Thus spake GCS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 04:29:56PM -0500, Robert L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just picked up a Nikon "CoolPix" 2100 for my wife.  It has a cute
> > little USB interface which oddly acts as a USB storage device.  I'm
> > curious though if anyone know if Gphoto or any other other software can
> > interact with the camera directly
>  See http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php
> "Nikon Coolpix 2100 (PTP mode)"
> So, it is supported.

Great, my version of Gphoto has some older nikon but not this one.

> 
> > so I can take pics with it web cam
> > style etc?
>  Digital photographers are not webcams. So, you can shoot pictures,
> connect it to the computer and transfer pictures there. But you can not
> make it shoot periodically.

Oh well, It'd be great if I could plug it into my laptop, point it at my Son's
Soccer game or other event we may be at and tell it to snap a pic of the
field every X seconds.  


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