recommend tiny camera?

Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)

I'd like to have a play round to
see what quality I can extract
from a really basic piece of kit.

Price should be around 10 GBP (15 USD equiv)

Like this, only a little better quality :-)

http://radelec.co.uk/micropix.htm

(ohh, that's poor)

BugBear

bugbear writes:
Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/stor...&item=IMG10087

Good luck about Linux.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:56:14 +0000, bugbear wrote:

Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)

I'd like to have a play round to
see what quality I can extract
from a really basic piece of kit.

Price should be around 10 GBP (15 USD equiv)

Like this, only a little better quality :-)

http://radelec.co.uk/micropix.htm

(ohh, that's poor)

BugBear

Linux compatibility should not be a major issue, especially if you find
one with a usb connection or a memory card, but you're not going to get a
5mp camera on a keychain. I expect that picture quality is about as good
as it's going to get. For the record, it's what I would expect from that
resolution.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:56:14 +0000, bugbear wrote:

Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)

I'd like to have a play round to
see what quality I can extract
from a really basic piece of kit.

Price should be around 10 GBP (15 USD equiv)

Like this, only a little better quality :-)

http://radelec.co.uk/micropix.htm

(ohh, that's poor)

BugBear

BTW - I did a simple google search "keychain digital camera" - turned up a
number of results including a $20 Bell and Howell 1.3MP camera.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:12:08 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:

bugbear writes:
Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/stor...&item=IMG10087

Good luck about Linux.

http://www.engadget.com/2004/09/03/s...igital-camera/

Many (if not most) digital cameras are made to appear as USB mass storage
devices i.e. a lot like a usb card reader or a flash drive. They work in
Linux. Immediately. Without any driver installation.

I have one you might find on ebay, seems it has been discontinued some while
ago:

Mustek Gsmart Mini 3 CMOS - 2.1 MP sensor, Li-ion battery charges via USB,
makes rather crappy pictures but it is tiny.
Linux (at least SuSe 10) has a driver for it.

"bugbear" wrote
...
Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)

I'd like to have a play round to
see what quality I can extract
from a really basic piece of kit.

Price should be around 10 GBP (15 USD equiv)

Like this, only a little better quality :-)

http://radelec.co.uk/micropix.htm

(ohh, that's poor)

BugBear

bugbear wrote:
Can anyone recommend a (working)
key ring style camera, that will interoperate
with Linux (just for picture download,
not remote operation)
Price should be around 10 GBP (15 USD equiv)
http://radelec.co.uk/micropix.htm

VistaQuest VQ1005 . . .
http://www.camerahacker.com/VistaQuest/VQ1005.shtml
Works as a SD card reader in Linux.

Chieh

I have the phillips but forget quality, its just not worth it if you
want halfway decent photos.

ray wrote:
Many (if not most) digital cameras are made to appear as USB mass storage
devices i.e. a lot like a usb card reader or a flash drive. They work in
Linux. Immediately. Without any driver installation.

Not true - it depends on your Linux system.

The kernel needs to be compiled with the mass storage support.

And then, you'll need to manually mount it, unless it has already been
set up to automount.

Most distributions do this, but not all. Of course, if it doesn't, you
can always make it do so manually. But not "immediately", as you put it.

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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:33:45 -0600, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

ray wrote:
Many (if not most) digital cameras are made to appear as USB mass storage
devices i.e. a lot like a usb card reader or a flash drive. They work in
Linux. Immediately. Without any driver installation.

Not true - it depends on your Linux system.

The kernel needs to be compiled with the mass storage support.

And then, you'll need to manually mount it, unless it has already been
set up to automount.

Most distributions do this, but not all. Of course, if it doesn't, you
can always make it do so manually. But not "immediately", as you put it.

You could be right. I use only 'mainline' distros and I've never had a
problem.