[ale] Digital camera question

[Jim]

As long as the camera has a memory card for storage, you're probably 
OK.  Otherwise, I'd be sure whoever you buy it from has a decent return 
policy as mentioned before.

Jim.
Bob Slaughter wrote:

>I wasn't too worried about the software, I was more worried about the 
>ability of moving the data off the camera and onto the system for
>manipulation. I know a few years ago some cameras had weird protocols
>that weren't very Linux friendly. I hate to buy a camera and have no way
>to offload the images.
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>Mark Wright wrote:
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>>The software that will come with the camera will only run on windows  
>>or maybe mac.  Usually it is a cheap Photoshop like program to help  
>>you view your pictures.  Linux has plenty of that included.
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>>The only issue I have found is viewing raw images.  My Nikon D70 has  
>>really nice software that lets you manipulate the raw images that the  
>>camera takes.  It runs on Mac so I use it on my powerbook.
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>>If shooting RAW images is not a goal then you shouldn't have a problem.
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>>Mark
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>>On Apr 14, 2006, at 11:49 PM, Bob Slaughter wrote:
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>>>I'm considering picking up a Pentax *ist DL in the next few months,
>>>and I was wondering if either someone could directly answer or point
>>>me to a site where I can find out if this camera has any issues under
>>>Linux or not.
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