Linux & Digital Cameras
- Presented on Wednesday, July 18 to the Worcester Linux Users Group by Marc Hughes
Ways To Connect
- Serial Devices
- Parellel Devices
- USB Devices
- Firewire
- IRDA Devices
- Network Devices
Linux Camera Software
GPhoto 0.4.x
- http://www.gphoto.net/
- The Latest "Stable" version 0.4.3
- Provides an application
- Serial & USB Support
- USB Is hit or miss
depending on camera
Supported Cameras In 0.4.x
GPhoto 0.4.x Demo
- Camera: Kodak DC280
- Interface: USB
- Max Resolution: 1760 x 1168
- Max Color Depth: 24bpp
GPhoto 2.x
- In Active Development
- Library & API, not a single application
- Several Frontends
- Command Line
- GtKam
- GnoCam
- Gnome Virtual File System (Viewable in Nautilus)
- Konquerer IO Slave
Supported Cameras in 2.x
GnoCam
GtKam
- GTK Front End
- Now Part of the gPhoto project
- Get it from the gPhoto CVS tree
Konquerer Demo
- Get it from latest KDE CVS - In the KDEGraphics module
- It Implements a KIO Slave - kio_kamera
- Donated from The Kompany www.thekompany.com
- Still VERY beta.
- I had to hack source code to make it work.
- Still doesn't download the full sized image correctly
- Why Demo It?
- Show where things are going
- It's pretty cool
JPhoto
Resources
- GPhoto: http://www.gphoto.net
- JPhoto: http://jphoto.sourceforge.net
- Generic (non linux specific) info on digital cameras: http://www.dcresource.com/
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High Quality Printing
With Gimp Print