On Wednesday 24 September 2003 08:47 pm, Carl Hudkins wrote: > Hi, all... > > Ok, an upcoming vacation and my seeming inability to completely > shoot a roll of film and get it developed before it's so old that > half the pictures look like they were shot from behind brown > draperies have got me thinking about getting a digital camera. > Since I live in a Windows-free environment, any such camera must be > compatible with Linux in at least these ways: > > * Appears to the system as a USB mass-storage device -- that > means, no special software or drivers are needed; you just plug it > in and you can then get your pictures off it like a normal > filesystem. + This would also be a benefit if I needed to plug it > into someone else's computer in order to upload the pix to myself > or something. I've tried to deal with cameras at work (Kinko's) > that needed special drivers, and had to give up when even the > manufacturer's web site did not have have (Win2k) drivers that > would work. > > * No more than two hours of screwing with config files or kernel > rebuilds should be required to get it working. > > Further, it must be compatible with my budget, which means it > costs less than $300 (US). :) I know this will not get me an > ultra-high-quality camera, but from what I've read the photos from > such a device should be more than sufficient for my meager needs. > > Does such a thing exist? If anyone has one, I'd sure like to know > about it! > > Thanks in advance,
I'm using a Olympus D-550 here It meets your requirments and it's a 3 megapixle camera with 2.8 optical and 3x digital zoom Cost is about $250 (US) The camera itself looks just like a card reader to Linux so If you've gotten usb-mass storage working, you're good to go. I recommend a card reader as uploading photos to a computer is tough on the batteries. -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
