From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 25 8:20:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AC137B401 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:20:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailx.meridianksi.net (mailx.meridianksi.net [207.86.113.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFFAD43FA3 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:20:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdewalt@meridianksi.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Digital Cameras Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:24:12 -0500 Message-ID: <586382797A07B841B4014F547581E0AF35C2@mailx.meridianksi.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Digital Cameras Thread-Index: AcLysESn61PiuQT9TiKxNr06jSzWjQAOaanw From: "Ryan Dewalt" To: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I personally have a Kodak DC-50, and A DC-3200, both use PCMCIA = flash(the DC50) and Compact Flash (the DC3200). I pop the cards into my = laptop's PCMCIA slot, and it shows up as "/dev/ad1" (unless I'm using a = certain brand card, which shows up as "/dev/ad8" I mount with (as root)"mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s1 /camera" and can = manipulate the files as if it was any other file system. (The DC50 uses = an unfortunately closed .KDC file format, I need wine and the windows = converter to convert into .jpg The DC3200 saves natively as jpegs.) = Copy the files over to the local computer, and process them as needed. My decision for getting the cameras was actually the ease of connection = to FreeBSD. (That, and I have quite a few compact flash cards, why get = a wholly different media format if I don't have to.) Any CF-using = camera should have the same ease. I -do- have a dinky USB pencam. I cannot get it to function reliably. = But, that's acceptable, it was a "returns bin" purchase, and of = useless-for-my-needs quality. -R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message