On May 18, 2014 11:09:29 PM PDT, Thomas Taylor wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2014 13:24:23 -0400 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Thomas Taylor [05-18-14 13:17]:

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Is there a repository for camera drivers? I recently purchased a Nikon S6500 camera and it's driver isn't available in the 13.1 distro DVD.

Camera Drivers ???

Are you wanting to access your camera directly to take pictures, transfer files, ???

Are you wanting to process your camera images with ???

What do you expect to accomplish with a "driver"?

Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology. I wish to be able to hook a cable from the camera to a USB port to download images and manage the camera's memory. This would eliminate having to remove the mini-SD card from the camera (hard for old fingers), mount it, manipulate image files, unmount the card, and re-insert it into the camera.

Thanks, Tom

Well, perhaps you can start by describing what happens when you do that? Typically you won't need drivers for that. If it has a USB port it probably supports USB, and usually you don't need a driver. Read what your manual says about the USB Port, and if you have to make any settings on the camera. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 05/19/2014 02:09 AM, Thomas Taylor wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2014 13:24:23 -0400 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Thomas Taylor [05-18-14 13:17]:

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Is there a repository for camera drivers? I recently purchased a Nikon S6500 camera and it's driver isn't available in the 13.1 distro DVD. Camera Drivers ???

Are you wanting to access your camera directly to take pictures, transfer files, ???

Are you wanting to process your camera images with ???

What do you expect to accomplish with a "driver"?

Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology. I wish to be able to hook a cable from the camera to a USB port to download images and manage the camera's memory. This would eliminate having to remove the mini-SD card from the camera (hard for old fingers), mount it, manipulate image files, unmount the card, and re-insert it into the camera.

Thanks, Tom

Have you tried just plugging in and starting Gwenview? It works with my Panasonic camera just fine. AFter you plug it in, you should see the camera in your file manager-- Dolphin, in my case. It won't look like a camera, just a USB entry. When you see it, see if you can open it up in Gwenview. You could also try Digikam. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 05/19/2014 07:55 AM, lynn wrote:

Hi +1 for the just try it. But a warning: it eats the battery. If you need to keep snapping, make sure you have a spare battery. Better to the the card out if you haven't.

Big +1 to that! I can download 20-50 images, RAW+jpeg pairs then disconnect the camera IMMEDIATELY. But if I have the 500+ RAW that I can put on the 16G card then there's no way they all get downloaded before the battery is exhausted. Its as if the camera is powering the computer! Better to pull the card and use the reader slot. One a side issue: how do people download from their Android phones? -- "The Singapore government isn't interested in controlling information, but wants a gradual phase-in of services to protect ourselves. It's not to control, but to protect the citizens of Singapore. In our society, you can state your views, but they have to be correct." -- Ernie Hai, coordinator of the Singapore Government Internet Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 19/05/14 13:20, Anton Aylward wrote:

One a side issue: how do people download from their Android phones?

I use an ftp server app on the phone - it will only allow connections when there is a wi-fi connection, etc... Dx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 05/19/2014 09:06 AM, C wrote:

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Dylan wrote:

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On 19/05/14 13:20, Anton Aylward wrote:

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One a side issue: how do people download from their Android phones?

I use an ftp server app on the phone - it will only allow connections when there is a wi-fi connection, etc...

I use an app called "Sweet Home" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sweesoft.sweethome Works quite well. As soon as I'm "home" and within range of my WiFi it uploads all my images to my network. I don't have to even think about it... it just runs in the background and I know everything is uploaded.

... But which requires you run Windows with file sharing or SAMBA. -- To mathematicians, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists, solutions are things that are still all mixed up. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Anton Aylward [05-19-14 08:24]: [...]

One a side issue: how do people download from their Android phones?

I perfer app AirDroid (works both ways, up/down), but usb cable and dolphin also works and charges phone at same time. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Doug [05-19-14 02:25]:

On 05/19/2014 02:09 AM, Thomas Taylor wrote:

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On Sun, 18 May 2014 13:24:23 -0400 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Thomas Taylor [05-18-14 13:17]:

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Is there a repository for camera drivers? I recently purchased a Nikon S6500 camera and it's driver isn't available in the 13.1 distro DVD. Camera Drivers ???

Are you wanting to access your camera directly to take pictures, transfer files, ???

Are you wanting to process your camera images with ???

What do you expect to accomplish with a "driver"?

Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology. I wish to be able to hook a cable from the camera to a USB port to download images and manage the camera's memory. This would eliminate having to remove the mini-SD card from the camera (hard for old fingers), mount it, manipulate image files, unmount the card, and re-insert it into the camera.

Have you tried just plugging in and starting Gwenview? It works with my Panasonic camera just fine. AFter you plug it in, you should see the camera in your file manager-- Dolphin, in my case. It won't look like a camera, just a USB entry. When you see it, see if you can open it up in Gwenview. You could also try Digikam.

Indeed, if dolphin recognizes the camera, merely change dolphin to two-panel display and open the desired destinatin in the second panel and transfer the pictures. ps: I also am somewhat arthur-challenged but draining the expensive camera batteries (deteriorating their life expectancy) and potential damage to usually dainty usb camera port is more a concern. I *nearly* always remove the flash card and use a card reader. +10 years and

200k photos and (knock on wood) have yet to bend a cf-card pin or cause card related damage to camera or reader.

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On 19/05/14 07:09, Thomas Taylor wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2014 13:24:23 -0400 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Thomas Taylor [05-18-14 13:17]:

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Is there a repository for camera drivers? I recently purchased a Nikon S6500 camera and it's driver isn't available in the 13.1 distro DVD.

Camera Drivers ???

Are you wanting to access your camera directly to take pictures, transfer files, ???

Are you wanting to process your camera images with ???

What do you expect to accomplish with a "driver"?

Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology. I wish to be able to hook a cable from the camera to a USB port to download images and manage the camera's memory. This would eliminate having to remove the mini-SD card from the camera (hard for old fingers), mount it, manipulate image files, unmount the card, and re-insert it into the camera.

It seems this camera uses MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) to communicate with the computer. You will need to use an application capable of this - darktable has already been mentioned, but (IMO) it's badly laid out, un-intuitive and over-specified. I use digiKam (available as standard to oS 13.1) for downloading and cataloguing photos - it will connect to an MTP camera via the Import menu... HTH Dx

Thanks, Tom

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On 05/19/2014 02:09 AM, Thomas Taylor wrote:

Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology. I wish to be able to hook a cable from the camera to a USB port to download images and manage the camera's memory. This would eliminate having to remove the mini-SD card from the camera (hard for old fingers), mount it, manipulate image files, unmount the card, and re-insert it into the camera.

We had a discussion about this a short while ago. Please check the archives. Also check gphotoFS, dcraw, digikam, gphoto2 http://www.gphoto.org/ The latter's libraries form the basis of most tools under Linux for dealing with cameras. -- One trend that bothers me is the glorification of stupidity, that the media is reassuring people it's all right not to know anything. That to me is far more dangerous than a little pornography on the Internet. - Carl Sagan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Anton Aylward [05-18-14 13:28]:

On 05/18/2014 01:15 PM, Thomas Taylor wrote:

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Is there a repository for camera drivers? I recently purchased a Nikon S6500 camera and it's driver isn't available in the 13.1 distro DVD.

Yes and no.

Camera storage and other devices are either 'mass storage' like a USB drive or 'MTP" protocol.

Check out the MTP FUSE (mtpfs) and the Gphoto library (gphotofs and gphoto2)

The latter has the library in common with various photo editors such as darktable. Those library 'know' various camera details and there is an axillary package - ?lensfun? - that deals with lens characteristics.

As I've mentioned here before, you may be better uploading from the memory card than via a USB link.

Join the Darktable-Users mailing list for more details. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users mailto:darktable-users-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe

If you are talking about tethering/remote control of you camera then it back to that latter library. Some applications like darktable have a tether mode. There are others, but its been so long since I've tried them -- darktable does all I want.

Alas, I do not see the Nikon S6500 listed as supported nor is it in the lensfun database, a must for darktable. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org