Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:28:35 +0100 From: Mark Drayton <mark.drayton@izr.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jim@n5ial.gnt.net Subject: Re: digital camera suggestions for FreeBSD 4.1.1 Message-ID: <20011025232835.A57001@drex.staff.izr.com> In-Reply-To: <20011023205133.A15162@n5ial.gnt.net>; from jim@n5ial.gnt.net on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:51:33PM -0500 References: <20011023205133.A15162@n5ial.gnt.net>
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Jim Graham (jim@n5ial.gnt.net) wrote: > 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. I've got a 2.1 megapixel Canon Powershot A20 which I'm pretty pleased with. It has a 3x optical zoom and swappable lense support (although maybe not of the kind you're looking for). It uses CF cards which are cheaper than Smart Media (at least they are in the UK). It uses AA batteries which is great if you're out and you need new batteries as everywhere sells AA. It's not good because the don't last long. I use it as a general purpose camera for web pages, memories etc. A review can be found at: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canona20/ UK list price is about £320. Some of the Powershot range is supported by ports/graphics/s10sh which provides a command line or interactive interface to the camera via its USB port. Out of the box this port didn't work with the A20 but it was trivial to patch support in. I can't get hold of the author to submit the patch back to him so if anyone wants a copy mail me off-list. The USB stuff is really easy; just add usbd_enable="YES" to rc.conf, kldload usb and ugen, plug in the camera and start up s10sh. Cheers, -- Mark Drayton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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