WebCam Cannon powershot A520
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sat Sep 26 22:56:43 UTC 2009
On 09/26/2009 03:38 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:21 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>> Yes - I've been playing around with this same camera, and it behaves
>>> the way you describe. However, in 'viewing' mode, it should still be
>>> possible to issue a command to gphoto to capture an image from the
>>> camera.
>>
>> The A520 or the A75? If A75 it will not be possible as the A75 shuts
>> down the USB port when you switch from view to picture mode.
>
> According to the gphoto docs, the A75 should support remote control as
> well. But as you noted, you must leave the camera in view mode to
> establish a usb connection. What happens when you issue these two
> commands (after plugging in the camera and unmounting the storage):
>
> gphoto2 --auto-detect -L
Interesting - thanks! Never new about the gphoto2 options. However:
$ gphoto2 --auto-detect -L
Model Port
----------------------------------------------------------
Canon PowerShot A75 (PTP mode) usb:
There is no file in folder '/'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM'.
There are 6 files in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/106CANON'.
#1 IMG_0690.JPG rd 684 KB 2048x1536 image/jpeg
#2 IMG_0691.JPG rd 847 KB 2048x1536 image/jpeg
#3 IMG_0692.JPG rd 714 KB 2048x1536 image/jpeg
#4 IMG_0693.JPG rd 510 KB 2048x1536 image/jpeg
#5 IMG_0694.JPG rd 574 KB 2048x1536 image/jpeg
#6 IMG_0695.JPG rd 371 KB 2048x1536 image/jpeg
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/MISC'.
There is no file in folder '/store_80000001'.
> gphoto2 --auto-detect --set-config capure=1
$ gphoto2 --auto-detect --set-config capure=1
Model Port
----------------------------------------------------------
Canon PowerShot A75 (PTP mode) usb:
*** Error ***
The capure widget is not configurable.
*** Error (-2: 'Bad parameters') ***
blah.
Perhaps the command is incorrect? I'll have to study the docs.
>
> With any luck, the lens should extend.
Lens is still closed.
$ apt-cache policy gphoto2
gphoto2:
Installed: 2.4.0-1
Candidate: 2.4.0-1
Version table:
*** 2.4.0-1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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