Trisquel-compatible digital camera?
Can anyone recommend a digital camera that works with Trisquel? Preferably for under $200 USD? I checked h-node.com, but they don't seem to list digital cameras, only webcams.
El mié, 31-08-2011 a las 07:46 +0200, akirashinigami escribió:
> Can anyone recommend a digital camera that works with Trisquel? Preferably
> for under $200 USD? I checked h-node.com, but they don't seem to list
> digital cameras, only webcams.
What kind of features do you have in mind about a camera?, do you need
something else apart reading the data stored?
AFAIK the digital cameras work as an usb pendrive when plugged to a usb
port, so you should not fear when buying one.
Cheers.
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I'm not looking for anything particularly fancy, just something I can use to take pictures, and transfer them to my computer.
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I have a Panasonic DMC-FZ7 that works. It takes very good pictures, can save them in .tiff or .jpg and makes videos in .mov format. it uses a mini-SD card which can be connected to the PC directly, or you can connect the whole camera over USB.
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If by Trisquel-compatible you mean "can be connected to a computer running Trisquel" then most cameras should work as they are recognized as mass storage devices when connected via USB and they support memory cards which can also be connected to a computer.
If instead you mean "the camera supports flashing of free firmware or comes pre-installed with free firmware that can be updated" that will probably limit your options. There are a few options however, such as CHD and Magic Lantern for Canon cameras:
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Firmware_Wiki
For example, this entry level camera can be used with CHDK if you have firmware version 1.00D:
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/A460
Note that using alternative firmware is not supported by Canon and it might also void their warranty.
Another option is to buy a camera that ships with free software (and preferably also open hardware), although as far as I know Eifel is the only company providing this and their cheapest camera seems to be 800 dollars:
http://www3.elphel.com/price_list
Their most expensive camera is very very expensive however:
http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Elphel_Eyesis#Price_and_Lead-Time
В 07:23 +0200 на 01.09.2011 (чт), name at domain написа:
> If by Trisquel-compatilbe you mean "can be connected to a computer running
> Trisquel" then most cameras should work as they are recognized as mass
> storage devices when connected via USB and they support memory cards which
> can also be connected to a computer.
I don't know for new models, but few year ago some cameras used the
Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP)[1] over USB. They did not provide mass
storage interface. The libgphoto2-2 library provides access to this
protocol. There are programs (apt-cache rdepends libgphoto2-2) that use
it.
>
> If instead you mean "the camera supports flashing of free firmware or comes
> pre-installed with free firmware that can be updated" that will probably
> limit your options. There are a few options however, such as Magic Lantern
> for Canon cameras (the supported cameras probably cost at least 500 dollars):
>
Also for some Canon cameras there is the CHDK firmware extension. [2] It
works on top of the proprietory factory firmware and provides some extra
features.
[1]http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
[2]https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol