On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:49:36 -0400 Chip Cooper writes: <SNIP>

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I've have used both a canon 10d and canon G3 with suse 9.0 and they both work fine. I use digikam to manage and download my pics. You can go into Digikam's camera setup and see which cameras are supported. The only real problem I've had is converting raw files in linux.

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On Monday 21 June 2004 05:49, Chip Cooper wrote:

Steve Reynolds wrote:

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I'm about to buy my first digital camera. Are there any linux specific issues I need to consider when choosing a camera? For example do they all work with linux? I'm using SuSE 9.1 if that makes any difference.

Steve

I've have used both a canon 10d and canon G3 with suse 9.0 and they both work fine. I use digikam to manage and download my pics. You can go into Digikam's camera setup and see which cameras are supported. The only real problem I've had is converting raw files in linux.

Chip

What's wrong with dcraw and the RAW plugin in 0.6+ versions of Digikam? Or have you got a weird camera? -- Steve Boddy

Stephen Boddy wrote:

What's wrong with dcraw and the RAW plugin in 0.6+ versions of Digikam? Or have you got a weird camera?

Nope, cameras are fine. I have used dcraw and didn't like it---was not pleased with the output. I much prefer to use BreezeBrowser to process raw files. Gives lots of options I like to use, including linear conversion, manually setting color temp, noise reduction, exposure compensation, etc. Chip

* Patrick Shanahan [06-22-04 23:02]:

* Chip Cooper [06-22-04 22:55]:

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Nope, cameras are fine. I have used dcraw and didn't like it---was not pleased with the output. I much prefer to use BreezeBrowser to process raw files. Gives lots of options I like to use, including linear conversion, manually setting color temp, noise reduction, exposure compensation, etc.

Then you need to look at the rawphoto plug-in for the Gimp:

Raw photo loader plugin for The GIMP by Pavel T. Jochym jochym at ifj edu pl, http://ptj.rozeta.com.pl/

Based on the gimp plug-in by Dave Coffin http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/

Provides a graphical display with features similar to your citings above.

And it's $$$ Free.... -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

On Wednesday June 23 2004 10:33 am, Frits Wüthrich wrote:

I have downloaded the plugin, but when I type in as sux the command gimptool it can't find the command. When I type man gimptool, I get the man page of gimptool. How can I resolve this?

I'll file attach the plugin to you. As root, put it in /opt/gnome/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins, then restart Gimp. Fred -- "Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."

On Wednesday 23 June 2004 05:01, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Chip Cooper [06-22-04 22:55]:

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Nope, cameras are fine. I have used dcraw and didn't like it---was not pleased with the output. I much prefer to use BreezeBrowser to process raw files. Gives lots of options I like to use, including linear conversion, manually setting color temp, noise reduction, exposure compensation, etc.

Then you need to look at the rawphoto plug-in for the Gimp:

Raw photo loader plugin for The GIMP by Pavel T. Jochym jochym at ifj edu pl, http://ptj.rozeta.com.pl/

Based on the gimp plug-in by Dave Coffin http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/

Provides a graphical display with features similar to your citings above.

Gotta love these communities. Originally I struggled like hell to find dcraw for my S2 Pro, and while I find the digikam plugin useful, I'm not entirely satisfied with the extra steps involved getting it into an editor. Now someone shows me a plugin that looks to do it even better, and manages to integrate with gimp direct. Cool! -- Steve Boddy

On Saturday 26 June 2004 04:50, Fred Miller wrote:

On Wednesday June 23 2004 5:01 pm, Stephen Boddy wrote:

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Gotta love these communities. Originally I struggled like hell to find dcraw for my S2 Pro, and while I find the digikam plugin useful, I'm not entirely satisfied with the extra steps involved getting it into an editor. Now someone shows me a plugin that looks to do it even better, and manages to integrate with gimp direct. Cool!

I sent the plugin to you as private cover.....did you get it?

Errr... No. But why send it in the first place? The link is in one of the parents. I don't mean to be unfriendly Fred, but I don't know you from Adam, and you're sending me plugins I didn't request?!? Or did you misunderstand my post? Slightly puzzled. -- Steve Boddy

* Carl William Spitzer IV [06-24-04 14:18]:

Breezebrowser over gimp? Is it open source? Is this a gphoto alternative dow pulling pictures off the camera? Freeware or $hareware?

Google will provide *all* your answers. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 08:16, Bryan Tyson wrote:

On Sunday 20 June 2004 21:09, Steve Reynolds wrote:

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Are there any linux specific issues I need to consider when choosing a camera? For example do they all work with linux?

Nowadays most can mount as a hard drive. However, my personal preference is to use a card reader, thereby allowing me to use any camera I wish without needing to check compatibility.

My San Disk compact flash reader cost about $20 at Best Buy.

OfficeMax has been selling these (free after rebate) for almost all of the different cards. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)