Need Linux digital camera advice

[Siri Amrit Kaur]

On Tuesday 06 September 2005 07:00 pm Jared Anderson kindly wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:48:18 -0700, Siri Amrit Kaur writes:
> >I'm wanting to get a digital camera. I don't know anything about
> >digital cameras or how to get them to work in Linux. I've never
> >attached a USB device of any kind to my computer, I'm that far
> > behind the times. My son has an Olympus Camedia C-50 and it takes
> > great pictures. I've searched, but can't tell if it's supported
> > in Linux.
> >
> >From what I've been reading, what I really need is a flash reader
> >that's supported in Linux- the camera model doesn't matter so
> > much. Do y'all agree? If so, what do I need to know about flash
> > readers- or anything else camera-related-  before I buy one?
> >
> >Thanks for any advice you can give me.
> >
> >Siri Amrit
>
> I've used both the flash reader and USB connection directly and
> have never had any issues.  I've even plugged in a cheap little USB
> camera I bought for my kids in and it worked without problem.  I
> use gtkam and it works like a charm (http://gphoto.org/proj/gtkam).
>  Only thing I can't do is adjust some of the camera settings
> through the PC.
>
> If my memory serves me right, any camera that doesn't use PTP mode,
> can be mounted as a mass storage device.  Depending on your kernel,
> you would need the modules usb-storage and sd-mod.  These cameras
> basically are a flash reader in themselves.
>
> If it is a PTP camera, then you'd have to use software to get the
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Thanks, Jared.

Siri Amrit