On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 19:35, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering getting a digital camera (for amateur, not > professional, use), with the obvious requirement that it will interact > flawlessly with my Linux computers (desktops and laptop). [snipped] > Info relevant to makes and models available in Israel and/or BG > Duty-free is especially welcome.
The following may be considered a bit less than flawless interaction, but it does work. I bought an Olympus C220Z (aka C2Z and D520Z) in Janary '03. It then cost 1560 NIS, with an included 8 MB SmartMedia card. Adding a 64 MB card, 4 rechargeable batteries and a charger pushed it to almost 2000 NIS. Although it's only 2.3 MP, it's been fine for my amateur use, and I chose it after a *lot* of comparison shopping, and would highly recommend it for amateur use. The one hitch is that when downloading from the camera card to the box through the USB cable, the camera misrepresents itself to the box, and locks up the process. There are several workarounds, including a kernel patch http://home.earthlink.net/~ebrombaugh/d150.html which is now being integrated into various kernels. You might also find these links useful: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=1196 http://software.jodda.de/camediac220.html HTH. Good hunting. David. -- David Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Evolution 1.2.4 in Libranet 2.8 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
