It is fairly simple to use the Canon XTi/Canon ESO 400D in Linux. This howto should also work with the Canon XT and other Canon Digital SLRs.
Graphical[]
gtkam screenshot
gtkam is a frontend from gphoto2, which works with Canon XTi/D400. It is a simple interface, but clumsy and limited functions.
- Download gphoto2: http://www.gphoto.org/
- Download gtkam: http://www.gphoto.org/proj/gtkam/
- Pictures are acquired by going to
- File
- Save photos
- All
- Save photos
- File
Digkam is a KDE frontend of ghoto2. It can acquire images as well as being a fully featured image viewer.
Command line[]
Connecting to the camera is easy using gphoto2, a digital camera program. With a single command you can download all the pictures from the camera.
Installation[]
- Install gphoto2
- Source: http://www.gphoto.org/
- Gentoo
- Edit /etc/make.conf
- Add line CAMERAS="canon ptp2"
- and any other cameras you need
- emerge libgphoto2 gphoto2
Using gPhoto2[]
Make sure your battery have enough juice, or you will get an non-descriptive error
- Test the connection
- Execute: gphoto2 --auto-detect
- List files/pictures
- execute:
- gphoto2 -L
- or
- gphoto2 --list-files
- gphoto2 -L
- execute:
- Get/download all files/pictures
- execute:
- gphoto2 -P
- or
- gphoto2 --get-all-files
- gphoto2 -P
- execute:
- Delete all files/pictures
- execute:
- gphoto2 -D
- or
- gphoto2 --delete-all-files
- gphoto2 -D
- execute:
Script for downloaded files[]
for more information try man gphoto2 or visit their website http://www.gphoto.org/