robin wrote:

Have you tried the photo manager instead of file manager?

yah, it just doesn't offer the camera as a folder

darklord wrote:

my camera shows up in the USB controller list (through advanced mode) but not as a usb device or memory card, so I can't seem to get the pictures off it.

I have a Canon 20D - does anyone know if I need a driver or if there is a trick to finding the camera in the file manager?

I am pretty sure that you need a specific driver to access the camera.

I believe that the 20D does not act as a USB storage device as far as your computer is concerned - you need the specific 20D driver.

i am basing this on my 400D - the first firmware had the same problem - windows would not recognise it and you needed to install the canon software to access the CF card. A recent firmware update to the camera added the ability to work with xp as a simple mass storage device.

Best to go with the CF card reader as suggested above. It saves the camera's battery as well.

djcl wrote:

The version of the gphoto libraries does not support the latest Canon DSLRs. My XTi is supported in the next version, and the most recent version supports nearly all features, but I have not figured out how to install that version without upgrading a tonne of stuff or compiling it myself( and while I can, I don't want to build my whole build environment on this thing ).

If you can find the upgrade info for gphoto, to the latest, it should work fine.

JC

out of interest, have you upgraded the firmware in your XTi?

Out of the box, it does not work as a  MassStorage device, but the newest firmware does.

I dont know if this is worth adding to the WIKI or not........


How to get a Canon Digital Camera (most models) recognised.


I have a Canon IXUS 430 otherwise known as the PowerShot S410 and I couldnt get it automatically recognised by the eeepc.

The camera, as somebody else has pointed out, was being reported correctly under Control Centre->Hardware information->Devices->USB Devices->UHCI Host Controller.

However Gwenview was not picking it up.

Gwenview does not pick it up as the Digital Camera Plugin is not enabled by default!!!

Open Gwenview
Select Settings->Configure Photo Manager

On the left hand side select the option "KIPI Plugins"

Enable the check box for "KIPI Digital Camera interface Plugin" and click Apply.

Now in the main Gwenview panel you can select Plugins->Import->Digital Camera.

This will bring up a Digital Camera Interface Panel

Select Setup.  This will bring up another panel in which you can "Auto-Detect"

If the camera is already recognised by the Control Centre then it should have no trouble grabbing the camera.

Back in the Digital Camera Interface Panel select a destination folder to download the photos and click "Connect"

Job done!

I spent a week on holiday without the internet unable to work this out and with 1Gb of diving photos to download.  I was not a happy bunny.


Aengus

gwenview and digikam both use the same set of plugins -> KIPI

You dont necessarily need to install digikam just install/enable the correct plugin.


Aengus

some Canon cameras also support USB mass storage as well as PTP

digikam/gwenview/kipi rely on the gphoto2 library v2.2.1 on the default install

you can see what cameras it supports, using the script
/usr/lib/libgphoto2/print-camera-list human-readable | more

Very helpful!

My Canon 350D was recognized in Gwenview using PTP mode. No further complications.

Many thanks.

Aengus wrote:

I dont know if this is worth adding to the WIKI or not........


How to get a Canon Digital Camera (most models) recognised.


I have a Canon IXUS 430 otherwise known as the PowerShot S410 and I couldnt get it automatically recognised by the eeepc.

The camera, as somebody else has pointed out, was being reported correctly under Control Centre->Hardware information->Devices->USB Devices->UHCI Host Controller.

However Gwenview was not picking it up.

Gwenview does not pick it up as the Digital Camera Plugin is not enabled by default!!!

Open Gwenview
Select Settings->Configure Photo Manager

On the left hand side select the option "KIPI Plugins"

Enable the check box for "KIPI Digital Camera interface Plugin" and click Apply.

Now in the main Gwenview panel you can select Plugins->Import->Digital Camera.

This will bring up a Digital Camera Interface Panel

Select Setup.  This will bring up another panel in which you can "Auto-Detect"

If the camera is already recognised by the Control Centre then it should have no trouble grabbing the camera.

Back in the Digital Camera Interface Panel select a destination folder to download the photos and click "Connect"

Job done!

I spent a week on holiday without the internet unable to work this out and with 1Gb of diving photos to download.  I was not a happy bunny.


Aengus

Thanks, works like a charm (PowerShot S50) , and nothing to install
- You save my vacation
- I'll have a beer to your health Aengus
Cheer

Brilliant my camera was recognised no trouble. However as I have a Canon 40D it didn't see it as such and the 40D isn't on the list when you click add. Is there any update for this so it supports the 40D. Now I'm not too bothered if it the 40D doesn't appear on the add list, what I really really need is to be able to view RAW (CR2) files as that's what I shoot in. Is there a plugin I should get? bear in mind I'm a n00b at linux and installing anything under this.

With the latest version of gwenview, as provided by the eeepc update in the add/remove programs, it updates gwenview with a version that doesn't have the plugins menu.  To bring the plugins menu back you need to download the correct gwenviewui.rc file from sourceforge.  As listed in this post: http://www.nabble.com/Gwenview-does-not … 61722.html

Hmm. I've tweaked my photomanager, and the KIPI importer is turned on, Plugins->Import->DigitalCamera appears in the menu.

My Canon 5D is connected, on, and appears in the Control Center as "Canon Digital Camera"

Using the plugin importer I can set it to "Canon 5D (PTP Mode)" but when I press "Connect" it claims that the camera isn't connected or turned off (works great with my macbbook though) - regardless of whether I select PTP or "PC Connection" modes on the camera.

Also surprisingly, the camera doesn't appear as a disk when in "PC Connection" mode (also unlike windows and macos)

Using a card reader works fine, but I'd prefer to have a cleaner way to import pix -- my goal is not so much to edit pix on the Eee as to use the Eee plus a La Cie "Orange Drive" as an image tank. The orange drive works great,and I can certainly move files from the CF reader -- it's just unnerving to have the camera rejected/ignored by gwenview.

Anyone else had similar issues (and hopefully solved them)?

So since I'm going to have to use a card reader I mad my own little archive python script. I have to archive both pictures and audio clips, so it's nice to have a one-step method for either. Plug in the hard drive, plug in the card reader, open a terminal window and type "sudo python kbImport.py"

here is kbImport.py

# /usr/bin/python

# My quick import and archive script
#
# Usage:
#    sudo python kbImport.py
#
# Plug in a card reader and an external disk.
# The External disk should have a directory called "Pix" to archive images
# The External disk should have a directory called "Audio" to archive sounds
# Run "sudo python kbImport.py"
# Individual archive folders with names based on the CURRENT date will 
#    be created within those directories. This script is always non-
#    destructive -- if there is a name collision with a directory,
#    the new directory's name with be adjusted slightly.
#
# Images from any "DCIM" directories will copied to the Pix archive,
#   or if none is found, then the card reader will be searched for
#   MP3 and WAV files and those will be placed in the Audio archive.
#
# Kevin Bjorke
# http://www.photorant.com/

import sys
import os
import shutil
import time

disktop = "/disks/Removable/"

disks = os.listdir(disktop)

if len(disks) != 2:
  print "Sorry, wrong number of disks: %d" % (len(disks))
  for d in disks:
    print '"%s"' % (d)
  sys.exit(-1)

destdate = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

# print "right number of disks, setting up for %s...." % (destdate)

# #

def copy_pix(FromDir,ArchDir):
  "Copy images"
  if not os.path.exists(ArchDir):
    print "Hey, image archive '%s' is vapor!" % (ArchDir)
    return None
  if not os.path.exists(FromDir):
    print "Hey, image source '%s' is vapor!" % (FromDir)
    return None
  if not os.path.isdir(FromDir):
    print "Hey, image source '%s' is not a directory!" % (FromDir)
    return None
  for kid in os.listdir(FromDir):
    fullpath = os.path.join(FromDir,kid)
    if os.path.isdir(fullpath):
      copy_pix(fullpath,ArchDir)
    else:
      print "%s..." % (kid)
      shutil.copy2(fullpath,ArchDir)

# #

def copy_tracks(FromDir,ArchDir):
  "Copy images"
  if not os.path.exists(ArchDir):
    print "Hey, destination archive '%s' is vapor!" % (ArchDir)
    return None
  if not os.path.exists(FromDir):
    print "Hey, track source '%s' is vapor!" % (FromDir)
    return None
  if not os.path.isdir(FromDir):
    print "Hey, track source '%s' is not a directory!" % (FromDir)
    return None
  for kid in os.listdir(FromDir):
    fullpath = os.path.join(FromDir,kid)
    if os.path.isdir(fullpath):
      copy_tracks(fullpath,ArchDir)
    else:
      fp2 = fullpath.upper()
      if fp2.endswith("MP3") or fp2.endswith("WAV"):
    print "%s..." % (kid)
    shutil.copy2(fullpath,ArchDir)
      else:
    print "Skipping %s" % (fullpath)

# #

def archive_dir_name(ArchDir,BaseName):
  "pick the name of a good dated archive dir"
  if not os.path.exists(ArchDir):
    print "Hey, master '%s' is vapor!" % (ArchDir)
    return None
  if not os.path.isdir(ArchDir):
    print "Hey, '%s' is not a directory!" % (ArchDir)
    return None
  arch = os.path.join(ArchDir,BaseName)
  if not os.path.exists(arch):
    return arch
  counter = 0
  while os.path.exists(arch):
    bn = "%s_%d" % (BaseName,counter)
    counter = counter + 1
    if counter > 20:
      return None
    arch = os.path.join(ArchDir,bn)
  return arch

# #

def seek_named_dir(LookHere,DesiredName):
  "Look for a DCIM directory, which should have pix"
  if not os.path.exists(LookHere):
    return None
  for subdir in os.listdir(LookHere):
    fullpath = os.path.join(LookHere,subdir)
    if subdir == DesiredName:
      return fullpath
  for subdir in os.listdir(LookHere):
    fullpath = os.path.join(LookHere,subdir)
    if os.path.isdir(fullpath):
      sr = seek_named_dir(fullpath,DesiredName)
      if sr is not None:
    return sr
  return None

# #

pixDir = None
pixDisk = None
audioDir = None
audioDisk = None
dcimDir = None
dcimDisk = None

for d in disks:
  disk = os.path.join(disktop,d)
  # print '"%s:"' % (disk)
  if pixDir is None:
    pixDir = seek_named_dir(disk,"Pix")
    if pixDir is not None:
      pixDisk = disk
  if audioDir is None:
    audioDir = seek_named_dir(disk,"Audio")
    if audioDir is not None:
      audioDisk = disk
  if pixDisk != disk:
    if dcimDir is None:
      # print "dcim seek %s" % (disk)
      dcimDir = seek_named_dir(disk,"DCIM")
      if dcimDir is not None:
    dcimDisk = disk

# print 'DCIM: "%s"' % (dcimDir)
# print 'Pix Dest: "%s"' % (pixDir)
# print 'Audio Dest: "%s"' % (audioDir)

if (dcimDir is None) or (pixDir is None):
  if audioDir is None:
    print "Sorry, don't know what to do now"
    sys.exit(-2)
  for d in disks:
    disk = os.path.join(disktop,d)
    if disk != audioDisk:
      srcDisk = disk
  destDir = archive_dir_name(audioDir,destdate)
  if destDir is None:
    print "Sorry, no destnation for audio"
    sys.exit(-3)
  os.mkdir(destDir)
  print "Archiving Audio from '%s'\n\tto '%s'" % (srcDisk,destDir)
  copy_tracks(srcDisk,destDir)
else:
  destDir = archive_dir_name(pixDir,destdate)
  if destDir is None:
    print "Sorry, no destnation for pix"
    sys.exit(-3)
  # print "Seeking pix from %s for %s...." % (dcimDir,destDir)
  # print "Creating archive dir '%s'" % (destDir)
  os.mkdir(destDir)
  print "Archiving Images from '%s'\n\tto '%s'" % (dcimDir,destDir)
  copy_pix(dcimDir,destDir)