Re: Nikon 2100 USB and Linux?
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 04:29:56PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> I just picked up a Nikon "CoolPix" 2100 for my wife. It has a cute
> little USB interface which oddly acts as a USB storage device. I'm
> curious though if anyone know if Gphoto or any other other software can
> interact with the camera directly so I can take pics with it web cam
> style etc?
I've just gotten a camera for Christmas myself and have been doing some
research.
This camera is listed in the database for gphoto, so it should be
readily usable. If not, all may not be lost. My camera, a HP 733 is
not listed. It may be a Wal-Mart version of the 735, but I can still
retrieve images, although not in a "fetch-all" mode. But you should be
able to. This is with a direct hookup.
When I speak of the "fetch-all" mode, gphoto2 has an option something
like --get-all-files which fetches all images stored on the camera.
Mine doesn't seem to want to do that, but gphoto lists the images as 1,
2, 3, ..etc and I can get them by using the option --get-file 1-10, or
whatever.
This PTP mode is some kind of image transfer protocol that the
cameras use. My camera can either connect to the computer in
this mode, or as a "mass storage device".
I don't have a cardreader yet, but to use them, I believe they are
mounted as a "mass storage device" You then read it just like you
would a mounted hard drive or whatever.
You might want to look at the "Digital-Camera HOWTO", and also check out
www.linux-usb.org.
HTH..
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