Nikon Coolpix 2500 and tethering to a computer

[Net Llama!]

On 12/22/02 06:14, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Now that the coolpix is working fine as intended (take pictures, attach
> camera to usb port, and mount the camera), I want to make it work perhaps in
> a way that wasn't intended.
> 
> The problem with the scenario above is that when the usb cable is plugged
> into the camera, it is no longer possible to keep taking pictures. My
> hope is that this camera, or any other type of digital camera, while
> hooked up to a linux computer via the usb port, can be used to take
> pictures, and those picture can immediately be made available to a program
> running on the linux box for further processing.  The idea would be to
> rename, label, and transmit the photos as soon as they are taken. Having
> to take a group of photos, then plug in the cable, etc.  might be too
> much of a bother in a real world situation.

I would assume that this isn't possible,  because its essentially trying 
to mount the same filesystem twice, read-write, no less.

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