I've used one of the more recent Sony Cyber-shot Cameras in conjunction with
a Linux/Win laptop and have gotten quite good results. The specific model
was the DSC-F505 [no, I don't own it - it belongs to my workplace].
The Camera itself has Async Serial and USB connections - the Serial is
supported using "rsony", and the USB is support to some degree by the Linux
USB drivers. [the Camera looks like one of the standalone Sony Memory Stick
readers via USB]. I couldn't get the USB driver to work - but I didn't try
very hard. I did get serial to work at maximum speed - but as was expected,
its just a little slow. [In the end I just used the Memory stick -> Floppy
Drive adapter with windows which was a significant amount faster than
serial... but needs somebody to hack up a driver for linux :)]
The Camera itself is quite high quality, taking pictures up to 1600x1200.
My biggest qualms were that the autofocus was a bit slow for my liking, the
Camera doesn't perform so well in low light, and the battery life is *far*
too short - only 1 hour using the standard LithIon with the LCD display
backlight switched on. Also, I found the lens wasn't quite wide angle
enough for me, forcing me to stand a bit far back compared to what I was
used to with my SLR's standard lens.
The best things about the camera? Audio Feedback that the picture has been
taken... [I started with SLRs, so being able to hear the shutter was always
the cue to me that my picture has been taken... the Sony plays back a little
*click* sound to signify that the photo has been taken, which is a lot nicer
than some of the kodaks that don't do anything like that]. The Camera can
record 15 second MPEG clips [completely useless for me, but its a cute
gimic]. The fact that rsony works with it, and that people have gotten USB
to work with it under Linux too.
In general, if you don't mind having to buy a few extra batteries and carry
them around [the batteries are very light and fairly small anyway, so its
not a real bother for anything other than cost], they are a very nice
camera.
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From: "Rodos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Anthony Rumble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Digital Camera Recommendations..
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Anthony Rumble wrote:
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> > But can anyone recommend a (recent) Digital Camera that is known to work
> > with Linux?
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