Digital Camers WRT: Smart Media vs. CF media

[andy at honnu.com (Anand A Rao)]

I have a sony with the MEMORY STICK .. any one who has tried it on linux
with the USB cable provided ?
- Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Camers WRT: Smart Media vs. CF media


> I had not looked at the Coolpix cameras, but I just looked at a review of
> the Coolpix 775 and the Coolpix 2500. The 2500 seems to have an advantage
> in the throw it in your pocket or bag category and not to worry about
> scratching the lens.
>
> On 18 Mar 2002 at 15:19, Christoph Doerbeck A242369 wrote:
>
> >
> > ditto... I have a CoolPix 775, picked up a couple of 128MB CFs.  The
> > CFs mount either directly from the camera using the supplied USB cable
OR
> > via a USB CF reader (kernel module usb-storage in both cases).  I used
> > redhat 7.2 out of the box (no patches/upgrades required).
> >
> > Couldn't be happier.  Anyone checked out my ski trip photos on
> > my website?
> >
> > I'll show'em at the meeting Wed night :-)
> >
> > - christoph
> >
> > "Peter R. Wood (Lists)" wrote:
> > > > So, one question is, how compatable are these cameras with Linux
when
> > > downloading via USB?
> > >
> > > I can't speak specifically to the makes/models you mentioned. However,
I
> > > suspect that most of the digital cameras with USB interfaces and CF
card
> > > storage would look just like a standard USB CF card reader to Linux.
This is
> > > the way it works with my Nikon Coolpix 775 (USB/CF) and my Dazzle USB
CF
> > > card reader.
> > >
> >
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