On 2/28/08, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May be irrelevant, but I just got an FE-340, and gphoto2 (which > digikam uses to take to the camera) sees it perfectly in MTP (is > that the same as PTP?) mode. In "storage" mode, gphoto2 thinks it's > a C-310Z, and can't see that there are pictures.
mtp is a "microsoft" transport protocol, and is somewhat similar but I don't believe it to be the same thing as ptp. Oddly enough, a while back I ran against the same problem with an "el cheapo" keychain type digital camera (have since gotten a "real" camera, so at this point it's just curiosity) that would only work with latest & greatest gphoto2, with some help from the gphoto2 mailing list. But I bring it up because the experience clued me in sufficiently to handle the problem of how I connect to my Iriver T3 mp3 player, which uses the mtp protocol, 'libmtp' in debian. (Of course, now, the player is set up to nicely sync with amarok). Another point - if the camera isn't supported directly with digikam, it may be easier to get a cheap USB multicard reader (set me back $5 at Fry's) and then transfer images via it rather than the camera itself. I do this for the basic reason that I can do anything with the card (i.e., use the shell) because it is a mounted device directory. Of course, this has the potential drawback (hey, it happened to me) that somehow the write protect tab *broke off* and I had to arrange for a replacement with Sandisk. But hey, initial problems and confusion over which proprietary USB cable to use early on necessitated a repurchase of a USB cable from Kodak. (dang proprietary USB cables!). So there doesn't seem to be a win either way. > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
