Yes, they are used quite a bit for stop-motion development, among other things.For example, look at the "Capture" column of this support doc: http://www.boinx.com/istopmotion/support/inputdevices/ Not all that many have a "Yes", but plenty do.... not sure if this is actually part of the PTP (picture transfer protocol), which apparently varies quite a bit.
Is your project idea secret? Ben On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Matt Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently this is a hard critter to track down... > > I am working on a project where I want to have a reasonably capable > digital camera that will also function while tethered to a laptop. I > believe this would in effect make it a 'webcam'. I've tried this with a > half dozen cameras so far and they each shut down the camera functions > once you connect them to the computer. > > I want to be able to capture images either by user clicking the cameras > buttons i.e. via a camera interface, and it would be nice to have Twain > and WIA driver support as well so I can go fetch the images via > programmatic control if I choose. > > Does anyone know of such a thing? > > I've got a cheesy old eyeball webcam that does this, but of course it > takes crappy pictures... > > Calls to local camera shops and they think I'm kinda nuts... > > > Matt Jarvis > Programmer/DBA > King | Retail Solutions > > > > > > > Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains > information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy > laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the > intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from > retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this > information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have > received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank > you in advance for your cooperation. > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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