From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 18 14:10:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADBBB37B403 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:10:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 39570 invoked by uid 100); 18 Jun 2001 21:10:09 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15150.28209.824830.995938@guru.mired.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:10:09 -0500 To: "Jonathan Slivko" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital Camera & FreeBSD 4.3 In-Reply-To: <14890890@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jonathan Slivko types: > Does anyone know what models of digital cameras are supported > under the FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE operating system? I am looking for > one in the $200-$250 range. TIA! FreeBSD doesn't support cameras. What it does support are various I/O devices that cameras - or their memory cards - can be plugged into, and applications for moving the images across those devices, or possibly file systems for using them. Look in /usr/ports/graphics for applications for reading from cameras attached to serial ports, and possibly to USB ports as well, though I have no experience with those. The pkg-descr files for those ports should either list the cameras they support, or point you at a web site that will list them. You might also give /usr/ports/graphics/sane-backends, as it also supports some cameras. There are USB readers/writers available for both SmartMedia and CompactFlash that use the USB protocols supported by the umass device, so that you can read those cards like disks. That's a lot faster than using a serial line connected to the camera, but will cost a significant fraction of your budget for the reader/writer. Readers/writers for other formats may also exist. At least one USB-capable camera uses those protocols, and hence looks like a disk itself without having to move the memory card. FWIW, I've always liked the Olympus D series cameras, though I haven't looked at the D-100. They serial interface works with photopc, gphoto and camediaplay in the ports tree. They use Smart Media, which means you can read the cards on FreeBSD with a reader. I haven't gotten a chance to play with one with a USB interface, so I don't know how well that works. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message