[Gllug] OT: Photo CDs

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:23:20AM +0100, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:32, Richard Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 08:48:44PM +0100, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> > > The S40 and the 300D are totally different animals. The S40 is a nice 4
> > [...]
> > 
> > I was actually impressed by other features of the S40, not just the
> > fact that it took decent snapshot photos. eg. It has very long battery
> > life, takes CF cards, has a better UI than other cameras (but still
> > bad). All of these things matter for non-serious snapshot
> > photographers like myself.
> 
> The S40 is a great camera - I've had one for nearly 18 months and really
> enjoyed it. If you're buying now, I'd suggest the S45, which has a
> couple of nice additional features, like PTP mode and an orientation
> sensor. It's also worth getting a spare battery...

At the risk of jumping in a bit late (I've been on holiday playing with my new toy
which is a digital camera).

I got a Canon A70. Works nicely as a point and click with presets for things like
shots for scenery, people, speed, nighttime, ... You can also play with things
like: apature, speed (both exposure time and sensitivity (aka ASA ratings)), colour
balance, sounds (I like a click to tell me that it has taken the picture),
 ... enough buttons to keep me happy.
It will also do multiple shots (2/second) and video (.AVI).
3.2 Mpixel - up to 2048x1536.

Connect to Linux via USB and download with gphoto2, but I sometimes need to power cycle the
camera between operations (eg list files, and download them), so it wont work
with gtkam as this seems to try to probe it several times and so soon fails.

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