[wellylug] PTP / Canon [ was New article on wellylug.org.nz ]

[Jo Booth]

On 13 Dec 2004, at 13:30, Martin Bähr wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:54:33PM +1300, jumbophut wrote:
>> a) the image gets resized anyway, which is not lossless

Unless you align to MCU bounds [??].. but yeah.. generally you are 
resizing to reduce quality/size ne way.

> you don't keep the original?
>
>> b) my camera has no orientation info (I've seen ones that do)

Tangent:
My Canon IXUS does -- tho it uses PIMA/ISO 15740 or PTP (Picture 
Transfer Protocol or SIP 6) for image offloading (not mass storage).
I haven't actually tried with Linux.... [My iPhoto library DOES reside 
on a linux box tho ;) ] but a quick google (just now) reveals 
http://jalkapallo.org/superkolik/canon.html has a few Canon goodies for 
PTP, and a sourceforge project: http://ptp.sourceforge.net/   Mmm.  
Must hava look.

Any one have experience with (seemless use of a canon IXUS 430 and) PTP 
in linux...? gphoto etc?

I could just use the CF adapter some-ones getting me for Xmas ;)  Or 
stick with the Mac and iPhoto, tho iPhoto doesn't grab the sounds and 
movies... Canon's remote capture app is coolish - they appear to use 
some form of that in the AA when you get your drivers license photo 
done these days.

Just a thought inspired by the article...

-Jo.


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