JDS: Linux & Sony DSC-V1/W1 Digital Camera

summary:



switch the camera in USB PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) mode and then run 

"gtkam" application



1) Setup the camera to enable PTP by default



      i) unplug USB cables (if any) from camera

     ii) turn the dial to "setup"

    iii) using arrow keys navigate to USB connect & set the mode to 

        "PTP" ("normal" is the default)

     iv) exit the setup

Quick test:

     i) plug-in the USB cable from Camera to computer

    ii) turn on the camera <= it should read "USB Mode - PTP". If it shows 

        "USB Mode - Normal", we have to go back to step (1) and enable 

        PTP



2) Run "gtkam" on Linux machine



    i) Install the latest versions of libgphoto2, gPhoto2, and gtkam on 

        your machine, if not installed already. JDS install gtkam & 

        the dependencies (libraries) by default, unless you choose 

        not to install during installation of OS



    URL for gtkam, gPhoto2 & libgphoto2: http://www.gphoto.org/download/



    ii) Run "gtkam" by typing gtkam& in a terminal window and go to the 

        Camera -> Add Camera. Select "Sony DSC-V1" or "Sony DSC-W1" 

        camera from the list of cameras and press OK



    iii) It should quickly initialize the camera and then add it to the 

        camera listing on the left in the main window of gtkam. Browse 

        through the tree of the camera and select any folders that you 

        have setup on the camera



    iv) You can right click on any picture or movie and select Save or select 

        multiple pictures and movies and goto the File menu and select 

        Save selected Photos or use Ctrl+S as a shortcut to save the 

        photos and movies to your hard drive



    v)  Play with options "Save photos, Save raw data, Save audio data, 

        Save thumbnails, & Save EXIF data" and choose the format in 

        which you want to save the data from Camera



3) Other recommended softwares



Probably want to add many more things to your Linux system to deal with all of 

the data you will downloading from your camera. Following are some of the 

recommended softwares:



    * Eye of Gnome image viewer for looking at all of your photos

        URL: http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/eog.shtml



    * GIMP image editing software to edit and manipulate all of your photos 

        (e.g. remove blemishes, take out red eye, etc.,)

        URL: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/



        ** Red Eye Removal tutorial for GIMP

            URL: http://www.gimp.org/





        ** EXIF Browser Plug-in for GIMP so that you can view all of the 

            important information stored in your photos (e.g. date, 

            time, resolution, camera settings, etc.). This will need 

            the libexif library to be install as well



            EXIF Browser Plug-in: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4153

            libexif library: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libexif



    * jhead is a console utility that will allow you to view all of the detailed 

        EXIF information saved to your photos by the camera

        URL: http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/



    * MPlayer to play any of the movies created with your camera. This will need 

        a few things to be installed first: among other things are the LAME 

        libraries



        MPlayer: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html

        LAME libraries: http://lame.sourceforge.net/download/download.html



Acknowledgements:

    John Wyles