Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-21 Thread Alan Shutko
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 08:53:23PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: >> There's one CCD cell per image pixel, with the exception of the D1x, >> which has a strange layout[1]. > There is no way that this can be true physically. Of course there is, since that's t

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 08:53:23PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Looks like you missed it a bit here. What you would call a pixel in the > > raw file is not the same as a pixel in the tiff file. > > Actually, it's close enough. > > > In the raw file y

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looks like you missed it a bit here. What you would call a pixel in the > raw file is not the same as a pixel in the tiff file. Actually, it's close enough. > In the raw file you have 4 ccd cells per image pixel (R, G, G, B) That's not correct for any

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:17:54PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Some cameras actually compress the raw data BTW. I think Nikon does > > that since nef (raw) output takes less space then tiff output. > > On some Nikon cameras they are compressed using

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some cameras actually compress the raw data BTW. I think Nikon does > that since nef (raw) output takes less space then tiff output. On some Nikon cameras they are compressed using a "visually lossless" algorithm. Some recent posts on the D1scussion gro

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:48:57AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The real benefit to having the Windoze apps (Nikon or not) to support > > the camera is in being able to load camera (or film scanner) images > > directly into something like Photoshop without having to

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:34:10AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In that case I would also suggest you avoid anything Sony. I've never > > seen worse customer support (and that even for very high end equipment > > company customers, not just the small end user), and when they do > > bother ma

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:33:31AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, what does that SW offer? > > Well, there are several packages, one of which is always bundled > with the camera and the others for sale separately. The Nikon website > is a > better source of info tha

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The real benefit to having the Windoze apps (Nikon or not) to support > the camera is in being able to load camera (or film scanner) images > directly into something like Photoshop without having to go through > any JPEG or other compression, so that you can manipulate

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread listcomm
> In that case I would also suggest you avoid anything Sony. I've never > seen worse customer support (and that even for very high end equipment > company customers, not just the small end user), and when they do > bother making a proper piece of hardware they seriously cripple it with > their copy

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread listcomm
> Just out of curiosity, what does that SW offer? Well, there are several packages, one of which is always bundled with the camera and the others for sale separately. The Nikon website is a better source of info than I am, actually. But the direct camera support package provides USB detection,

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-19 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:16:33PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I am using Nikon 4300 with linux and I am able to access it as mass >> storage without any problem. I just have to mount the camera as usb mass >> storage and copy the image files to my hdd. If any body is interested in >> h

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-19 Thread listcomm
> I am using Nikon 4300 with linux and I am able to access it as mass > storage without any problem. I just have to mount the camera as usb mass > storage and copy the image files to my hdd. If any body is interested in > having more info, kindly let me know. Yeah, Me! I have a 5700 and will

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-19 Thread J.S.Sahambi
(P.S.: If anyone knows anything about Linux support for Nikon, please point me at it; I'll probably need it eventually...) I am using Nikon 4300 with linux and I am able to access it as mass storage without any problem. I just have to mount the camera as usb mass storage and copy the image files

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-18 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-18, John Summerfield penned: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >>Er, I kind of mistyped. What I meant to say was, the picture format >>was weird. We could view and copy the files on the card; we just >>couldn't read them. >> >>I believe that not all Kodak cameras use this weird image format

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 04:07:50PM -0400, H. S. wrote: > Apparently, _Micha Feigin_, on 07/18/04 15:26,typed: > >On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 11:03:49AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>(P.S.: If anyone knows anything about Linux support for Nikon, please > >>point me at it; I'll probably need it

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-18 Thread RickTaylor
> On Saturday 17 July 2004 09:40, Adam Funk wrote: > > > I have a digital camera and I agree with this. I've never bothered to > > hook the camera up to try gphoto. I just put the cards in the card > > reader and copy the jpg files to my hard drive. > > > > Anyway, I have an Olympus C750 (now d

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-18 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Micha Feigin_, on 07/18/04 15:26,typed: On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 11:03:49AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (P.S.: If anyone knows anything about Linux support for Nikon, please point me at it; I'll probably need it eventually...) I am interested in that too. I can access Canon G5 with

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 11:03:49AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I suppose this has wandered far enough OT from Linux that I can weigh > in on it... > > After using Nikon's website/email support, I will not buy > anything else. > > I bought a dead (as it turned out) Nikon film scanner at a sw

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-18 Thread listcomm
I suppose this has wandered far enough OT from Linux that I can weigh in on it... After using Nikon's website/email support, I will not buy anything else. I bought a dead (as it turned out) Nikon film scanner at a swap meet a couple of years back, plugged it into Windoze, and started in on it. I

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread John Summerfield
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: I have a Kodak CX4230 digital camera. I use have been using the EasyShare Doc to download and erase pictures from it for about 6 months. Er, I kind of mistyped. What I meant to say was, the picture format was weird. We could view and copy the files on the card; we j

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread Caveman
I own a Olympus C 5050-zoom which is GREAT. It can take Compact Flash, SD and XD which is very useful. You can also have CF and SD or XD loaded at once, so 2 cards in the one camera. This camera works very nicely on linux. You just mount it as a scsi device (mount /dev/sda /mnt/mountpoint) and

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-17, Wayne Topa penned: > Monique Y. Mudama([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> On 2004-07-07, Chris Metzler penned: >> > >> > I don't own a digital camera, unfortunately; so take any advice I >> > may give with a block-o-salt. But I've seen several people here >> > who *do*

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread Adam Funk
On Saturday 17 July 2004 09:40, Adam Funk wrote: > I have a digital camera and I agree with this. I've never bothered to > hook the camera up to try gphoto. I just put the cards in the card > reader and copy the jpg files to my hard drive. > > Anyway, I have an Olympus C750 (now discontinued, I

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread anlace
Here is an excellent resource for anyone looking to purchase a digital camera: http://www.imaging-resource.com/ There are in-depth impartial comparisons and reviews of a large number of cameras. Peace, Gail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Monique Y. Mudama([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 2004-07-07, Chris Metzler penned: > > > > I don't own a digital camera, unfortunately; so take any advice I may > > give with a block-o-salt. But I've seen several people here who *do* > > own digital cameras suggest the purchase

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread ricktaylor
> From: Adam Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wednesday 07 July 2004 03:40, Chris Metzler wrote: > > I don't own a digital camera, unfortunately; so take any advice I may > > give with a block-o-salt. But I've seen several people here who *do* > > own > > digital cameras suggest the purchase o

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-17 Thread Adam Funk
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 03:40, Chris Metzler wrote: >> 2) Needs to work well with Debian (obviously). I think the best >> support is obtained by cameras that are seen as USB mass storage >> devices, right? > > I don't own a digital camera, unfortunately; so take any advice I may > give with a b

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-16 Thread anlace
On Friday 16 July 2004 05:30 pm, Ryan Waye wrote: > Sansdisk and ConpactFlash cards are usually pretty generic, and will > work on almost any OS. Just make sure you get the right reader if you > decide to go this direction. > > Ryan Waye I have been using a Nikon CoolPix 990 since they first came

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-16 Thread Ryan Waye
Sansdisk and ConpactFlash cards are usually pretty generic, and will work on almost any OS. Just make sure you get the right reader if you decide to go this direction. Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-16 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-07, Chris Metzler penned: > > I don't own a digital camera, unfortunately; so take any advice I may > give with a block-o-salt. But I've seen several people here who *do* > own digital cameras suggest the purchase of a USB memory card reader. > The idea is that regardless of whether a p

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-06 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Faheem Mitha_, on 07/06/04 18:00,typed: Dear People, I know this question has been asked before, but the answer is constantly changing.:-) So, I'm looking for a digital camera with the following (tentative) requirements. I'm happy to have these requirements questioned. 1) A cost of $50

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-06 Thread Mal Beaton
Steven Jones wrote: -Original Message- From: Chris Metzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2004 2:31 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: recommendation for digital camera On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:00:42 -0400 (EDT) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, I

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-06 Thread Kent West
Chris Metzler wrote: On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:00:42 -0400 (EDT) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, I'm looking for a digital camera with the following (tentative) But I've seen several people here who *do* own digital cameras suggest the purchase of a USB memory card reader. Plus i

RE: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-06 Thread Steven Jones
-Original Message- From: Chris Metzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2004 2:31 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: recommendation for digital camera On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:00:42 -0400 (EDT) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, I'm look

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-06 Thread Chris Metzler
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:00:42 -0400 (EDT) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, I'm looking for a digital camera with the following (tentative) > requirements. I'm happy to have these requirements questioned. [ snip ] > 2) Needs to work well with Debian (obviously)

Re: recommendation for digital camera

2004-07-06 Thread CaT
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 06:00:42PM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: > 1) A cost of $500 or under. Well the Canon A80 is $550 but works for me. > 2) Needs to work well with Debian (obviously). I think the best support is > obtained by cameras that are seen as USB mass storage devices, right? There's PP