WebCam Cannon powershot A520

[NoOp]

On 09/26/2009 04:07 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:56 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Interesting - thanks! Never new about the gphoto2 options. However:
> 
> I sortof remembered them, but have never had a camera that supported
> remote control.  Until my brother left his A520 over here, that is ;)
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> Oops - typo on my part - should be:
> 
> gphoto2 --auto-detect --set-config capture=1
> 
> (capture, not capure)
> 
> At least it picks the right model, and you can see the pics :)  I'm
> really curios to see if you can put the A75 into capture mode - I
> could then (probably) rule out underlying conflicts and focus on
> gphoto/libptp.

Just noticed the same :-)

$ gphoto2 --auto-detect --set-config capture=1
Model                          Port

----------------------------------------------------------
Canon PowerShot A75 (PTP mode) usb:
 value 1, t 1

Yep. Lens is open. :-)