Re: Digikam - Camera not recognized correctly
On Saturday 01 March 2008, David Fox wrote:
> On 2/28/08, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > May be irrelevant, but I just got an FE-340, and gphoto2 (which
> > digikam uses to take to the camera) sees it perfectly in MTP (is
> > that the same as PTP?) mode. In "storage" mode, gphoto2 thinks it's
> > a C-310Z, and can't see that there are pictures.
>
> mtp is a "microsoft" transport protocol, and is somewhat similar but I
> don't believe it to be the same thing as ptp. Oddly enough, a while
> back I ran against the same problem with an "el cheapo" keychain type
> digital camera (have since gotten a "real" camera, so at this point
> it's just curiosity) that would only work with latest & greatest
> gphoto2, with some help from the gphoto2 mailing list.
>
> But I bring it up because the experience clued me in sufficiently to
> handle the problem of how I connect to my Iriver T3 mp3 player, which
> uses the mtp protocol, 'libmtp' in debian. (Of course, now, the player
> is set up to nicely sync with amarok).
>
> Another point - if the camera isn't supported directly with digikam,
> it may be easier to get a cheap USB multicard reader (set me back $5
> at Fry's) and then transfer images via it rather than the camera
> itself. I do this for the basic reason that I can do anything with the
> card (i.e., use the shell) because it is a mounted device directory.
> Of course, this has the potential drawback (hey, it happened to me)
> that somehow the write protect tab *broke off* and I had to arrange
> for a replacement with Sandisk. But hey, initial problems and
> confusion over which proprietary USB cable to use early on
> necessitated a repurchase of a USB cable from Kodak. (dang proprietary
> USB cables!). So there doesn't seem to be a win either way.
>
> > Ron Johnson, Jr.
> > Jefferson LA USA
I can connect by selecting printer in the camera, and then by Camera-Browse
Media in digikam. It's just not as convenient as it would be if it worked
directly.
ii digikam 2:0.9.3-1
digital photo management application for KDE
ii gphoto2 2.4.0-1
The gphoto2 digital camera command-line client
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C. Hurschler
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