior Member
I set up my new D7100 with 2 SD cards as RAW in slot 1 and JPEG in slot 2. I have 32 photos in slot 2 that I can see on my camera during playback, but the Nikon Transfer ver 1.5.3 does not show that I have any pictures. There was no such problem downloading pictures from slot 1. I want to simply download these pictures from slot 2 to my PC. Is it possible to do it with Nikon Transfer app? What could be the problem? Do I need to look for a workaround?
 

480sparky

Senior Member
If you're using the stand-alone Nikon Transfer program, you should stop using it as it was very buggy. You should switch to ViewNX2 and use the transfer function there.
 

andrek666

Senior Member
Thanks, indeed I was using the stand alone Nikon Transfer. Now I tried to do it via ViewNX2 (latest version) and it's still the same. Like the SD card in slot 2 wasn't even there.
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
View NX2 Help

If the camera has two or more memory card (there is a small icon displayed here in the help file) will be displayed at the lower right corner of the device button. Note that, by default, only the files stored in the memory card that is inserted in Slot 1 can be transferred.

To transfer files stored in the memory card that is inserted in Slot 2:

First access the sub-menu for switching the active memory card slot through one of the following methods that vary according to the device button's on/off state and the computer's operating system.

When the device button is on:

  • Click the device button.

When the device button is off:

  • Right-click the device button (Applies to Windows only)
  • While pressing the control key, click the device button, or alternatively, place the cursor over the device button and keep pressing the mouse for a while (Applies to Mac OS only)

A submenu appears for you to select the desired memory card slot.


Edited to clean up the formatting after pasting.
 
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andrek666

Senior Member
Tried it, still the same problem. By the way, I am using Windows 7. The camera button is on but there is nothing displayed in the lower right corner of the device button, so, no way for me to open submenu. Right clicking on the button does nothing either.
 

andrek666

Senior Member
Swapping cards worked. Another way, I could use the camera menu to copy files from slot 2 to slot 1 and then download with ViewNX2 from slot 1. These are all workarounds. I just wonder whether there is a way to enable ViewNX2 to recognize that there are cards in both slot 1 and slot 2.
 

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
I strongly suggest you get yourself a multi-card reader and take the card out of the camera to then copy and paste on your hard disk. I find this the safest as long as you make sure to organize yourself to use the same folder when you do.

The best is Lightroom.

I rest my case.
 

andrek666

Senior Member
Success! What was needed was to uninstall from my PC the View NX2 (probably corrupted) and reinstall a fresh copy. Now the transfer function works just as described above by Eyelight (thank you!). The camera button in transfer allows me to select the card slot. Thank you all for helpful suggestions!
 

yauman

Senior Member
Success! What was needed was to uninstall from my PC the View NX2 (probably corrupted) and reinstall a fresh copy. Now the transfer function works just as described above by Eyelight (thank you!). The camera button in transfer allows me to select the card slot. Thank you all for helpful suggestions!

As many have already pointed out, if you are using a wire-transfer of your images from your camera to your computer, you should STOP! Don't do it. It's totally unnecessary and a waste of time. Get a card reader and use it. Almost all laptop sold since 2010 have SD card readers build-in - use it. Why use card reader?

1. It's much FASTER - very much FASTER
2. It's much more reliable - much more reliable
3. It save your camera battery life - the transfer circuits in your camera is NOT optimized for low battery consumption - all other circuits are - so you are burning through your battery for no reason at all. Any one who has to shoot tether (like me who do product photography) can tell you how short their battery life is when shooting tether compared to non-tether - that's because of the non-battery-life optimized circuit of the transfer setup. Just don't.
4. You need to take out and re-insert the SD card REGULARLY for optimal performance. Look at the contact points of your SD cards - they have scratch marks on them - that's good - it's the "self-cleaning" contact designed on the receptor end of the card. Every time you insert and remove the card, you are cleaning the contacts. Do it often. If you don't, and use wire-transfer only, corrosion will eventually build up on those contact when left unmolested for a few month or more. Our shops repair facility makes easy $10 when people bring in their cameras with "card err" - and when we find out that they have not removed their cards since they don't know when, all we do it take out the card, reinsert - and voila - it works. "That's $10 Sir!"

I suspect the camera manufacturers really never intend for user to use their wire-transfer 'cos all the ones that I've seen have such awful user interface and so annoyingly slow! It may be just an un-intended feature made available when they implement tether-shooting.
 
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