[NBLUG/talk] Digital cameras

[Aaron Grattafiori]

Bill Kendrick wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:02:47PM -0800, Kyle Rankin wrote:
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>>Almost every camera I've seen nowadays act as a usb storage device when you
>>hook it up to a computer whether it's Windows, Mac, or Linux, so you can
>>treat it just like a usb hard drive and copy the files off of it. Basically
>>I'd recommend finding the camera you like first, then doing a bit of
>>research to see if it acts as a usb storage device. Chances are it does.
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>And if that doesn't work, just pick one that has removable media that
>you can use easily under Linux (e.g., FAT-formatted Compact Flash, which
>you can access as a removable drive using an inexpensive USB reader or,
>in laptops, for example, a CF->PCMCIA adapter.)
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>(Honestly, I /never/ plug my camera into my Linux box, since it's so easy
>to take the CF card out and plug it into my reader.)
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This is what I do as well. I have a USB multi-card reader, and a CF card
thats fat32..
All I do is just mount it and browse the files...

Good image/thumbnail programs are flphoto (kinda strange, but useful)
and xzgv.

-Aaron