Downloading Pictures From The Camera - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - APPLICATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Application Manual

1. USB Mass Storage
device, select this option. After you connect the camera to the USB port of your
computer and turn the camera on, the new USB device is automatically detected
and mounted. KDE lets you select the action to take in the event of any such device
being mounted. You can choose to start digiKam or any other image viewing or
processing application whenever a device of this type is mounted.
2. PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol, also Known as PictBridge)
can be switched to PTP, select this option. Normally your camera is not automati-
cally mounted in PTP mode but can be accessed through digiKam.
3. Special Drivers and Gphoto2
storage nor PTP, try the special drivers provided by gphoto2, see
"Troubleshooting"
4. Card Readers
for example SD memory card, compact flash (CF), memory stick, to name a few.
Some new computers have a card reader on board with different slots, to support
all these formats. If you do not want to deal with cabels, protocols, or drivers, select
this option as it simplifies a lot. Normally, card readers are detected as removeable
devices and are automatically mounted in KDE.
To set up a camera in digiKam, select Import > Camera > Add Camera. First, try to
detect the camera automatically with Auto-Detect. If this fails, browse the list of sup-
ported cameras for your model with Add. If your camera model is not included in the
list, try an older model or use USB/IEEE mass storage camera and confirm with OK.
21.2 Downloading Pictures from the
Camera
To download images from a camera that has been correctly configured, attach the
camera to your computer and select the camera from the Camera menu. digiKam opens
a window and begins to download thumbnails and display them as in
"Downloading Pictures from a Camera"
up menu with the options to View the image, to Download, or Delete the image. Select
the Settings tab to the right of the download window to rename the image files using
Renaming Options. Review the EXIF data associated with the selected image using the
Metadata tab.
If your camera can be switched to a USB mass storage
If your camera neither supports USB mass
(page 243)
Nowadays cameras can use different non-volatile memory cards,
(page 226). Right-click an image to open a pop-
Managing Your Digital Image Collection with DigiKam
If your camera
Section 21.10,
Figure 21.2,
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