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From: notbob on 8 Jun 2010 22:32 On 2010-06-08, Ivan Rajkovic <ivanrajkovic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > can I use a card reader in my laptop or do I have to buy a card reader? I guess I should have clarified. I have a Canon camera, which has proprietary interface software in their cameras making it all but impossible to access the card like most cameras, namely, as USB storage media. Canons suck in this respect and require digikam, gphoto2, and a shitload of other dependency libs/apps. Easier to jes get a card reader, specially since I see nothing special about digikam's database system. I just dwnld the pics and look at them from gwenview or dolpin, both of which show files as thumbs. > > again, I don't need a card reader, but it would be nice if I can get > digikam to work. If that's what you want, go for it. slacky.eu has the slack pkg and all the dependencies, about a dozen last time I bothered with it. Have fun! nb
From: Henrik Carlqvist on 9 Jun 2010 02:22 notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > I have a Canon camera, which has proprietary interface software in their > cameras making it all but impossible to access the card like most > cameras, namely, as USB storage media. I also have a Canon digital camera. > Canons suck in this respect and require digikam, gphoto2, and a shitload > of other dependency libs/apps. I only use gphoto2, it only depends on libgphoto2 from the same upstream source. As I only use it to download pictures from the camera and erase pictures on the camera I have found gphoto2 from the command line is the most convenient way to use my camera. I also use some more utility to automatically rotate downloaded pictures taken in portrait mode. If you are interested I can check what the name of that utility is, I have it on my laptop. regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers: root(a)localhost postmaster(a)localhost
From: Michael Black on 9 Jun 2010 09:30 On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, notbob wrote: > On 2010-06-08, Ivan Rajkovic <ivanrajkovic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> can I use a card reader in my laptop or do I have to buy a card reader? > > I guess I should have clarified. I have a Canon camera, which has > proprietary interface software in their cameras making it all but > impossible to access the card like most cameras, namely, as USB > storage media. Canons suck in this respect and require digikam, > gphoto2, and a shitload of other dependency libs/apps. Easier to jes > get a card reader, specially since I see nothing special about > digikam's database system. I just dwnld the pics and look at them > from gwenview or dolpin, both of which show files as thumbs. > I just got a Canon two weeks ago, and I guess that explains why I see nothing when I plug in the camera. I hadn't given any thought to Linux compatibility, but then I was planning to use the cardreader since my previous camera, a hand me down, didn't come with a cable so I never was able to do things that way. I also discovered last week that the cardreader I bought five years ago doesn't read larger cards. So I'm stuck using the 128meg card that came with the camera, until I deal with that. Five years doesn't seem long enough ago to be too old. Michael
From: notbob on 9 Jun 2010 09:37 On 2010-06-09, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist(a)deadspam.com> wrote: > As I only use it to download pictures from the camera and erase pictures > on the camera I have found gphoto2 from the command line is the most > convenient way to use my camera. I could never get gphoto to see my camera. Even the full set-up with digikam was a bit iffy. OTOH, I think my Canon USB cord might have been compromised. I found a nick. The card reader solved that problem, too. The repeated removal/insertion of cards is a bogus argument, as one is often required to change cards as they become full. If a company can't design/build a camera that will hold up to a simple and forseen task like changing out memory cards, it doesn't deserve to live. Regardless, it appears the OP is enamored with digikam's database capabilities, whatever those might be. Myself, I thought it was a PIA and yet another reason to quit using it. But, like he said, my needs may be different. So, if he likes and prefers digikam, who am I to judge. ;) nb
From: notbob on 9 Jun 2010 15:12
On 2010-06-09, Michael Black <et472(a)ncf.ca> wrote: >> > I just got a Canon two weeks ago, and I guess that explains why > I see nothing when I plug in the camera. I hadn't given any thought > to Linux compatibility, but then I was planning to use the cardreader > since my previous camera, a hand me down, didn't come with a cable so > I never was able to do things that way. > > I also discovered last week that the cardreader I bought five years > ago doesn't read larger cards. So I'm stuck using the 128meg card Apparently, I munged my first reply, so I'll do it again. Get a card reader that reads AND writes and accommodates more than one card (not at same time). Shouldn't have to pay more that $20-30. I've used both SD and CF cards in Canons and my Slack 13 sees them both as a simple scsi drive. #df /dev/sda1 3841024 55616 3785408 2% /mnt/key I use mount -t auto with no probs. nb |