On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Anthony Rumble wrote:
> But can anyone recommend a (recent) Digital Camera that is known to work
> with Linux?
Checkout www.gphoto.org, its a camera program for Linux. If it supports it
then you are under way. Machines with serial and USB connections usually
work.
> I believe that most of the cameras use some sort of "memory stick" that
> can be put into some sort of PCMCIA device that just looks like a drive
> with DOS format files on it.. but some don't do this.. and some have
> proprietary files on it..
I would recommend something that stores in JPEG so you can easily access
the files. Also with a media that you can easily download directly off. My
Kodak DC240 has compact flash. The easiest thing is to take out the
compact flash card, place it into a PCMCIA holder and insert it into my
laptop. A script then copies all the images of, resizes and boarders them
with ImageMagik and creates a thumbnail index (I don't use gphoto
anymore).
In choosing a camera IMHO the things to look for are
1. Battery life. Make sure it comes with rechargables and a charger.
2. Large amount of memory. My 32Mb compact flash will hold 117 full res.
You use a digital camera because you can take a lot of photos at little
cost. Forget the idea of deleting the ones you don't want as you go, you
just won't bother doing it. Unlike a film camera its not easly to plug a
new film in, you need enough memory to take enough photos before getting
to a device to download.
3. Linux and native image format support. This means gphoto, usb and jpeg
format.
> I'm really looking for which ones out of the ones that do work with Linux
> are better...
I am very happy with my DC240. But there are of course better models
available now.
Rodos
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