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wilmerhenao

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[SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

Hi.

I just want to see my pictures in my desktop, I wonder what is the best route, should I connect the camera or just the microsdxc card.

I'm thinking plugging in the microsd card memory is the simplest way to go, but lsblk only sees the name of the card "sdc" and it says that it only has 1M, when this is a 64Gb card. Also, it doesn't show a filesystem for the card. I wonder if someone has some experience transfering files from the camera into arch.

Thanks.

Last edited by wilmerhenao (2017-07-11 20:14:47)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

First, are you pictures backed up elsewhere?  If not, stop and see to that. Now.

Then, do you know what the partition structure and the partition types of the card should be?
Edit:  And what are you plugging the uSD card into?

Last edited by ewaller (2017-07-11 02:14:46)

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wilmerhenao

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

Ok. So the pictures are nothing to worry about. I just got the camera and I'm playing with it.

I think I just figured out the format of the card using sudo fdisk -l

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1       32768 124735487 124702720 59.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

I installed something called ntfs-3g and I'm at this point:

sudo ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /home/wilmer/photocanon/
ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '/dev/sdc1': No such file or directory

That's where I am right now.

wilmerhenao

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

update: This just seems like a strange file system:

sudo blkid /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Digital_Cameras

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wilmerhenao

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

I checked that, unfortunately my camera is not in the list. It's a rebel SL1. I think I'll just have to figure out how to mount the microsd card instead.

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

It is not unlikely to be exFAT

pacman -Ss exfat; printf "have fun\n"

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loadlover

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

It seems to me that your problem is mounting the camera's filesystem - and I'm talking about leaving the SD card in the camera, as this makes it less hassle for you.

If this is the case, then it's worth investigating what protocol the camera expects you to use. The options are MTP, PTP or USB Mass Storage. If you have a choice (and you may be able to select this in your camera's config), you should probably go for MTP, as this is the 'latest'.

This link https://www.howtogeek.com/192732/androi … s-storage/ explains some basic stuff, albeit for Android phones, but it's the same deal for modern digital cameras.

Really, your Desktop Environment (I use GNOME w/ Nautilus) should have no problem recognizing and mounting your camera automatically.

Loady

PS: I don't see how ntfs-3g is relevant, as you're not trying to WRITE to the camera, just READ from it. Well, that's to say I don't think you need to add an entry for your camera in /etc/fstab when you can just use a temporary mount for this. To mount as root:

mkdir -p /media/sdc1
mount /dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1

Or to mount as user, get the pmount package from the AUR and:

pmount /dev/sdc1

In either case, you will find your SD card in /media/sdc1. Let me know how it goes.

Last edited by loadlover (2017-07-11 15:32:55)

arch_jsb

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

Unsure if this answer suitable here, but gphoto2 can sometimes by CLI enable one to migrate to the camera's storage place(s) whether on the camera or a SD card...

/edit/  two words misspelled, corrected.

Last edited by arch_jsb (2017-07-12 11:33:49)

wilmerhenao

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Re: [SOLVED] Canon DSLR camera file transfer

Thank you all for your help. I gave it a try and it seems like my camera IS actually supported. So gphoto2 is good.

Since we moved to newbie, I'm putting the steps here for the future based on this experience:

1)  a. Make sure that you disable 'auto power off' in your camera, otherwise your camera will just disappear.
     b. Turn it off, connect via USB cable and turn on again.

2)  Install libgphoto2, gvfs-photo2 AND gphoto2 as suggested in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Digital_Cameras, but don't worry reading if your camera is supported or not, just try it.

3) $ gphoto2 --summary (--list-ports doesn't list my dslr camera for some reason, so use summary instead)

4) cd to the directory that you want and type gphoto2 --get-all-files, your files will be downloaded to that directory.