WebCam Cannon powershot A520

[NoOp]

On 09/26/2009 04:18 PM, NoOp wrote:
> 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. :-)
> 
> 
> 

This works: captures a photo:

$ gphoto2 -F 1
$ gphoto2 --capture-image
New file is in location /store_00010001/DCIM/106CANON/IMG_0696.JPG on
the camera