[clug] Remote Control and Capture with Digital (Still) Cameras

[Adam Baxter]

Misread, sorry, ignore me.

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Adam Baxter <voltagex at voltagex.org> wrote:

> What are the requirements for image quality? 1MP, 2MP, more?
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> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:14 PM, steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>wrote:
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>> I'd like to experiment with controlling a digital camera from a
>> computer. i.e. more than just using the camera in USB Mass Storage mode,
>> or swapping out the flash memory.
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>> Minimally, I'd like to be able to 'take a picture' and upload the image
>> to the computer. Something like the 'Image Capture' App in OS/X.
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>> From what I've read, this requires a camera with "PTP" support.
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>> I've found gphoto, 'capture' (for Canon only. seems old) and libptp2.
>> <http://www.gphoto.org/>
>> <http://capture.sourceforge.net/>
>> <http://ptp.sourceforge.net/>
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>> Second part of the question is related to buying a new camera, does
>> anyone in the group do this already?
>> Are there cameras to avoid, or ones that work better?
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>> I've seen the notion list of 1100 cameras supported by gphoto/libptp,
>> but wanted 'war stories'...
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>> I'm after a low- to mid-priced 'compact' camera for this, not a DSLR
>> (unless it's ~$400). 5-12M-pixel. SD-card or CF.
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>> Apparently there are some cameras (Canon Coolpix?) that have 'wireless'
>> interfaces. I'm guessing they mean 802.11 or bluetooth.
>> Any stories, warnings, caveats about that?
>>
>> cheers
>> steve
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