On Friday 26 April 2019 15:48:36 deloptes wrote:
Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings all;
The camera is a Canon pssx429is(bk) Otherwise called a PowerShot SX420IS plugged a match usb cable into it, but while camera cts differently with usb power applied, there is zilch logged, either in syslog or dmesg indicating a connection is available.
Canon has only drivers using nfc, or wifi, and only for the last 4 versions of (spit) winders.
newer cameras have multiple usb operation modes (MTP, PTP etc.). Are you sure you read the documentation around this? Also on my simple camera I have one port for charging and one for data transfer. The second is not a different USB cable. according https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2367467 transfer is possible. Could be your kernel is too old?
Did you read this https://www.supportcanon.com/canon-powershot-sx420-is-driver-download/ #PowerShot_SX420_IS_Drivers_Software_Manuals_for_Linux
and make sure you have the drivers?
I had forgotten that Canon has corporate sockets only for windows, there are no linux drivers on their site. Linux is a swear word in their boardroom. And only one, I think type C connector, which doesn't charge the battery, you have to take it out and fit it into a pocket on a wall wart to charge and it takes quite a few hours, 8 or so to charge if the camera says its on the last dregs.
I can copy the pix from the card, but even their storage crunching still leaves them at 2x the size my nikon makes. So I can smunch that down to 5% and still show a great image to the net.
But I can see where image retrieval is going to be a PITA. Or I take it back, and get something that speaks ptp.
regards
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Cheers, Gene Heskett