> I'm wondering which option is best to connect to my laptop to a > digital camera (which hasnt been chosen yet). > > I thought that if I got one that supported mass storage, then it > would be as simple as mounting my mp3 player. But someone else > reccommended getting one that uses CF / SD cards and getting a > pcmcia card reader for the laptop. > > Has anyone any suggestions? I'm a little confused. I expect there > will be some difficulty trying to connect the camera via usb, but > the pcmcia option might be just as difficult in itself.
I borrowed a "usb mass storage" camera once, and it mounted automatically when i plugged it in. If i unplugged it an plugged it in a lot in a short amount of time, it had a little toruble, but you shouldn't need to do that (i was playing around). Card readers are usually a lot faster than the usb on the cameras. My Powershot A80 takes a long time to upload images compared to my firend's card reader (which is on windows, so i don't know how supported it is). As for software, i wrote some scripts (and mapped them to keys) to download from the powershot (which does not mount as mass storage), including a command to delete the pics. I never even fire up digikam. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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