Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
ben s wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? I was out of town and just catching up... I have a Sony Mavica. My reasons for this choice is no reliance on any port type; it uses standard floppies. But the real benefit of this choice is seen when out in the field... unlike the port-based cameras, I can keep shooting without the need to find a compatible computer to upload images to free up space to continue shooting... If I run out of film, no problem... just pick up more floppies and keep shooting... besides, this lets me keep the floppies like I would negatives or slides without risking losing all in a HD crash. Another benefit was that I already had a Sony Digital video which uses the same battery... so now, I can be recharging one in my car (using an inverter) and thus have virtually no camera downtime. Just wanted to point out that there are non-technology issues to picture taking... HTH, Pierre PS: Why am I getting [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the headers when replying...?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 19 August 2001 09:25, Pierre Fortin wrote: ben s wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? And lets not forget that you can buy a higher quality ANALOG camera pretty cheap, and when you get the roll developed, get a floppy or CD with JPGs of the images. - -- Sun Aug 19 10:06:16 2001 Seq. TimestampUptime - 1: Thu May 17 01:44:04 2001 - 35 15:31:51 - 2.4.3-20mdk 2: Mon Jul 16 16:28:17 2001 - 33 17:37:54 - 2.4.6-3mdk -- 3: Thu Jun 21 17:33:18 2001 - 10 05:29:02 - 2.4.3-20mdk 4: Sun Jul 1 23:03:05 2001 - 7 10:13:18 - 2.4.3-20mdk 5: Wed Jul 11 15:11:11 2001 - 5 01:16:26 - 2.4.6-3mdk 6: Tue Jul 10 02:55:19 2001 - 1 09:18:42 - 2.4.3-20mdk 7: Wed Jul 11 12:14:35 2001 - 0 02:20:37 - 2.4.6-3mdk 8: Wed Jul 11 14:39:19 2001 - 0 00:31:20 - 2.4.6-3mdk 9: Wed Jul 11 14:35:45 2001 - 0 00:03:01 - 2.4.6-3mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7f9aFjTz5dS9Us5wRAiO3AJ40c1CkA4DhNqje5r1BC36SWtD4RwCeL6Ky xRs4VDKUpVxrydEXiQxxtm4= =7B/c -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
ben s schrieb: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? thanks ben I have a Fuji Finepix 1400Zoom, it has a USB interface, it came with a 4MB SmartMedia Card and accepts up to 128 MB media. I can simply mount the camera as SCSI disk and read the pictures from the camera easily. Regards Jan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
I use a smartmedia usb adapter, as my camera only has a serial connection (that sucks). It is super easy to use, too. But it took a bit of fiddling to get it working =) The other benefit is that it is a portable storage device for me, and transferring files to and from work is simple! Cheers, Jesse -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux On Mon 13 Aug at 20:32:07 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? I've had my Nikon CoolPix 950 for probably a little over two years now and I can't say enough good things about it. It's been highly rated by Consumer Reports every year and its serial connection works great with gphoto (although I haven't used gphoto in a while). If you have a laptop and end up getting a camera with a flash card, I'd highly suggest picking up one of the PCMCIA adapters for it and you just slap it in to the PCMCIA slot and linux simply sees it as another drive (hde in my case). Just do a 'mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 /mnt/mount_point' and boom, there's all your pics! Just to keep flapping my gums, I saw in Circuit City a couple weeks ago that Sony's making some now that burn its images straight onto a 152Mb(?) cdrom. Thought that was pretty cool too. Anyway... HTH, -Charlie -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:43:50 -0400 Digital Wokan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe there's something in your camera. Because I just tried it with my HP 215 and the mount returned /dev/sda1 as an unknown device. How do I determine which /dev the modprobe attached usb-storage to? Maybe you are right. When I plug in the camera I do - cat /proc/scsi/scsi and the output shows the camera ID Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:04:59 -0500 J. C. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, what do you mean by made a node at the mount point? Mount point is specified in fstab. I used mnt/camera - so 'mkdir /mnt/camera' If the node does not exist there is no place to mount it! Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:53 -0500, glen sagers wrote: I'll plug my camera too, and answer wolfgang's question also. I use a toshiba pdr-m4, usb or serial connection, 1600x1200 resolution, (2.1 megapixels), smart media. It's also not supported by gphoto, but Linux sees it as USB mass storage device. I mount it under kernel 2.4.x with a mount command. I don't have the exact command, as I'm away from my main machine right now, but it's similar to the following. Unfortunately my M5 came w/o USB cable and there is not one shop here in Frankfurt, Germany (one of the larger cities in Germany) who supplies Toshiba cameras. I just bid for a pcmcia adapter for smartmedia cards on ebay. This may be an even better solution. Thanks anyway. wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
I'll plug my camera too, and answer wolfgang's question also. I use a toshiba pdr-m4, usb or serial connection, 1600x1200 resolution, (2.1 megapixels), smart media. It's also not supported by gphoto, but Linux sees it as USB mass storage device. I mount it under kernel 2.4.x with a mount command. I don't have the exact command, as I'm away from my main machine right now, but it's similar to the following. mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat -r /mnt/cam Then simply copy the files from /mnt/cam/ to where you want them. A couple of caveats, this particular camera will only mount read-only under Linux, whereas it is read-write under windows. Also, if you put the proper line into /etc/fstab you can mount the camera as a normal user, but I don't think I've ever gotten supermount to work on this camera. Finally, there's this project http://toshibapdr.sourceforge.net/ (now dead, it appears) that allows you to use the serial connection from the command line, but since USB is so much faster, I haven't used it since kernel 2.2.x days. Glen Sagers Kenneth Lierman Jr. wrote: just to throw in my own camera plug :) i have a kodak dc280 (2mb, usb, 32M CF card, etc), works great in linux w/ gphoto. Ken Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
On Tuesday 14 August 2001 00:10, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 20:33 -0400, Digital Wokan wrote: I like my HP 215. It was only about $300, has a USB connection, comes with a 4MB CompactFlash, and can accept up to a 32MB CompactFlash. It's supposed to work with GPhoto2, but I can't get GPhoto2 working yet (more a lack of knowledge on my part than a lack on GPhoto2's, I'm sure). So, if you don't use gphoto what do u use with your camera? I'm asking that b/c my camera (Toshiba PDR-M5) is not supported by gphoto. At the moment I run Win98 on a VMWare virtual machine and get my pics down from the camera via the Windows based program by Toshiba. Then I ftp them to my host system and store them, work on them. This works but is slow and inconvenient. wobo Use Samba. You will be able to access all your linux files under windows. It will allow you to setup drives for them (ie. U:) That way you will skip the ftp step. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Gerard Perreault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
Bob Young wrote: On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:04:59 -0500 J. C. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, what do you mean by made a node at the mount point? Mount point is specified in fstab. I used mnt/camera - so 'mkdir /mnt/camera' If the node does not exist there is no place to mount it! Bob Hmmm, that was new: never heard a mount point referred to as a node A computer in a network or server in a cluster setup, yes but a mount point Thanks for the new info drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX SA -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
I like my HP 215. It was only about $300, has a USB connection, comes with a 4MB CompactFlash, and can accept up to a 32MB CompactFlash. It's supposed to work with GPhoto2, but I can't get GPhoto2 working yet (more a lack of knowledge on my part than a lack on GPhoto2's, I'm sure). ben s wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? thanks ben _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 20:33 -0400, Digital Wokan wrote: I like my HP 215. It was only about $300, has a USB connection, comes with a 4MB CompactFlash, and can accept up to a 32MB CompactFlash. It's supposed to work with GPhoto2, but I can't get GPhoto2 working yet (more a lack of knowledge on my part than a lack on GPhoto2's, I'm sure). So, if you don't use gphoto what do u use with your camera? I'm asking that b/c my camera (Toshiba PDR-M5) is not supported by gphoto. At the moment I run Win98 on a VMWare virtual machine and get my pics down from the camera via the Windows based program by Toshiba. Then I ftp them to my host system and store them, work on them. This works but is slow and inconvenient. wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
I've been using the Olympus D-460 Zoom since March and have been real happy with it. It works under both gPhoto and gPhoto II. -- Thank you. - Gary A. Garibaldi Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Registered Linux User: 188550 Marriage causes dating problems. 9:40pm up 5:10, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 On Monday 13 August 2001 20:32, you wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? thanks ben _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
On Mon 13 Aug at 20:32:07 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? I've had my Nikon CoolPix 950 for probably a little over two years now and I can't say enough good things about it. It's been highly rated by Consumer Reports every year and its serial connection works great with gphoto (although I haven't used gphoto in a while). If you have a laptop and end up getting a camera with a flash card, I'd highly suggest picking up one of the PCMCIA adapters for it and you just slap it in to the PCMCIA slot and linux simply sees it as another drive (hde in my case). Just do a 'mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 /mnt/mount_point' and boom, there's all your pics! Just to keep flapping my gums, I saw in Circuit City a couple weeks ago that Sony's making some now that burn its images straight onto a 152Mb(?) cdrom. Thought that was pretty cool too. Anyway... HTH, -Charlie -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 ben s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? USB is definitely the way to go. I have a Casio QV2000UX (2.1 Mpixel, 3 x optical zoom, full auto and manual modes, comes with 8MB CF card, I put a 64MB in it, and it supports IBM microdrive of 340MB. Cost me ~ $300). It works with LM 8.0 without any extra software. I believe any USB camera should work this way. I simply use the mass storage device driver - just do a 'modprobe usb-storage'. Of course you need to have usbcore and usb-uhci loaded, usually done by init. I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) - /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0 and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera. I plug in the camera, switch it on, and then do a 'mount /mnt/camera' , and I can then read the CF card just like a disk drive, and copy the files I want. It's really slick - and fast. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
Maybe there's something in your camera. Because I just tried it with my HP 215 and the mount returned /dev/sda1 as an unknown device. How do I determine which /dev the modprobe attached usb-storage to? Bob Young wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 ben s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? USB is definitely the way to go. I have a Casio QV2000UX (2.1 Mpixel, 3 x optical zoom, full auto and manual modes, comes with 8MB CF card, I put a 64MB in it, and it supports IBM microdrive of 340MB. Cost me ~ $300). It works with LM 8.0 without any extra software. I believe any USB camera should work this way. I simply use the mass storage device driver - just do a 'modprobe usb-storage'. Of course you need to have usbcore and usb-uhci loaded, usually done by init. I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) - /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0 and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera. I plug in the camera, switch it on, and then do a 'mount /mnt/camera' , and I can then read the CF card just like a disk drive, and copy the files I want. It's really slick - and fast. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] digital cmeras and linux
Bob Young wrote: I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) - /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0 and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera. Bob, what do you mean by made a node at the mount point? drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX SA -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
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Well, I'm hosed. It seems the HP 215 and 315 were *mistakenly* added to the GPhoto2 supported cameras list. So much for checking for compatibility before investing a couple hundred dollars. To use it, I have to have a compact flash reader that works with Linux to read the images out. Digital Wokan wrote: Maybe there's something in your camera. Because I just tried it with my HP 215 and the mount returned /dev/sda1 as an unknown device. How do I determine which /dev the modprobe attached usb-storage to? Bob Young wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700 ben s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one has the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go for linux usage??? USB is definitely the way to go. I have a Casio QV2000UX (2.1 Mpixel, 3 x optical zoom, full auto and manual modes, comes with 8MB CF card, I put a 64MB in it, and it supports IBM microdrive of 340MB. Cost me ~ $300). It works with LM 8.0 without any extra software. I believe any USB camera should work this way. I simply use the mass storage device driver - just do a 'modprobe usb-storage'. Of course you need to have usbcore and usb-uhci loaded, usually done by init. I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) - /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0 and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera. I plug in the camera, switch it on, and then do a 'mount /mnt/camera' , and I can then read the CF card just like a disk drive, and copy the files I want. It's really slick - and fast. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
