[TriLUG] Digital imaging on Linux

Michael Winslow Czeiszperger michael at czeiszperger.org
Mon Oct 14 21:24:39 EDT 2002


On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 09:00 PM, Mike Mueller wrote:

> Anybody have advice for getting started with digital cameras and 
> scanners on
> LInux?
>
> Is it safe to assume that all major brand digital cameras will work 
> with a
> Linux system for downloading images?
>

I've had real good luck using Gphoto with my old Olympus and its serial 
interface:

http://www.gphoto.org

You might also find this script useful if you need to send lots of 
reduced size photos via email:

#!/bin/bash
for file in $*
do
echo Converting $file
djpeg -scale 1/4 -pnm $file | cjpeg > small_$file
done

(Requires libjpeg package.)

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michael at czeiszperger dot org
Chapel Hill, NC




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