[PLUG] Need hints buying a digital camera for a Linux household

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Jeme" == Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net> writes:

Jeme> Oh, and if you don't already have such a thing, you should
Jeme> REALLY get some good rechargeable batteries for your camera.  If
Jeme> you're out taking shots all day, you'll likely have the camera
Jeme> on and that consumes power quickly (and if you use the LCD,
Jeme> which I rarely do, you'll burn batteries like a mofo).

Yah!  Tell me about it!  

Just my little anecdote, I've got an Olympus 460Z, which comes with a
serial cable (not USB).  It took close to 1 hour to download about 100
SHQ (I think) images using the serial cable (about 30 meg).  Just that
download operation would just about toast a set of 4 alkaline AA's.
So: a) get rechargables; b) get some kind of media reader; and/or c)
get a camera that has a USB (or other high-speed) interface built-in
that works with your OS of choice.  I went with b) and am working on
a).

BTW, I'd love to be able to control a digital video camera externally
to do time-lapse.  Anybody know what works?

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