Re: [Gphoto-user] Nikon cameras for remote capture?

[Marcus M. <ma...@je...>]

On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 10:24:09AM -0500, Gimmy P wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>  
> I need to use a camera as a part of a remote system able to take pictures and to send them to a server.
> As this system has to be put in a place not easily reachable, I need
> to drive the remote capture process in the most reliable way possible.
> 
> Reading other threads of this mailing list I learnt that capture with
> gphoto2, and with ptp in general, is possible with a few cameras by
> Canon and Nikon only.

Sierra protocol cameras allow capture too. (Olympus mostly, some Nikons).

Most of the smaller cameras do too.

> I also learnt that Canon cameras have the nice attitude to stop to
> work completely after some thousands of shots, needing a manual restart.
> My question is: did anyone notice the same problem with Nikon cameras? I
> couln't find details on this subject.


No clue, but I dont think ayone has put that much stress on Nikons yet.
 
> And then: could someone please give me an advice about a good camera,
> suitable for this task? Under 200-250$ if it's possible :)

I can't really help here, sorry.

Ciao, Marcus