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I agree about the CF. And since my IPaQ has a CF sleeve already. But I need to buy a PCMCIA sleeve for it, and the CF PCMCIA adaptors are readily available. I do agree that Nikons are excelent. (BTW: The HP cameras are co-developed with Pentax). On 18 Mar 2002 at 14:06, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > I will be purchasing a new Digital Camera before this summer rolls around. > > While I have not decided on any one brand, friends have recommended both Olympus, which > > uses Smart Media, and HP Photosmart which uses compact flash. I have decided against Sony, > > although it uses diskettes. > > > > I am leaning toward CF because my IPaQ has a CF sleeve, not that it makes much of a > > difference. My laptop runs Linux, and I will be taking that with me, so I do want to be able to at > > least look at and possibly download the pictures onto the laptop. > > > > So, one question is, how compatable are these cameras with Linux when downloading via USB? > > If you go with the CF camera, you have another option for getting the > pictures out: put the CF card in a CF-PCMCIA adapter, and read the card > like a PCMCIA hard disk. That's the fastest method of all, though you do > have to pop out the memory card. You should be able to put it in the > iPaq and read it like a disk. > > So thats one vote for CF rather than SmartMedia. I like the Nikon > cameras, by the way, though they may be out of the price class you're > looking at. > > -- Jerry Feldman Portfolio Partner Engineering 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/ Compaq Computer Corp. 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 Marlboro, Ma. 01752
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