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Additionally, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if the camera could also take
motion video

Anyone got some recommendations?

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Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
Registered Linux User #112576

I have been able to download pictures from it via the USB cable that
came with the camera.  It also uses CompactFlash media.  I bought a
Sandisk SDDR-31 reader and was able to download pictures from the
memory card via the Sandisk device.  I currently have the 2.2.19
kernel installed on a Slackware 7.1 system.

There are plenty of reviews out there on the camera.  It is a 3.4
megapixel camera.  The only thing I don't like is that Canon got cheap
on the cover the covers the openings on where the cables connect to
the camera.  That is why I bought the Sandisk device.  I will only
need to open that cover when I charge the battery.

The camera comes with a 16MB memory card that will hold about 45
pictures at 1024x768 at the medium compression.  It will also use the
IBM Microdrives.  It also comes with the battery charger which the
Nikon Coolpix cameras that I looked at didn't.

I don't know about the *era requirement that you have listed
though.  It does do video with sound but is limited to 30 seconds at a
time.  I don't know why that is.

If you have questions, let me know.

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Frank Hahn

The United States is like the guy at the party who gives * to
everybody and still nobody likes him.
                -- Jim Samuels

        Also, I wonder whether the * functions of most digital cameras
are well supported under Linux, seeing as how digital cameras (especially
ones which have good still picture resolutions) are so rarely used as *s
(at least compared to actual *s).  For the other features you've
requested, I'd suggest you look at the Olympus D490 Zoom.

                                                            Marcus

Quote:> I just bought a Canon PowerShot G1 a few weeks back and I have been
> happy with it.  I bought it locally and paid US $828.00 for it.

> I have been able to download pictures from it via the USB cable that
> came with the camera.  It also uses CompactFlash media.  I bought a
> Sandisk SDDR-31 reader and was able to download pictures from the
> memory card via the Sandisk device.  I currently have the 2.2.19
> kernel installed on a Slackware 7.1 system.

> There are plenty of reviews out there on the camera.  It is a 3.4
> megapixel camera.  The only thing I don't like is that Canon got cheap
> on the cover the covers the openings on where the cables connect to
> the camera.  That is why I bought the Sandisk device.  I will only
> need to open that cover when I charge the battery.

> The camera comes with a 16MB memory card that will hold about 45
> pictures at 1024x768 at the medium compression.  It will also use the
> IBM Microdrives.  It also comes with the battery charger which the
> Nikon Coolpix cameras that I looked at didn't.

> I don't know about the *era requirement that you have listed
> though.  It does do video with sound but is limited to 30 seconds at a
> time.  I don't know why that is.

> If you have questions, let me know.

I'm also very interested in this camera.  One thing, can you read the CCDraw
file format with Linux?  I like to save in non-lossy file formats like
.tiff, but Canon uses their own and I don't know if it can be accessed by
Linux.  BTW, it's a realy cool format, much smaller than .tiff.

Matt O.

I would think you should if the file gets saved to memory like the
jpeg files do.

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Frank Hahn

Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
                -- Trotsky