[plug] Digital cameras with gphoto/linux...

[David & Lisa Buddrige]

>> >I am currently in the market for a digital camera.  I am specifically
>> >looking at the Kodak EasyShare CX4310.  Looking at gphoto, I notice that
it
>That would be the one in the K-mart TV advert?


No, that would be the one in the www.dicksmith.com.au catalog on-line... 8-)

>Dont rush in. It has no zoom, so maybe not a bargain. I've seen 2MP, with
>3x zoom online for less than $300. Are Fuji any good?  They work with the
>USB mass-storage driver.


Primary concern is to be able to download the pic's and videos onto my
laptop running mandrake 9 over usb (no serial or parallel ports or firewire
available)

>> megapixel ratings are not a good indication of image quality at all.
>> e.g. a good quality 2MP camera will take far better photos than a cheap
>> quality 3MP camera.
>
>Would you want more than 2MP anyway? Even 1MP can look very good on a 6x4
>or 5x7.
>But if it had 8MP, then a digital zoom might be useful :-)

The purpose of the camera is for holiday snap's to load onto my homepage
and/or email to friends.  Small movies for taking in scene's would also
handy.  2MP is pretty much adequate for my needs - any more than that is a
bonus afaiac. 8-)

thanks

David.