[PLUG] Communicating with digital camera via USB

[Tomas Kuchta]

Please tell more - I cannot see how a card reader in a form of digital
camera can do something not exploitable with the card itself.

Thanks,
-T

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 09:18 Johnathan Mantey <manteyjg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because, because, because it became an exploit, and that is why we can't
> have nice things.
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:57 AM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > 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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