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From: John K. Herreshoff on 9 Jun 2010 17:14 notbob wrote: > 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 Listen to the Not Man: he's on the money. I've got several and would not think of bothering to download from my Nikon again unless I was miles away from my card reader. I always travel with a card reader these days. John. -- Using the jch_box.
From: Ivan Rajkovic on 9 Jun 2010 18:38 On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:37:09 +0000, notbob wrote: > 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 well, the most usefull feature for me is batch processing: capability to select ~10 pics from an album with ~300 pics, resize them to 1600x1200 and save new files to a different folder. Very usefull for emailing. If someone has a different solution for this, I would be very thankfull for sharing the info -- i.
From: John F. Morse on 9 Jun 2010 21:01 Ivan Rajkovic wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:37:09 +0000, notbob wrote: > > >> 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 >> > > well, the most usefull feature for me is batch processing: capability to > select ~10 pics from an album with ~300 pics, resize them to 1600x1200 > and save new files to a different folder. Very usefull for emailing. > If someone has a different solution for this, I would be very thankfull > for sharing the info > My personal use for digiKam is only a database for maintaining thousands of images, and viewing them. The only editing I might do would be to rotate an image. For other editing, I'll use the GIMP. One other neat image utility for batch processing and more is ImageMagick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMagick If you don't appreciate the command line interface (terminal), then avoid ImageMagick! There is no pointy-clicky. -- John When a person has -- whether they knew it or not -- already rejected the Truth, by what means do they discern a lie?
From: Grant on 9 Jun 2010 21:45 On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:30:46 -0400, Michael Black <et472(a)ncf.ca> wrote: >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. SDHC? Does the cam offer USB memory interface option? My Nikon DLSR does, but not my Canon A580 P&S. I'm thinking later Canon models might offer that option? In any case I find it easy to use an external card reader with a linux box. Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/
From: Grant on 9 Jun 2010 21:53
On 9 Jun 2010 22:38:51 GMT, Ivan Rajkovic <ivanrajkovic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:37:09 +0000, notbob wrote: > >> 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 > >well, the most usefull feature for me is batch processing: capability to >select ~10 pics from an album with ~300 pics, resize them to 1600x1200 >and save new files to a different folder. Very usefull for emailing. >If someone has a different solution for this, I would be very thankfull >for sharing the info I like Irfanview on 'doze, yeah, not real helpful. I haven't mastered the Linux batch processor, part of ImageMagick -- it can do this automagical image batch stuff. Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/ |