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

[Ben Jensz]

Mike Holland wrote:

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>That would be the one in the K-mart TV advert?
>Dont rush in. It has no zoom, so maybe not a bargain. I've seen 2MP, with
>3x zoom online for less than $300. 
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That'd be digital zoom on a sub-$300 camera.  Irk....

>Are Fuji any good?  They work with the
>USB mass-storage driver.
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Read mixed reviews about them, some people say they are average, others 
say they aren't.  Not many people seem to have them.

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>Would you want more than 2MP anyway? Even 1MP can look very good on a 6x4
>or 5x7.
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If you're printing at 72dpi, its not photo quality.

>But if it had 8MP, then a digital zoom might be useful :-)
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Only if you had the image size set to lower than 8MP and were zooming 
only up to a factor equal to 8MP, otherwise you'd still get horrible 
quality with digital zoom :)


/ Ben