gphoto2

I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team
of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux distributions
like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Mandriva,
etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows XP?

il barbi

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:58:45 +0200, il barbi wrote:
I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team
of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux distributions
like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Mandriva,
etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows XP?


No trick. Format your hard drive and install Ubuntu, or $LINUX_DISTRO.


What part of "runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system[s]" is
unclear?

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:58:45 +0200, il barbi wrote:


I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team
of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux distributions
like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Mandriva,
etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows XP?

The days of running a proprietary camera protocol over a serial cable are
gone. There's no reason to use gphoto any more.

Take your camera, connect it via USB, and the usb-storage kernel module
will let you mount the camera as an external drive. Use hal if you want to
automount newly discovered drives.

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:42:42 +0000, AZ Nomad wrote:

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:58:45 +0200, il barbi
wrote:


I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole
team of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800
cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux
distributions like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE
Linux, Mandriva, etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows
XP?

The days of running a proprietary camera protocol over a serial cable
are gone. There's no reason to use gphoto any more.

Take your camera, connect it via USB, and the usb-storage kernel module
will let you mount the camera as an external drive. Use hal if you want
to automount newly discovered drives.

Doesn't the PIP protocol which gphoto supports enable remote control on
some cameras? What about live preview and capturing direct to hard
disc? If my camera had this functionality via gphoto I would be using
this for studio photography rather than my current method (Mass Storage/
Card Readers). But according to gphoto my camera doesn't support this
the 'Capture' or 'Preview' functions. I wonder which cameras do...

Graham E

AZ Nomad writes:

The days of running a proprietary camera protocol over a serial cable are
gone. There's no reason to use gphoto any more.

If you ever need to get photos off of someone else's older camera, it's
handy to have gphoto2 installed.

Also, which would you rather type?

gphoto2 -P
cp -p /media/usbdisk/*/*.{JPG,AVI} ./

I have it installed on my laptop just in case I need to copy photos from
someone else's camera, but I find myself using it a lot, even with my
card reader.

--

http://ourdoings.com/
Amazingly simple photo sharing

"il barbi" wrote:
I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team
of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux distributions
like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Mandriva,
etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows XP?

il barbi

To quote a 12 year old Dilbert Cartoon,

Wally: "Hold it right there, buddy."

"That scruffy beard...
those suspenders...
that smug expression..."

"You're one of those
condescending UNIX computer users!

Nerd: "Here's a nickel, kid, get
yourself a better computer."


(With thanks to Scott Adams, who of course owns that
particular cartoon.)


Unfortunately, last time I checked gphoto couldn't do
much of anything useful with Nikon DSLR's...

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)

AZ Nomad wrote:
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:58:45 +0200, il barbi wrote:

I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team
of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux distributions
like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Mandriva,
etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows XP?

The days of running a proprietary camera protocol over a serial cable are
gone. There's no reason to use gphoto any more.

Take your camera, connect it via USB, and the usb-storage kernel module
will let you mount the camera as an external drive. Use hal if you want to
automount newly discovered drives.

What you say is basically true for cameras, such as
Nikon, that can only be supported as a storage device.

However, the main use for gphoto is to control the
camera remotely, not as a means to download images
(though there are circumstances where that would be very
useful too).

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)

On 07 Jun 2007 07:09:59 -0400, Bruce Lewis wrote:


AZ Nomad writes:

The days of running a proprietary camera protocol over a serial cable are
gone. There's no reason to use gphoto any more.

If you ever need to get photos off of someone else's older camera, it's
handy to have gphoto2 installed.
Oh yeah. Big demand for working with .5-1.5MP cameras. Wanna buy my old
kodak DC260? It only weighs about 5 pounds and I have a pair of lovely 32MB
memory cards for it. You'll need some new rechargeable AA batteries for it
as it'll go through a set of alkalines in about ten minutes.

Also, which would you rather type?

gphoto2 -P
cp -p /media/usbdisk/*/*.{JPG,AVI} ./
neither.

I don't use linux entirely from the command line. I pop in a memory card,
or connect a usb cable, and then click a single icon to open a window.
About 1/5th the effort of using gphoto2 and no setup was ever involved.

AZ Nomad writes:

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:58:45 +0200, il barbi wrote:


I discovered from www.gphoto.org that there is such softwa

(quoted) gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital
camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team
of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 800 cameras

gPhoto2 runs on a large range of UNIX-like operating system, including
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. gPhoto is provided by major Linux distributions
like Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Mandriva,
etc.

has anyone tried it? is there some trick to run this sw under Windows XP?

The days of running a proprietary camera protocol over a serial cable are
gone. There's no reason to use gphoto any more.

Take your camera, connect it via USB, and the usb-storage kernel module
will let you mount the camera as an external drive. Use hal if you want to
automount newly discovered drives.

Not every camera supports USB mass storage. For example, neither my Fuji F30
and Canon S1 support it, but gphoto2 can happily download from the via PTP. I
do wish somebody cracked the MTP protocol so I can do remote firing with my
Olympus DSLRs.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

Jim Townsend writes:

Graham Evans wrote:

Doesn't the PIP protocol which gphoto supports enable remote control on
some cameras? What about live preview and capturing direct to hard
disc?

It's PTP (Picture transfer protocol). This is a universal protocol
used by all major camera manufacturers. As far as I know, picture
transfer protocol can only transfer pictures.

Umm, there are major vendors that don't support PTP. There are major vendors
that don't support USB mass storage. The world is a complex place.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org