I used what digital camera?

[digittts]

I use what digital camera? I can not pick up to myself the camera. What will advise. Can at whom there is an opinion on this.

[jpaulb]

I use what digital camera? I can not pick up to myself the camera. What will advise. Can at whom there is an opinion on this.
Which camera are you using?
Different cameras are connested in different ways.

My Canon G1 connects to gphoto2, while the Pentax ist D connects as a mass storage device. Chech the camera list for gphoto2 to see if yours is supported.

Paul

[AndreL]

I think he wants to know which cameras work well with Linux...

[bluesdog]

I think most USB cameras that are not listed in gphoto2 (http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php) can connect as mass storage devices.

My el-cheapo fuji finepix A330 can connect in 'pictbridge mode', but can also be connected as a mass storage device

To connect as a mass storage device, set up a mount point for the camera as if it were a hard drive:

For example, to mount a camera detected in the usb sub-system as /deb/sdb1 create a mount point: # mkdir /mnt/cameraThen create a static entry in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/camera vfat gid=100,uid=1000,umask=002,rw,noauto,user 0 0Then create a desktop device icon, linked to the device, in order to conveniently mount/unmount the camera

Make sure you unmount the camera before turning the power off, and make sure you turn the power off before you disconnect it.

[bluesdog]

Thread moved, (belatedly), to "Help please" (http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=26)

[chris_b]

Do not be tempted to try fooling gphoto by plugging in your camera and telling gphoto you have a model close to, but not exactly the same, as yours.

I have an Olympus C4000Z. It is very like the C4040Z, but when gphoto tried to initialise my camera as a C4040Z, it trashed the camera. I had to send it back to Olympus and pay a lot of money to have them reload the firmware (must have taken them at least 5 minutes)


Chris

[kmoffat]

Although most digitals will be usable in linux, I have found the easiest way is to get a cheap usb card reader of the appropriate type, remove the camera card and plug it in. Usually the reader willl be recognized as a usb mass storage device, usable as an external hard drive.