do yourself a favour and get a card reader with the camera. they appear as a usb mass-storage device to linux and are even more portable than the camera itself. what's more, they're nearly free. i once saw one for $20 with a $20 rebate. setup for linux was as easy as plugging it in, finding the device that was created for it in /dev/usb/ and i was ready to go.
as far as cameras go, i swear by my canon powershot g3, but it's kinda pricy. from what i've heard (not my personal experience since i've only ever used mine), nikon & olympus are cheap and high quality, canon is expensive and high quality, as is sony (but they use memorysticks... ew). i've been told the following over and over again: stay away from kodak and hp. they suck. i'm a fan of rechargable battery based cameras as opposed to 4-AA's, but only because it's more environmentally friendly, and i chose compact-flash over sony's memory sticks simply out of distates for proprietary standars and price (memory sticks are nearly 2x the price of similar compact-flash cards. a good place to look for quality comparisions is google. i found a site through there that compared any camera out there to any other camera based on pretty much anything you can think of. sorry, i don't have the link handy. good luck and have a lot of fun. On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 13:46, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Hudkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:47 PM > Subject: [gentoo-user] Digital camera recommendations? > > > > Hi, all... > > > > Ok, an upcoming vacation and my seeming inability to completely shoot a > > roll of film and get it developed before it's so old that half the > > pictures look like they were shot from behind brown draperies have got me > > thinking about getting a digital camera. Since I live in a Windows-free > > environment, any such camera must be compatible with Linux in at least > > these ways: > > > > * Appears to the system as a USB mass-storage device -- that means, no > > special software or drivers are needed; you just plug it in and you can > > then get your pictures off it like a normal filesystem. > > + This would also be a benefit if I needed to plug it into someone > > else's computer in order to upload the pix to myself or something. > > I've tried to deal with cameras at work (Kinko's) that needed special > > drivers, and had to give up when even the manufacturer's web site did > > not have have (Win2k) drivers that would work. > > > > * No more than two hours of screwing with config files or kernel rebuilds > > should be required to get it working. > > > > Further, it must be compatible with my budget, which means it costs less > > than $300 (US). :) I know this will not get me an ultra-high-quality > > camera, but from what I've read the photos from such a device should be > > more than sufficient for my meager needs. > > > > Does such a thing exist? If anyone has one, I'd sure like to know about > > it! > > > > I bought a Kodak DX6340 3.1 megapixel. It has 4x optical/3x digital. I > bought it at Costco for $329 and it came with an included base station and > the NiMH battery as well. It uses SD memory, which is awesome. It has an > included 16MB and I added an additional 256MB ($65 Sandisk from Costco as > well). This thing has been very nice and easy to use. It also reportedly > works very well with Linux (I haven't yet tried). > > I am sure you can find this camera for less than $300 by searching the > online vendors for better prices. The base station is not stock equipment > unless you buy the camera from Costco. > > Tom Veldhouse > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
