On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > Friend of mine came by with his Sony Cybershot 2.1 megapixel > > DSC-S50; I plugged it into the USB hub, turned the camera on, > > fired up "kdf", saw the camera as a mountable device, mounted > > it, navigated to the /mnt/camera directory, and happily copied > > the JPG's where I saw fit. Wasn't rocket science, but then > > again, Sony is a relatively large brand...had more problems > > connecting this camera to a Win98 box and the XP box... > > </snip> > > FYI : I just got a Olympus C 740 Ultra Zoom. It isn't listed in > gPhoto or gPhoto2, so I figured to spend the weekend in the > command-line interface editing obscure configuration-files. > To my big surprise, when I plugged the USB cable into the PC and > opened the KDE file manager, I could just click the yellow star > in the left-hand panel and voilá : under *devices* the camera > popped up as a new hard drive. Pure magic. >
FYI: Fortunately, many new cameras use the USB Mass Storage Protocol, which is the standard used for connecting USB hard drives, so it very much is just a case of plug and mount. The other major new protocol is PTP, which is a photo industry standard for transfers. Even Canon, normally the least forth-coming manufacturer, has started using these protocols. These protocols allow us to at least download our shots, if not to control the camera. Cheers! John.
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