Re: MediSnap - GPLv3 medical photo system - just released
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 07:59:44AM +0100, Jan Kechel wrote:
> >> Sadly the most cool feature does not work: Take a picture while the
> >> camera is connected via usb, still having full control over the camera's
> >> own buttons/menu and automatically having the just token image
> >> transferred to the pc and displaying it while making the next foto.
> >
> > There's a *lot* of el-cheapo web cams which can do this sort
> > of thing free (beer/freedom) via v4l or even usb picture
> > mode (think Digikam & friends).
>
> Hi, I'm really curious if you are right!
>
> I tried three different SDKs (Canon SDK, Nikon SDK and Olympus SDK), and
> the only one where it really worked was a small subset: the Olympus
> E-System cameras in combination with there 'Mocha' driver.
>
> All other cameras i tried, switched themselves into some kind of
> pc-controlled mode as soon as you connect them via usb. Sure, you could
> still trigger a photo with your pc, but what we wanted is
> - - the camera fully operating like it wasn't connected to the pc
Aaah, OK, I didn't fully understand this requirement.
> The 2nd thing is, that we wanted to be able to take macro-photos of
> human skin, which is easily possible with macro lenses of the E-System.
Yeah, that's right, el-cheapo web cams won't support macro lenses :-)
Karsten
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