gphoto install

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Bob Raymond wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>
> >Ahhh.   Well, keep in mind that the 460 is a serial port camera, where the
> >380 is USB.  I have no clue about xferring pix from the camera to the PC
> >via USB, other than mounting it as a SCSI drive.  That would mean that
> >photopc is no longer needed (or gphoto for that matter).
> >
> >
>
> So is that what one should do with any USB camera?  Excuse me, I'm

THat's my understanding.  Like i said, my 460 is serial, but from what
i've read, you should be able to mount any USB storage device as SCSI.

> totally clueless.  Two cameras that I'd
> like to connect:  Olympus C4040Z and Fujifilm 6900Z.  Haven't gotten
> around to trying them yet, but hardware
> troubles have been more important lately.  Both are my Linux-hating
> parent's cameras, as well.

So are they both USB only, or do you have a serial cable for them?

>
> Last time I had my SmartMedia reader plugged in, Gentoo detected it when
> detecting SCSI drives once, but I
> couldn't try mounting because no card in device and other more important
> things to do.

I think that if you have a smartcard reader, then they are definitely SCSI
(again, from what i've read).  You should, however, also be able to plug
the camera directly into the PC with the USB cable, and mount the device.

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