From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 23 18:51:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from n5ial.gnt.com (n5ial.gnt.com [204.49.69.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C937037B401 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 18:51:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jim@localhost) by n5ial.gnt.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA15334 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:51:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:51:33 -0500 From: Jim Graham To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: digital camera suggestions for FreeBSD 4.1.1 Message-ID: <20011023205133.A15162@n5ial.gnt.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i X-PGP: see http://www.gnt.net/~n5ial for PGP Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG First, let me apologize---this question is only 50% FreeBSD related, but also let me explain.... I'm thinking about buying a digital camera, but have found my choices for cameras that use a floppy (and thus are easily supported by anything) to be rather limited (Sony Mavica MVC-FD92 seems to be the only real choice there). So, I'm looking for suggestions on a camera that will interface easily with FreeBSD 4.1.1. That's *THE* reason why I'm posting this here.... Also, I should add, I've never used USB---I've seen the cables, but that's as far as it goes, so don't assume any useful background there. Assume idiot-mode on that topic. :-( Here's what I'm looking for: a digital camera in the $500--$700 price range (US dollars), roughly 2 Megapixels (or better), that can interface easily with FreeBSD 4.1.1 on a PC platform (USB available...don't know how to use it or what to do with it). Preferably, I'd like one with optical zoom, the ability to add/swap lenses (wide angle, telephoto, etc.), filters, and so on, but those may well drive it out of my price range. Ability to record MPEGs would be nice, but rarely used. A decent amount of internal memory, and extra NiCad or Li Ion battery packs are both in the must-have category. If anyone has used any digital cameras that fit into these categories, please let me know what brand/model, your impressions, your typical usage of the camear (i.e., simple stuff for web pages or memory pics, amateur photography, professional photography, etc.), and so on. If you reply directly to the list, please CC me at jim@n5ial.gnt.net. As of 11Sep01, I'm not home much, and am roughly 7000 messages behind on this dist.list (I did a quick check, and found some messages that start to answer some of my questions, but not all).... Thanks, --jim -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running FreeBSD 4.1.1 > jim@n5ial.gnt.net || j.graham@ieee.org ICBM / Hurricane: 30.39735N 86.60439W Down, not across. --alt.sysadmin.recovery motto To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message