Digital cameras under AmigaOS/MOS & Linux?

[redrumloa]

I'm on a roll, so why not go with it? :-)

Looks like I will be in the market for a new digital camera. A model with USB that will work with both Amiga/MOS and Linux would be ideal.

Any suggestions? I need to make a purchase ASAP so prompt answered are much appreciated! Information on Linux support seems hard to come by. The best info I can find has me pointing towards getting a sony DSC-P32. My budget would prefer stay in the $200 range unless the quality jump would be that extreme..

[redrumloa]

I just noticed RH9 has a tool called gtkam which looks like it support a whole lot of cameras. Does it support them out of the box? That would sure be ideal:-) Gotta go check SuSe


-edit- hmm weird, gtkam's support device list are all models which are not currently for sale.

[Tomas]

I know that my Canon powershot s50, worked fine under linux atleast...  

[redrumloa]

Ok! I found THIS so I figure I will get THIS CAMERA

Now the questions is can I convince MOS/AOS to use it? :-)

[jon0x0]

You can pretty much take your pick of any camera with a removable memory card these days, without having to have any special software besides the USB stack- if it's not supported directly as a generic mass storage device then all you need to do is get a card reader that works with Poseidon  (Lexar for example).

Then it's just a matter of dragging and dropping the images off the automounted drive- almost all of them are using the FAT16 filesystem.

Now if you want to  use it as a realtime webcam like some of them are capable of, that's a different story.

[BouncingAyatollah]

I would heavily suggest you look at the Canon Powershot A60 (2MP) and A70 (3.2MP). You lucky gits in the US can get the latter very cheaply compared to the UK. For superb detailed reviews inc. sample pics have a look at Steve's Digicams. After reading reviews for about 3 weeks, I was all set to get an A60 this Monday but have held off for the A70 and am desperately trying to acquire/save any money I can, including considering what I MAY want to sell on e-bay.

These cams have optical zoom, macro mode, full manual control if you need it, take ordinary batteries, PLUS can take different lenses/filters, they are £129 and £209 respectively in the UK, and surprisingly the absolute cheapest for cameras I found by FAR (in the UK anyway) was Amazon!

[Jose]

Those are good features bu is 3.2MP enouph? Soon the common standard will be 6MP or something like that...

[BouncingAyatollah]

@Jose

Those are good features bu is 3.2MP enouph? Soon the common standard will be 6MP or something like that...

I would rather have a good lens, macro, full manual control, video with sound etc. etc. @ 2.0/3.2 than a fixed-focus, no macro, auto point-at-click at higher res. I see some "outstanding resolution" cameras, at budget->mid-range prices then on inspection what you get in the CCD you lose in features, and the resolution quoted is often interpolated. However, if you know of a cracking camera at about $200/£200 with 6MP I am all eyes (I'm sure red is too)  :-)

Going by reviews of the Canon A60, it was producing better quality pictures than competitors' 3.3MP offerings, so I assume the A70 will be similar to 4MP "budget" competitors? I am no expert so if you know of any spectacular offers, especially regarding new models that may not have been reviewed online, let us know.

[jahc]

I dont know much about digital cameras, but I was looking at a cheap 2.1 MP camera, and 1024x768 is the lowest resolution picture it can produce.. so I think anything more than that is pretty overkill unless you're heavily into photography or do that stuff for a living etc.

[KennyR]

Whatever one you go for, try to make sure beforehand that Linux or Poseidon supports it. I had a digital camera work 100% with Poseidon, but then another not even being detected as one. Both were cheap rubbish.

[Jose]

@BouncingAyatollah

Well, I haven't followed digicams for a while but judjing by the numbers I'd bet Canon have newer models coming up anytime and with all those manual features, exchangeable lenses etc... Price will probably be higher though...

[x56h34]

OK, so if your digital camera is compatible with Poseidon, are you required to do anything special in order for the stack/OS3.9 to recognize it as a drive? Do you need to mount it through FAT95 or something?

[Tomas]

Ok! I found THIS so I figure I will get THIS CAMERA

Isnt 2mpixels a little low this days?

[Tomas]

I dont know much about digital cameras, but I was looking at a cheap 2.1 MP camera, and 1024x768 is the lowest resolution picture it can produce.. so I think anything more than that is pretty overkill unless you're heavily into photography or do that stuff for a living etc.

Actually 2.1 MP wont even for printing out decent quality photos..

But anyway.. Really depends on what you are going to use it for.. I guess 2.1 would be more than enough, if you where going to use it for internet for example..

[TheMagicM]

I have a Sanyo XP-360 that uses flash cards...I have my 6 or 9(?) in one card reader plugged into the USB port on my Pegasos... WORKS PERFECT!!