Hi, On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 02:40:35PM +0100, Paul Leamy wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Paul Leamy <paul.lea...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 14:39 > Subject: Huawei P30 problem > To: <gphoto-de...@lists.sourceforge.ne> > > Hi, > > When I connect my my Huawei P30 gphoto2 recognises there is a device > connected, shown here is the output from the auto detect command. > > Pauls-MacBook-Pro:Desktop paulleamy$ gphoto2 --auto-detect > > Model Port > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Huawei P9 Plus usb:020,009 > > Canon EOS 7D usb:020,006 > > But when I attempt to capture an image I get the following error. > > Pauls-MacBook-Pro:Desktop paulleamy$ gphoto2 --capture-image-and-download > --no-keep --port usb:020,009 > > *** Error *** > > Sorry, your camera does not support generic capture > > ERROR: Could not capture image. > > ERROR: Could not capture. > > *** Error (-6: 'Unsupported operation') *** > > For debugging messages, please use the --debug option. > > Debugging messages may help finding a solution to your problem. > > If you intend to send any error or debug messages to the gphoto > > developer mailing list <gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>, please run > > gphoto2 as follows: > > env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --debug-logfile=my-logfile.txt > --capture-image-and-download --no-keep --port usb:020,009 > > Please make sure there is sufficient quoting around the arguments. > > Am I doing something incorrectly? > > I have also attached the error log.
The Android phones sadly do not expose remote camera control over USB, you can only download the pictures. Perhaps Google decides to change that at some point in time, but currently this does not work. This is a phone side limitation. Ciao, Marcus _______________________________________________ Gphoto-devel mailing list Gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gphoto-devel
