Re: [Gphoto-user] Remote Image Capturing

[Daniel H. <ri...@ak...>]

Vom: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:16:41 -0800

> I was at the store yesterday (best buy), I haven't looked at lower
> priced(well 3 Megapixel cameras) in a while, suprisingly they were
> about $200 for a coolpix 3200. I checked online, and Wal mart has it
> for 189 + 7 dollars.
> 
> Though it would be ptp based, I assume you've already tried them.
> 

nope... it was not available in the shops around here....

> And just for fun ... looking at the 3mp oly's, the d535 (same as a
> c-370?) is under $150! I would guess it is sierra based.

don't know this one but i tried the Olympus D540 (which is about $110,-)
unfortunatly i could not manage the camera to get identified by the
usb-system at all. I switched it to PTP-Mode (iirc it's ptp but i tried
LOTS of cams in the last days so i maybe confuse it) and tried all
positions of the "menu-wheel" (the one with the "play" sign)
... nothing
either i did something wrong or it's propritary stuff... (like many cams
i've seen, most no-name) one had to capture and watch usb-traffic with
windows... since i always get very stressed by other customers and
shop-assistants during my "cam-probing sessions" with my notebook, it
could be possible that i didn't operate the camera correctly... (or it
already was broken, e.g. the usb-connector)

> If you do get something working, it would be good to hear of it on the
> list.

sure... i really need this. and it's almost no problem for windows...
even some lowest-price ($29) camera support simple time-lapse...
 
> There was some guy a couple years ago that was trying to use linux to
> take pictures at an amusement park (roller coaster I think), there
> were never any follow up posts from him.

i feel with this guy, man it's kinda frustrating... there's almost no
possibility to check every model. First shop-assistants don't like
messing with their cams, 2nd cameras almost always never got charged
batteries and most often fancy power connectors... and 3rd one can never
be sure if the cam won't work on linux or just got broken by some
customer before...

although the idea behind it all is so easy and the product is so
amazing... :)

cu
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