Camera Communications

[Bill K.]

Thanks, I'll check it out.


On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:10:52 GMT, rodsmith at speaker.rodsbooks.com (Rod
Smith) wrote:

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>In article <3a8be98b.304934 at news.beta.compuserve.com>,
>	bilkay0 at yahoo.com (Bill K.) writes:
>> I have an Olympus camera which communicates with the software through
>> a special cable connected to COM2:. The software works in WINE, but it
>> won't communicate with the camera, it says my COM: settings are wrong,
>> but I've tried changing settings to about every combination possible
>> with no luck. Any ideas? Has anyone gotten this type of camera to work
>> in WINE?
>
>I've not tried camera software in WINE, but many (perhaps most) digital
>cameras are supported by the native gPhoto (http://www.gphoto.org,
>IIRC). It's still beta, but good enough for casual use, at least in my
>experience with a Kodak DC-240.
>
>-- 
>Rod Smith, rodsmith at rodsbooks.com
>http://www.rodsbooks.com
>Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration