Jaunty and my Fujifilm camera

[Karl F. Larsen]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Â  Â  Â  Â 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

	Good to know. I think the nearby Dollar Tree has what I use, 
mini-B on one end and standard on the other. Will look.

Thank you!

Karl




> 
> 
>> Â  Â  Â  Â 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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