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From: Marcus M. <mei...@su...> - 2017-03-17 06:20:15
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 09:46:04AM -0700, Anand1227 wrote: > Hi Marcus, > > Thank you for the quick response. I think I solved the problem. While I was > installing the latest version of libgphoto2, I did not remove the old one. > Meaning, I had two instances of libgphoto2. So I completely removed > everything relating to gphoto2 and made a new installation. And now it seems > to work smoothly. Sorry for the trouble. > > However, I have few more questions. > > About installation: > > I have two options: "libusb" and "libusb-1" in USB-PORTS, when I run > ./configure. In my pi, I dint have libusb-1 before, and it used libusb > alone. Now, while installing the whole gphoto2 libraries again, I installed > libusb-1 as well. And it seems to work better. What is the difference > between these libraries? Just a different implementation of USB ? libusb 1 is the current new version of libusb and has some features we prefer to use, like asynchronous USB Interrupt reception. So libusb1 is recommended over libusb0. > Sony Alpha series: > > 1) Camera zoom: I was playing with --list-config commands for my sony Alpha > 6000 and 7r. But I couldn't find any implementation for camera zoom. Am I > missing something here? Has it been implemented already? Is the zoom motor driven? We had this query before, but so far were not able to make out if that is possible or not. > 2) GPS data: Before every image capture, I want to give gps data to the > camera so that it can add it to the jpeg file. Is it possible to do this? None of the exposed property values seem to suggest the possibility, While there always is the possibility of a yet unknown vendor method to set it, it seems unlikely. Ciao, Marcus |