[PLUG] Communicating with digital camera via USB

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jun 23 15:57:00 UTC 2020


Just thinking of fiddling with DSLR  over USB makes me tired - I do not
even try anymore - use card reader - it is faster and trouble free.

Once upon a time - I owned Fuji camera which presented the card as USB
masstorage. That was joy to use on any device. If I remember correctly, I
could even boot PC for fun from the camera. I keep asking myself why, why,
why,... can't just everybody do that.

Hope it helps,
Tomas

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 08:22 Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> I have a Canon EOS Rebel T3 digital camera and just purchased a USB cable
> that is supposed to work with this model. When I connect the camera to a
> USB
> port on the desktop /var/log/messages reports:
>
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090432.979576] usb 1-14: new high-speed
> USB device number 60 using xhci_hcd
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187069] usb 1-14: New USB device
> found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=3217, bcdDevice= 0.02
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187070] usb 1-14: New USB device
> strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187071] usb 1-14: Product: Canon
> Digital Camera
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo kernel: [1090433.187072] usb 1-14: Manufacturer:
> Canon Inc.
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 60:
> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-14"
> Jun 23 08:05:32 salmo mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 60 was not an MTP device
> Jun 23 08:05:55 salmo kernel: [1090455.623438] usb 1-14: USB disconnect,
> device number 60
>
> I just learned that MTP is Media Transfer Protocol and apparently
> Slackware-14.2 supports it, recognizes the camera, but cannot
> communicate with it. My web searches for how to use the Canon USB cable
> with
> linux found only one unanswered question from a couple of years ago.
>
> I can always return to removing the SD card and using the card reader but I
> assumed I could do direct downloads.
>
> Your thoughts and suggestions are solicited.
>
> Rich
>
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