[clug] Cannon cameras and Linux

[Michael James]

On Thursday 16 November 2006 1:07 pm, Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au wrote:
> Jason wrote:
> > I am thinking of getting a cannon digital camera.

> These days, I just pop the card from he camera and stick it in a card
> reader and use a file manager (well, "cp" actually but you get the idea)
> to manage the photos.

Since cameras used to be USB1 I use the cheap USB reader.
So $20 at the computer markets makes software irrelevant.


Canon make brilliant cameras, the D10/20/30 and lenses are great.

And we have a little Ixus 750 that downloads really pleasing results.

For an SLR go with the D series I mentioned.
For a happy snappy, the new Ixus 850 sounds really good.

Always get an optical viewfinder.
With the Ixus you can turn off the viewer on the back
 use the peephole and get good battery life. (up to 600 shots)

With a real SLR you can actually see what you're taking in pleasing detail.

So either go happy-snappy or full blown optical SLR.

There is NO joy using those intermediate cameras
 with laggy, lo-res eye-level viewers.

my $.02
michaelj

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No matter how much you pay for software,
 you always get less than you hoped.
Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.