[MLUG] Re: Followup on WebCam.

[Matthew Schmidt <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Christian wrote in part:"If I had my way, I'd use my Kodak DC4800, but
Kodak saw fit to flip the
bird at their customers had has refused for the past 3 years to allow
method of accessing the camera other than their vile 'easy share'
software.  People are begging for Twain, or similar.  Kodak could care less."

Ewwww. EasyShare. I exercised poor judgement and purchased a Polaroid
digital camera that uses EasyShare. "Vile" is a great way to describe
that redheaded stepchild of a software application. But thanks to the
freedoms of FOSS, I was able to toss the EasyShare CD forever.

Enter GPhoto (http://www.gphoto.org/).

Welcome to EasyShare freedom, Christian. It's nice here. Digital
images are cripser, colors are more vibrant, decompression algorithms
produce better results. You get the point.

And yes, your camera is supported:

http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php

Enjoy.

Matt
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