WebCam Cannon powershot A520

[Knapp]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So for a summery, you got it working? With what libs and what commands?
>
> I got to the pooint where I caould capture images with the A520, using
> the standard gphoto2 shipping with Intrepid (2.4.0).  Here is what I
> did, step by step:
>
> Plug in camera, unmount.
>
> Do a ps auxw | grep -i gphoto, then kill that process
> (gvfs-gphoto-volume-something).
>
> Turn off camera, turn camera back on.
>
> $ gphoto2 --camera "Canon PowerShot A520 (PTP mode)" --port usb:
> --set-config=capture=on
>
> The lens should extend.
>
> $ gphoto2 --camera "Canon PowerShot A520 (PTP mode)" --port usb: --capture-image
>
> It should take a picture and store it on the camera.
>
> I'm way behind on work today, so I can't mess around w/this  - but if
> you can get to that point, then it seems quite possible that you could
> find (or code) a script or program that does this stuff automatically.
>  I did not try setting any of the Canon's options, but gphoto2 should
> be able to do some of it - but I'm not sure how much.
>
> It sort of depends on your use case though - are you wanting to do
> time lapse, motion sensing, webcam, or what?
>
> Chris

Thanks for that. I was hoping for webcam but that hope is looking slim.


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Douglas E Knapp

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