Downloading pics from camera

[Land Locked]

After being without a camera for a while well a long while due to the old point n shoot having an early and unplanned demise. Waited the long time so that I could get something better.

I finally got the new toy last night. A Canon SX120 is.

So far I am more than a little delighted with it. This camera addresses ALL the issues I had with the old 5Mp 4X optical generic camera. Yes the old camera did take clear pictures, but had some limitations.

Now after that long boring ramble I get to the point of this post. Downloading the photo's to the camera via USB in Linux. The wifes windose machine see's the camera out of the box, my linux machines don't

Does anybody have a workaround for this?

Thanks

 

[chau]

Have you tried using a USB card reader? Those things normally do a really good job, pick up in any OS and downloads the photos from the card faster than via the camera. Plus they're not too pricey either. Probably in the region of R200 or so

 

[dleroux]

I would also suggest using a card reader...just imagine a bolt of electricity shooting out of the USB on your computer and it zaps your camera (not sure if this is even possible...but you never know). I've just always used card readers.

 

[Land Locked]

Thanks for the replies. I've been using a card reader, but by nature I'm lazy and would prefer to use the cable. Seems however that the card reader is the way to go.

 

[web]

Can you be more specific with your "linux" gnome or kde and what distro you using also what program do you have on your linux system ?

 

[bwana]

Thanks for the replies. I've been using a card reader, but by nature I'm lazy and would prefer to use the cable. Seems however that the card reader is the way to go.

I'd stick with a card reader - they're often faster than the direct cable method, there's less wear and tear on the USB connector (I've seen them pop into the camera body), and it doesn't drain the camera battery.

 

[stix]

I'd stick with a card reader - they're often faster than the direct cable method, there's less wear and tear on the USB connector (I've seen them pop into the camera boday), and it doesn't drain the camera battery.

+1

 

[Land Locked]

Can you be more specific with your "linux" gnome or kde and what distro you using also what program do you have on your linux system ?

Sorry for my late reply. Decided after the last few posts to use the card reader, though I found gThumb to be quite good.

Linuxmint as it downloads, which I think means gnome.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Just for fun, I plugged my 350d into my PCs:
Ubuntu 9.04 on my netbook took me into Fspot (installed by default)
Kubuntu 9.04 on my desktop did nothing, as you found (I don't have DigiKam installed)
I haven't tried plugging it into my Ubuntu 9.10 notebook yet.

FWIW, a windows PC requires that the camera's drivers be loaded (doesn't matter what version of the camera, as long as the right manufacturer's drivers are loaded) before it will recognise the camera.

For me the biggest advantage of a card reader is if the cat | dog | kid | wife | me happens to trip over the cord, I don't lose the camera