DJA wrote:
My mom has a Kodak DX7430 digital camera. It uses an SD card to store
the images, plus it has a USB port. She has been getting prints of
images at the local grocery store, or CD's made through some other
retail expert, but she'd really like to print her own pictures.
She runs FC2 - soon to be upgraded to FC4. Alas, the apps installed
with FC2 don't support that camera, and upgrading to newer versions is
more trouble than just upgrading the OS. In the mean time, I've been
experimenting with FC4 on my laptop as a proof of concept.
I can read the SD card in FC4, see the directory, see the files and
their sizes. The problem is that none of the graphic apps in FC4,
including The GIMP can actually interpret the files which are reported
as being JPEG. I can copy a file from the flashdisk to the HD, but
still can not find an app that will show me the picture. The most
informative message I get is "Unknown file format".
Has anyone experience with Kodak cameras and Linux? Is there something
special about how Kodak encodes their images?
Or should I just switch my mom to Windows and be done with it.
I use a Kodak CX4200 with FC4 and the "gtkam 0.1.12" app and this combo
has worked well for me. A quick check of the supported cameras shows
that the DX7440 is listed but not the DX7430. I have read that sometimes
this is close enough. Also more cameras may have been added since I
became settled with what works for my HW. Check at
"http://www.gphoto.org"; for the latest info.
The CX4200 creates .JPG files which are easily available to the GIMP so
I don't have to use the proprietary (WinDoze) apps that access the "raw"
image files that are found on many cameras although I have noticed that
on a couple high end cameras (Konica/Minolta Maxxum 7D) both the
proprietary raw file and a JPG is created.
As an aside comment... One big downside to my Kodak camera is this whole
marketing "One Touch" clunky docking station that is the basis for their
service in which you can transmit pictures to them for printing
services. I have to use a rubber band to make sure the camera stays
securely on the clunky docking station thing when moving data from the
camera... There are other accessories I could buy to get around this
circumstance I'm sure but I like pointing out the WinDozy look and feel
of this whole proprietary way of doing things.
RBW
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