Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:26:43 +1000 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digital cameras Message-ID: <19990705182642.A24392@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199907041956.MAA16743@bubba.whistle.com>; from Archie Cobbs on Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:56:37PM -0700 References: <199907041956.MAA16743@bubba.whistle.com>
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On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:56:37PM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote: > I'm thinking of buying a digital camera and was wondering which > ones (if any) use a protocol for downloading pictures that is > compatible with FreeBSD -- ie, some port exists to download the > pictures.. or, at least, the protocol is documented somewhere.. if you buy a sony mavica you dont need any of that sort of stuff, the sony puts jpeg (and or gif, i think) images ont a 1.44 mb floppy diskette. this is about the sanest solution in a market that is yet to settle, some of the good cameras have custom built software for ms windows and unix .. but these camera start at some 45k (thats fourtyfive thousand australian dollars) and have got very good after sales support. of those the pentax 6x7 fromat aith the canon ccd element is about the best, aslo one of the cheapest. i keep up with the photo (digital or normal 35 mm and 6x7 format) scene, i used to be a passable photographer before i became a near bed ridden complainer, er freebsd user. i've got some comparisions on paper, i need to borrow a scaner and get permission to copy the data, would yo be interested in a email detailing the results. also thier is a japanesse website that (might be in teh freebsd.org's webpage listing, i think) here is a good list of whats available (in japan most of teh home market is also exported) and has details of the lenses type of dounload and all teh other important stuff, fromat of 'film media' file types and average sizes. regards jonathan sorry fro bit confused, i'm a bit confused at the moment, new dr new medicines .. sort of thing. -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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