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Branta

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Registered: 2007-05-05

Posts: 36

Digital Camera pictures

I have a Nikon E4600 usb camera

1.  How do I download pictures from it to my Dell Latitude C400 laptop?

I tried this:

mkdir /mnt/camera

and put this in /etc/fstab:

# Start usb digital camera
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/camera auto noauto,user,rw,exec,noatime 0 0
# if you want it to mount at boot take out noauto option
# End usb digital camera

but the camera does not mount.

I mount my flash drive using the same code but used /mnt/USB (of course).

2.  Is there a package I should get or should I simply copy the pictures on the camera to the laptop as I do a flash drive?

--- Bob ---

samoturk

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From: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 86

Re: Digital Camera pictures

Your camera doesn't support mass storage protocol, so you can't mount it. It supports PTP transfer mode. So you'll need libgphoto2 and one of the many frontends for it. I use KDE and it works flawlessly. Camera (mine is Canon) is deteced and it then offers me to open it in konqueror or digiKam.

Acid7711

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From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2006-08-18

Posts: 300

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Re: Digital Camera pictures

Yeah, PTP is a pita, however with HAL You shouldn't even be needing that to mount your flash drive, or much of anything else for that matter??  Back in the day I needed for cdrom, flash drive, camera, but not anymore.

Last edited by Acid7711 (2007-06-02 18:55:55)

Branta

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Registered: 2007-05-05

Posts: 36

Re: Digital Camera pictures

pacman -Ss libgphoto2

returned gphoto2 that I installed with

pacman -S gphoto2

successfully.

1.  What KDE camera package should I stall?

      a.  What is the name I should use with pacman?

--- Bob ---

Branta

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Registered: 2007-05-05

Posts: 36

Re: Digital Camera pictures

pacman -S digikam

installed digikam.

The cable is connected to the USB port and the camera is on.

In digikam 'Camera' --> auto-detect finds my Nokia 4600a..  I click on 'OK'

It is a PTP camera.

I get this error:

Failed to connect to the camera. Please make sure it is connected properly and turned on. Would you like to try again?

I cannot import images.

I am the only user on laptop.

I installed gphoto2 before digikam.

1.  Is there a permission problem?

2.  Should I install HAL on this KDE system?

--- Bob ---

Acid7711

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From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2006-08-18

Posts: 300

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Re: Digital Camera pictures

I'd guess you already have HAL installed on the system, if you don't it's very nice and I'd really recommend it.

The problem your describing might be caused it you aren't a member of the 'camera' user group.  Try adding yourself to it and seeing if that helps.  digikam works great for my gf, and I personally have found it to be the best of the programs like it.

Last edited by Acid7711 (2007-06-02 23:56:04)

mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: Digital Camera pictures

Also, (if you have not already) you may have to set the camera status to "view pictures".

Branta

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Registered: 2007-05-05

Posts: 36

Re: Digital Camera pictures

I know I should know this but...

1.  What do I do logged  in only as root in a terminal window to set 'bob' to 'camera' group?

2.  What command to list groups and the users with access?

--- Bob ---

samoturk

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From: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 86

Re: Digital Camera pictures

1: gpasswd -a bob camera

2: cat /etc/group

Branta

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Registered: 2007-05-05

Posts: 36

Re: Digital Camera pictures

That worked perfectly.

Thanks for making my task easier.

Digikam works fine too.

--- Bob ---

Branta

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Registered: 2007-05-05

Posts: 36

Re: Digital Camera pictures

Here is a compilation of notes I made when directed to do certain things while asking how to get my Nokia E4600, PTP camera so digikam would connect to it and transfer the pictures to my laptop.

I also have an Olympus D-510 that is a USB direct storage camera.  Once it was detected as outlined below the images were transferred.

You must have the gphoto2 database installed as set forth below.  It has over 400 camera's specification in it's database.

It is best to use auto-detect in digikam-->camera as outlined below.

Good Luck and please report any errors in the following outline.

--- Bob ---

-------------------- The Outline --------------------

Install libgphoto2, the database of 400+ cameras
    pacman -Ss libgphoto2
    It is gphoto2
        pacman -S gphoto2
    Install hal:
        pacman -S hal, to be sure do 'pacman -Ss hal' to get the package name

Now digikam, the great photograph application
    pacman -S digikam

One must be a member of the 'camera' group.  Log out as user and log in as / (root) and in a terminal window do:
        gpasswd -a bob camera
    To see who is assigned to all the groups:
        cat /etc/group

Start digikam-->camera-->add Camera-->Auto-Detect to set up the camera.

Camera-->click on the already detected camera and the images in the camera will be displayed.  You can select the ones you want by clicking on the photo while pressing the Control Key, or you can select them all by pressing the button or click the left mouse key while pressing the Control A.  Download the photographs to the computer.  You can delete them by selecting as indicated or pressing Control A and they will all be selected.  Click on the Delete button to delete them from the camera.