Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] digital camera
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:06:52
Message-Id: 20041128090547.31017aa7@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] digital camera by Uwe Thiem
1 On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:17:38 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:
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3 > > That's not true. The Canon EOS300D, hardly an old camera, does not
4 > > show up as a storage device. It still works with Linux though,
5 > > through gphoto2.
6 >
7 > Weird. Cant it be at least configured as a storage device?
8
9 It doesn't even show up in dmesg/syslog when you connect it. Mass
10 storage is a popular way of connecting camera, but not the only way. the
11 EOS300D uses either Canon's own drivers, which are handled by gphoto2,
12 or PTP. you can view the files in Konqueror with a camera:/ URI, but not
13 as a filesystem.
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15 I use a card reader anyway. It's much faster and doesn't drain the
16 Camera battery.
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20 Neil Bothwick
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22 Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. - Henry David Thoreau
23 (1817-1862)