Jaunty and my Fujifilm camera

[Dotan Cohen]

>        Awhile back there were lots of talk about cameras not working
> on Ubuntu. I got around to it and unpacked the VERY special
> USB cable that came with my Fujifilm Finepix S1500 camera.
>

That's a mini-B plug, nothing special about it:
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus


>        Plugged the tiny plug into the camera and turned it on. Then
> put the normal size plug into my computer. I watched and the
> kernel did something and then a panel came up asking how I
> wanted to handle the pictures. I choose Fspot and it got  all
> the pictures titles to see. I selected one picture and saved
> it on my desktop. Then I sent that picture to Wal Mart via the
> Internet. I will pick up 5 prints tomorrow.
>

With the possible exception of Polaroid cameras, all large digital
camera manufactures support USB Mass Storage today. Some, like Canon,
will have extra features when used in proprietary mode, but for
transferring pictures Mass Storage is more than adequate (actually
preferable in most cases).

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Dotan Cohen

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