[TriLUG] seeking a Kodak DC4800, DC290, DC265 or other remote-control-able digital camera

[Jon Carnes]

In the wee days of long ago when I worked for the USDA building robots (and 
robotic tools)... I tossed an A/D card into an IBM PC and hooked that up to 
a auto-plunger, which pulled on a long cable attached to an ordinary 
camera.  At appropriate times the computer sent a signal to the A/D card 
which put out 5 volts to the auto-plunger, with compressed, pushing the 
inner cable connected to the camera's manual switch.

The most expensive part of the setup was the cable that cost about $80.

A lot of (expensive) camera's come the ability to hook up a remote switch 
to them.

Hope this helps - Jon 

On Thursday 03 January 2002 13:06, Ed Hill wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Our lab is desperately seeking a digital camera that we can control
> (that is: shoot, download, delete-images-from-flash-card, and repeat)
> from a computer, preferably a Linux-based machine.
>
> In the past, I've written PERL scripts calling the OpenDigita
> (http://ods.sourceforge.net) "ks" program for this purpose and it has
> worked well.  More recently, I've been trying to use the jPhoto
> (http://jphoto.sourceforge.net) interface to accomplish the same with
> newer (DX series) Kodak cameras.  I can get downloads to work with the
> DX models, but they do not support the image capture ("shoot")
> functionality.  Unfortunately, it appears that the only recently
> manufactured consumer-grade Kodak camera that supports this level of
> functionality is the DC-4800 model which has almost entirely disappeared
> from retail shelves.
>
> So, would anyone of you consider trading one of the following models
>
>   - Kodak DC 4800
>   - Kodak DC 290
>   - Kodak DC 265
>
> for a BRAND NEW 3.1 Mpixel Kodak DX-3900 and, potentially, some cash?
> If you have a DC-4800, we'll consider covering part of the difference in
> cost.
>
> If you have a friend with one of the above models, please pass this
> email along.
>
> thanks for your help,
> Ed
>
> ps - I'm researching the remode-control functionality of non-Kodak
>      cameras and its a lot of docs to dig through.  If anyone can
>      recommend or is even willing to swap for a model that supports
>      the computer-control functionality we need, I'd be very grateful!

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