From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 16:04:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 022521065748 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:04:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D588FC1E for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:04:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYhxg-0000dP-Le; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:04:00 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1OYhxg-0002LF-A3; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:04:00 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6DG40XB087513; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:04:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o6DG40Hl087512; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:04:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:03:59 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20100713160359.GA87503@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100713085921.GA85064@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100713121540.eabdb2ee.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100713145930.GB86788@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100713175211.6990d08d.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100713175211.6990d08d.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble mounting USB digital camera X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:04:03 -0000 On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 05:52:11PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:30 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > This is some ancient Kodak DC280. > > I couldn't find how to do (b), > > but (a) worked fine. > > It's quite possible that this camera is PTP only, so using programs > like gphoto2, gtkam or digikam are a very easy way to use them - and > gphoto2 can also be used to automate things. > > The Kodak DC280 really looks ancient (that's nothing bad per se), in > fact, I thought I looked at my Kodak DC210 because the rear panel > nearly looks the same; this one IS ancient because it doesn't even > have USB - it's serial connected. > > I think your camera has a CF card you can eject? In this case, you > can, if available, use an USB card reader to go the regular mount > way. So if you wish to use a mount-based way of accessing files, > maybe using the pure card is a way to go. well.. I do hope that I'll find a better camera lying around next time. This one has some problems with focus as well. Anyway, gphoto2 is an excellent program, it does all I need, so I don't really need to do anything else. many thanks for your advice anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423