[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: digital camera question

[Fred James]

steve wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
>
>> All
>> I would appreciate any insight or suggestions.  Thank you in advance 
>> for any help you may be able to offer
>> Regards
>> Fred James
>>
>> Vivitar ViviCam 3345 1.3 mega pixels
>> Mandrake 9.2 Linux
>> GIMP 1.2.3
>>
>> [Procedure for retrieving JPG files from camera]
>> (1) Connect camera to USB
>> (2) Make directory to put pictures
>> As root
>> (3) /sbin/modprobe usb-storage
>> (4) mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable
>> (5) /etc/rc.d/init.d/usb start
>> (6) mv /mnt/removable/dcim/100media/*.jpg (new directory - see item 2)
>> (7) umount /mnt/removable
>> (8) chown -R fredjame:fredjame (new directory - see item 2)
>> As self
>> (9) view images in GIMP
>>
>> [Problem]
>> Photos taken at high resolution come out "banded" - first part looks 
>> like it might be OK, then it breaks into bands of image fragments and 
>> different colors.
>> Phots taken at low resolution come out fine.
>
>
> My old Fujifilm camera had problems if you removed files from
> it's memory using the PC.  You might try using 'cp' instead
> of 'mv' at step 6, then delete the photos using the camera's
> own menu system.
>
> My newer Olympus has no problems in that regard.
>
> Failing that, this sounds like the camera didn't finish storing the
> photo for some reason.  Do those same pictures look OK in the cameras
> own LCD display?

Steve
The high resolution pictures are all bad (using cp or mv), but the low 
resolution pictures are all good.  The camera (obviously cheap) was a 
gift and does not have the ability to display the pictures on its LCD.
Regards
Fred James