Re: [Gphoto-user] Canon EOS350D Capture Support

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

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 01:30:51PM +0900, Alex Gutteridge wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get image capture working on my Canon EOS350D (It's a  
> KISS Digital N - but I think that's the same thing), but can't seem  
> to manage it, though some of the things I've read suggest it should  
> be possible:
> 
> I have:
> 
> libgphoto2 Version 2.3.1
> gphoto2    Version 2.3.1
> 
> I used this command to configure gphoto:
> 
> CPPFLAGS="-DCANNON_EXPERIMENTAL_20D" ./configure --with-libgphoto2=/ 
> usr/local
> 
> It detects the camera fine, but I get the usual 'Unsupported  
> operation' error when I try to capture:
> 
> alexg@alexgdesktop:~/Desktop/gphoto2-2.3.1$ ./gphoto2/gphoto2 -- 
> capture-image
> *** Error ***
> Sorry, your camera does not support generic capture
> ERROR: Could not capture.
> *** Error (-6: 'Unsupported operation') ***
> 
> This happens with the camera in either "Print/PTP" or "PC Connection"  
> mode - as select for on the camera's menus.
> 
> Should the EOS350D work with remote capture (the docs say no, but I  
> thought the EXPERIMENTAL flag should have enabled it?)? If so, what  
> am I missing?

You must recompile "libgphoto2" using above CPPFLAGS ... line,
not "gphoto2".

Ciao, Marcus